I'm Sepehr Rezaee, an AI researcher, engineer, and innovator passionate about building robust, secure, and impactful machine learning systems.
- 🏫 BSc in Computer Science, Shahid Beheshti University (2021–2025)
- 🧠 Research Intern @ Mackenzie W. Mathis Lab, EPFL (2025–Present)
- 🤖 AI Engineer @ Agentic Systems / PropTy Global (2024–Present)
- 🔬 Former Research Assistant @ Sharif University of Technology & Shahid Beheshti University
My focus areas:
- Deep Learning & Computer Vision: Generative modeling, diffusion models, robust AI, adversarial defense, and AI safety.
- Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs): Applying deep learning to scientific and biomedical challenges.
- Large-Scale, Multi-Agent LLM Systems: Designing scalable, production-grade AI architectures.
- Secure and Trustworthy AI: Backdoor/trojan detection, model interpretability, and reliable ML in critical systems.
See more in my CV.
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Research Intern @ Mackenzie W. Mathis Lab (EPFL, 2025–Present)
- Co-authored an ICCV 2025 accepted paper, introducing DISTIL: a data-free, diffusion-driven framework for trigger inversion in Trojaned neural networks—setting new SOTA on BackdoorBench (+7.1% acc) and object detection scanning (+9.4%).
- Developed novel, safe, and interpretable generative modeling pipelines.
- Pioneered zero-shot, data-free defenses for backdoor attacks, advancing reliable machine learning for mission-critical use.
- Contributed to empirical evaluation and benchmarking for trustworthy AI.
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AI Engineer @ Agentic Systems / PropTy Global (2024–Present)
- Architected and deployed multi-agent LLM platforms using LangChain, RAG, FastAPI, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Achieved 85%+ task completion rates in autonomous business decision workflows.
- Reduced onboarding time by 15%, improved contextual relevance, and delivered sub-100ms real-time API performance.
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Research Assistant @ Robust & Interpretable Machine Learning Lab, Sharif University of Technology (2024–2025)
- Authored and submitted 3 papers to NeurIPS 2024 on ML security and reliability.
- Developed robust pipelines for adversarially resistant ML, including in autonomous driving and healthcare.
- Presented at international conferences, expanding academic collaboration.
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Research Assistant @ AI & Scientific Computing Lab, Shahid Beheshti University (2023–2025)
- Published and under-review papers on disease modeling, Fokker-Planck equations, and Alzheimer’s detection with MRI.
- Used PINNs for integrating physical laws into neural networks.
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Deep Learning & Neuroscience Intern @ IPM (2023–2024)
- Led M/EEG signal decoding with advanced deep learning.
- Improved neural network architectures and research workflows.
- DISTIL: Data-Free Inversion of Suspicious Trojan Inputs via Latent Diffusion (ICCV 2025, accepted)
- Scanning Trojaned Models Using Out-of-Distribution Samples (NeurIPS 2024, accepted)
- Comparison of Pre-Training and Classification Models for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease Using MRI (I4C 2023, accepted)
- Multiple under-review and conference papers on robust optimization, data-free backdoor detection, and scientific ML.
📰 See my Google Scholar and CV for the full list.
- Head Teaching Assistant: Advanced Programming, Data Mining & Analysis (Shahid Beheshti University)
- Teaching Assistant: Basic Programming, project mentor for AI in industry (petrochemical, water, electricity)
- Best Ideator Award: 7th National Young Scientists Festival (2023) – AI-based early Alzheimer’s assistant
- Top 0.2% National Entrance Exam: Placed 352nd out of ~150,000 (2020)
- Email: [email protected]
- GitHub: SepehrRezaee
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sepehr-rezaee/
- Personal Website: sepehrrezaee.com