Kaveh Bakhtiyari

🤖 Advancing AI. With a human perspective.

AI/ML Engineer · Data Scientist · Researcher · Lecturer

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👋 Hello

I build intelligent systems where research, engineering, and human behavior meet — from production ML pipelines to emotion-aware interfaces. My compass is simple: choose methods thoughtfully, challenge assumptions, and measure what truly works.

• 🧠 Lead AI/ML Engineer
• 🎓 AI & CS Lecturer at LaSalle College Montreal since 2019
• 🔬 Researcher — Studied Dr.-Ing. (Duisburg-Essen) & Ph.D. (UKM), 30+ publications, reviewer for 25+ journals
• 💬 Ask me about LLMs, recommender systems, reinforcement learning, and affective computing

💡 “Do what you can. Dare to try what you cannot yet.”

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🔬 Research

My work sits at the crossroads of Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Neuroscience, and Game Theory.

🎭 Affective computing & emotion recognition  ·  🎯 Recommender systems  ·  🕹️ Reinforcement learning  ·  ♟️ Game theory
🧠 Psychology  ·  🧬 Neuroscience  ·  ⛓️ Blockchain & smart contracts  ·  🛡️ Intrusion detection  ·  📡 Contactless biometric monitoring

📚 Publications  ·  🧪 Research projects  ·  🎤 Talks

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🎓 Teaching

Since 2019 I have taught and supervised students at LaSalle College Montreal across 15+ courses — AI, machine learning, neural networks, algorithms, data structures, databases, and software development.

📖 Course repositories:

• 🧠 Advanced Data Management & Neural Networks
• 📊 Machine Learning 2
• 🤖 AI in Industry
• 🧮 Algorithms & Data Structures
• 🐍 Intro to Data Structures in Python
• ☕ Advanced Object-Oriented Programming (Java)

🧑‍🏫 Teaching portfolio

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✨ Beyond The Code

🖥️ Started with GW-BASIC at 12  ·  🗣️ Speaks 11 languages  ·  🪙 Collects coins
📷 Photography  ·  🎻 Violin & guitar  ·  🐎 Horse riding  ·  ⛸️ Ice skating  ·  ✈️ Traveling

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