Alireza Sepehri

• Strong proficiency in machine learning algorithms and data science methodologies.
• Competitive programming achiever, ranked 15th among 700+ teams in the ICPC Asia Tehran Regional Contest.
• Academic leadership experience as Teaching Assistant for core CS courses.
• Effective academic verbal and written communication skills.
• Highly motivated and well-organized learner.

Planned Semester 7 project exploring a focused computer science problem through literature review, problem formulation, implementation, and empirical evaluation. Intended to strengthen research, analytical, and technical skills in preparation for graduate studies.

• Designed and implemented an end-to-end object-oriented data pipeline for scraping, normalizing, and persisting heterogeneous real-estate listings without stable APIs.
• Incorporated a custom similarity-detection mechanism to identify duplicate and semantically related properties across independent sources.

• Conducted a complete machine learning pipeline on the KDD Cup 1999 benchmark dataset for network intrusion detection.
• Executed categorical encoding, feature selection, discretization, and implemented a pruned decision tree classifier, followed by systematic evaluation using standard metrics.

• Collaborated in a structured development team to implement a complete Quoridor game in Python, including full rule enforcement and strategic mechanics.
• Contributed to the advanced implementation of the gate maneuver logic, enhancing gameplay strategy and move validation robustness.

• Coordinated and delivered instruction for a core undergraduate programming course with 50+ students, supervising 20 teaching assistants.
• Designed and administered assignments, quizzes, midterm exams, and the final project; developed grading rubrics and solution keys.

Selected as a Bronze Member of the Academic Excellence Program in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and scholarly distinction. Awarded a merit-based scholarship of 10,000,000 IRR.

Ranked 15th out of 700+ teams in the Asia Tehran Regional Round.