Passionate about creating intelligent solutions that bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI research and real-world applications. Currently pursuing PhD in Computer Science at UTSA.
Passionate technologist with a vision for intelligent solutions
I'm a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, with a strong background in Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science. My journey spans from developing full-stack applications to creating sophisticated machine learning models and conducting cutting-edge research.
My research interests include Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, Scalable AI Systems, and Multimodal AI. I'm particularly passionate about bridging the gap between theoretical AI research and practical applications that can make a real-world impact.
Currently working as a Graduate Research Assistant at UTSA, focusing on software accessibility improvements and cognitive load detection using advanced machine learning techniques. I'm also actively involved in teaching and mentoring the next generation of computer scientists.
Comprehensive expertise across multiple technology domains
Journey through my professional growth and achievements
Building foundational skills through hands-on experience
Innovative solutions across AI, ML, and Software Development
Contextualized Heterogeneous Graph Neural Network for extractive document summarization (AISP 2024). Treats documents as word–sentence heterogeneous graphs with TF-IDF edges, multi-kernel CNN n-grams, BiLSTM encoding, and GAT refinement with iterative message passing.
Multilingual text-processing toolkit with end-to-end preprocessing in Jupyter. Features normalization, tokenization, lemmatization, stopwords removal, spell checking, and word-cloud visualization.
Real-time multi-client platform with React UI and Node.js/Express backend over Socket.IO, persisting to MS SQL Server. Supports multi-tenant data entry, live sync, in-app chat, and server-side analytics engine.
VHDL coprocessor for 3×3 matrix multiplication with column-by-column MAC pipeline. Features Register File, Processing Unit with multiply-accumulate, FSM Control Unit, and minimal ISA.
Hands-on scikit-learn implementations covering supervised & unsupervised algorithms with real datasets. Features SVM, Logistic Regression, KNN, Decision Trees, K-Means, Hierarchical clustering, and DBSCAN.
PyQt6 desktop app for FIFA player management on SQLite with MVC structure. Features sortable table view, multi-criteria search & filters, rating slider, and polished UX.
End-to-end recommender systems with Collaborative Filtering, Content-Based, and Hybrid approaches. Uses MovieLens (34k movies, 4M+ ratings) and Amazon reviews with comprehensive evaluation metrics.
Retail feedback mining over 82,791 clothing-store reviews to extract insights on sizing, fit, quality, and satisfaction. Features comprehensive EDA, data quality audits, and business-facing visualizations.
Full-stack MERN e-commerce application delivering a polished buyer journey and operational admin back office. Features faceted product browsing, Stripe checkout, order tracking, inventory CRUD with Cloudinary uploads, and comprehensive admin dashboard with sales analytics.
Academic excellence and continuous learning journey
University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
2025 - 2029
GPA: 4.0/4.0
Focus on Machine Learning, Software Engineering, and Natural Language Processing
University of Isfahan
2019 - 2023
GPA: 3.7/4.0
Graduated in top 10 students. Thesis: "ConHGNN-SUM: Contextualized Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks for Extractive Document Summarization" (GPA: 4.0/4.0)
August 2025
Hugging Face
July 2025
Hugging Face
May 2025
DeepLearning.AI
October 2023
DeepLearning.AI
September 2023
Microsoft
July 2025
August 2025
UTSA Academic Innovation
August 2025
Hugging Face
July 2025
Hugging Face
July 2025
Microsoft
July 2025
The University of Texas at San Antonio
June 2025
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Hugging Face
May 2025
The University of Texas at San Antonio
April 2025
The University of Texas at San Antonio
March 2025
Springer Nature
February 2025
Sharif University of Technology
February 2024
DeepLearning.AI
October 2023
IELTS Official
October 2023
DeepLearning.AI
September 2023
DeepLearning.AI
September 2023
Udemy
June 2023
Google Cloud
June 2023
Google Cloud
June 2023
EdYoda Digital University
June 2023
DeepLearning.AI
September 2022
University of Minnesota
July 2022
University of Minnesota
July 2022
July 2022
University of Colorado
July 2022
Johns Hopkins University
July 2022
University of Minnesota
July 2022
IBM Skills Network
July 2022
University of Alberta
July 2022
University of Minnesota
July 2022
University of Minnesota
July 2022
University of Michigan
July 2022
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
February 2022
SoloLearn
February 2022
Selected from over 250 applicants for science communication workshop
April 2025Selected as top PhD applicant for CS program at UTSA
February 2024Ranked among top 10 students in Computer Engineering department
January 2023Exceptional talent admission to AI graduate program
January 2023Let's collaborate on innovative projects and research opportunities
erfan.nourbakhsh@my.utsa.edu
210-606-1804
San Antonio, TX, USA
Open to research collaborations and opportunities