Parsa Kamalipour

RA & TA & Master of Computer Science at Concordia University @ Algorithms & Complexity Lab.

Honors and Awards

  1. Awarded Concordia Merit Scholarship (Entrance Scholarship Award) - Issued by Concordia University, School of Graduate Studies
  2. Awarded Concordia Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science Financial Research Support (FRS) - Issued by Concordia University, Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science
  3. Won Distinguished Student Award among all students of Vali-e-Asr University
  4. Awarded Undergraduate Researcher status among all students of Vali-e-Asr University
  5. Earned Top Researcher Award among all undergraduate students of Kerman province
  6. Ranked 1st among all teams participating from the Vali-e-Asr University for ICPC Asia Tehran - Internet Programming Contest
  7. Ranked 21th among all teams participating in The 2022 ICPC Asia Tehran Regional Contest at the Sharif University of Tehran
  8. Candidate as top researcher among undergraduate student of Vali-e-Asr University
  9. Ranked 6th among undergraduate students of Computer Engineering @ Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan in the 8th semester
  10. Faculty of engineering Exceptional Talent student for 4 semesters as a result of obtaining a GPA of over 17.00/20.00 (straight A).
  11. Awarded by government undergraduate tuition waiver scholarship

Test Scores

TOEFL: 99/120 - Reading: 26/30, Listening: 29/30, Speaking: 23/30, Writing: 21/30

GRE general: Not taken yet.

Skills

  • Programming Languages:

    Python C++ Matlab C# C Java

  • Game Development:

    Unity

  • Application Development & Frameworks & Libraries:

    Qt NumPy Pandas Matplotlib scikit-learn NetworkX PyTorch

  • Databases:

    Postgres MySQL

  • Markup languages:

    LaTeX Markdown

  • Tools:

    Git GitHub Linux Jupyter Obsidian Microsoft Office Google Sheets Notion Trello Canva Anaconda

  • Partially familiar with (Elementary level):

    VHDL Assembly 8086 Django C# WPF Blender MongoDB

  • Software Engineering:

    Refactoring Debugging Unit Testing Agile mythology Object Oriented Programming Design of Algorithms Data Structures

  • Soft Skills:

    Team Work, leadership, Collaboration, Communication, Problem-solving, Critical thinking, Decision-making

  • Technical Skills:

    Algorithm Design, Algorithm Analysis, Research, Teaching, Data Mining, Deep Learning, Algorithmic Graph Theory, Community Detection

Languages

Persian: Native language

English: Fluent

Hubbies & Non-Academic Interests

  • Music:
    • Listening to music, Some of my favorites genres:
      • Nu Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal
      • HipHop, R&B, Rap
      • Country, Soul, Blues
      • Rock, Heavy Rock
    • Musical Instruments that I like:
      • Electric Guitar
      • Bass Guitar
      • Piano
    • Making playlists and sending my hand-pick music to my friends
    • Going to concerts
    • reading and analyzing lyrics of musics
  • Movie & TV Series & Comic Books:
    • I am fan of DC universe
    • I also enjoy Anti-Super-Hero stories. eg. The Boys
    • Sci-Fi genre
    • Stories that have a dark tone and are more realistic rather than fake optimistic
    • Stories that are Detective based & mysterious and probably have a complex scenario
  • Comedy:
    • I enjoy watching stand-up comedy
    • I like to make memes
    • I like watching memes
    • In general, I enjoy making my friends laugh
  • Adventure:
    • Trying new cafe and restaurants
    • Traveling and visiting new places
    • Photography
  • Sports:
    • Weight lifting
  • Video games:
    • Making games
    • Playing video games, eg. Max Payne, Stronghold, sony exclusives, AC 2 trilogy & 3, GTA, etc.