mina khoshbazmf
@minakhoshbazmf
Data scientist and ML researcher building risk models, pipelines, and decision-support systems.
What I'm looking for
I’m a data scientist, machine learning researcher, and software developer with 7+ years of combined software engineering, applied ML research, and data systems experience. My current PhD work focuses on ML-based risk modeling, multi-source data integration, validation, interpretable outputs, and decision-support systems.
In my role as a Research Software Engineer / PhD Researcher at the University of Guelph, I build machine learning risk models and reproducible Python/R data pipelines for national-scale HPAI outbreak risk assessment across Canada. I integrate satellite, environmental, ecological, poultry, wild bird, infrastructure, temporal, and outbreak datasets, engineering features like land cover, NDVI, water, weather, roads, poultry density, and outbreak history. I also built a public web-based decision-support system for near-real-time outbreak monitoring and interactive risk mapping (avianfludashboard.ca).
Before my PhD, I delivered production-oriented backend systems and reliability-focused engineering in agile teams, including a .NET Core Certificate Authority system supporting 100k+ requests per month with 99.9% uptime. I’ve also contributed to ML research in 5G, edge computing, and vehicular networks, developing optimization and deep reinforcement learning methods for task offloading. Overall, I’m driven by building dependable systems end-to-end—modeling, evaluation, validation design, and software engineering that works in real conditions.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Research Software Engineer
University of Guelph
May 2024 - Present (2 years 2 months)
Built machine learning risk models and reproducible Python/R data pipelines for national-scale HPAI outbreak risk assessment across Canada, integrating multi-source datasets and engineering features. Validated reliability using temporal, province, grid-cell, and spatial-block holdouts and developed a public web-based decision-support dashboard for near-real-time outbreak monitoring and interactive
Software Developer
Part Software Group
Dec 2022 - May 2024 (1 year 5 months)
Developed a .NET Core certificate authority system supporting 100k+ requests per month with 99.9% uptime, including performance validation for 10,000+ concurrent users. Contributed to agile, production-oriented engineering workflows focused on iterative delivery and reliability, and led technical knowledge-sharing on design, implementation practices, and system reliability.
Graduate Research Collaborator
Hamrah-e Avval (MCI)
Dec 2020 - Jan 2023 (2 years 1 month)
Conducted industry research on 5G, edge computing, and vehicular networks, developing optimization and deep reinforcement learning methods for task offloading in vehicular edge computing. Evaluated models via simulation-based experiments targeting reduced processing delay and energy-consumption objectives with guidance from an industry mentor.
Software Developer
HamtaRayaneh
Jun 2018 - Oct 2020 (2 years 4 months)
Developed web modules, workflows, forms, and dashboards for a digital waste management system, including backend development and workflow automation supporting 3,000+ monthly users. Ensured reliability under peak traffic through performance and stress testing and accelerated workflow cycles by 40% via process automation and digitized approvals.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Guelph
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science
2024 -
PhD research building ML-based risk models and reproducible data pipelines for multi-source outbreak risk assessment, including validation, interpretable outputs, and decision-support systems.
Availability
Location
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Website
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