Biography

Matin Najafi is a first year Ph.D. student at the University of Hong Kong under the supervision of Professor Reynold Cheng. His research is centered around the analysis of large interconnected systems focusing on modeling complex graphs, and networks for systems at all scales, from interactions of proteins in a cell to interactions between humans in a society. He is currently designing and developing a new Network Motif Discovery Algorithm.

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Interests
  • Graph Mining
  • Databases
  • Computational Biology
  • Applied Machine Learning for Graphs
Education
  • PhD in Computer Science, 2020 - present

    The University of Hong Kong

  • BSc in Computer Science, 2016 - 2020

    Sharif University of Technology

  • High School Diploma, 2012-16

    National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents

Research Internships

 
 
 
 
 
The University of Hong Kong CS Department
HKU Summer Research Internship
Jul 2019 – Sep 2019 Hong Kong

Details

  • Network Motif Discovery in Heterogenous Information Networks
  • Prof. Reynold Cheng
 
 
 
 
 
Institute For Research In Fundamental Sciences
IPM Research Internship
Feb 2018 – Apr 2018 Tehran

Details

  • Code Layout Optimization
  • Dr. Ansari
  • Dr. Lotfi-Kamran

Teaching

 
 
 
 
 
The University of Hong Kong
Tutor & Teaching Assistant
Jan 2021 – May 2021 Hong Kong

Common Core Course

  • Age of Big Data
  • Prof. Reynold Cheng
 
 
 
 
 
Sharif University of Technology
Tutor & Teaching Assistant
Jul 2019 – Nov 2019 Tehran

Computer Science Course

  • Advanced Programming
  • Dr. Issazadeh
 
 
 
 
 
Sharif University of Technology
Head Teaching Assistant
Jul 2018 – Nov 2018 Tehran

Computer Science Course

  • Computer Architecture
  • Dr. Farbeh
 
 
 
 
 
Sharif University of Technology
Tutor & Teaching Assistant
Jul 2018 – Nov 2018 Tehran

Computer Science Course

  • Sofware Development & Design (Agile Methodology)
  • Dr. Taromirad
 
 
 
 
 
Sharif University of Technology
Head Teaching Assistant
Jul 2017 – Nov 2017 Tehran

Computer Science Course

  • Computer Structure & Language
  • Dr. Farbeh

Work Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Cafe Bazaar
Software Engineer Intern (Back-end Developer)
Jul 2018 – Oct 2018 Tehran

Responsibilities include:

  • Adding mini-inline module to the search tool
  • Optimize search queries and parsing methods
  • Designing and Implementing a crawler to fetch sports match data regularly

Experiecnce:

  • Software developement in a team using Agile Methodology
  • Getting hands-on experience in DevOps technologies
 
 
 
 
 
Andisheh Group
Android Developer Intern
Jul 2017 – Nov 2017 Tehran
Developed an Android application for Iran’s Power Distribution and Management Organization (Tavanir).

Recent Publications

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(2020). M-Cypher: A GQL Framework Supporting Motifs. In CIKM.

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Skills

python
Python
neo4j
Neo4j
keras
Keras
kubernetes
Kubernetes
tensorflow
TensorFlow
docker
Docker
django
Django
pytorch
Pytorch
web
Web

More Information

For a more detailed information about me, please fell free to check my Curriculum Vitae.