Alireza Amani

I am a Research Engineer who builds algorithms and predictive models for complex systems. I apply first-principles thinking and leverage Python and AI to solve problems involving complex physics and noisy data. I am always looking for ways to improve workflow efficiency; either I find a solution or I build one.

Skills

Tech Stack: Python SQL (PostgreSQL) Deep Learning GenAI Git HPC HTML-CSS-JS

Domains: Mathematical Optimization Computational Geoscience Physics-Guided ML Numerical Simulation

Experience

AI Applications Developer

Self-Directed | 2025 – Present

Designed and developed Flash Card 2.0, a full-stack Python web app integrating Google Gemini API for dynamic context-rich generation of learning material. Translated cognitive science principles into software features to maximize long-term retention; helped me reach B2 Dutch proficiency in one year.

Computational Hydrologist

Université de Sherbrooke | Aug 2019 – Aug 2024

Developed a Python computational orchestration to modernize a Fortran-based model workflow, reducing model setup time by orders of magnitude, facilitating post-processing and results analysis, and enabling parallel execution on High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters.
Collaborated with Environment Canada to stress-test and validate the national operational forecasting model using high-resolution field data, pinpointing fundamental limitations within the model's physics.

Trained and benchmarked machine learning models (LightGBM, Random Forest, Neural Networks) on high-frequency IoT sensor data across 124 global locations, designing robust data-splitting strategies to avoid spatial overfitting, ensure real-world reliability, and outperform traditional baselines by 15%.

Water Resources Engineer

Iran University of Science and Technology | Sep 2016 - Jun 2019

Developed a novel optimization algorithm for NP-hard hydropower scheduling, outperforming commercial solvers by an order of magnitude in speed and conserving 20,000 m³/day of physical resources without loss in fidelity.

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AI Applications Developer

Computational Hydrologist

Water Resources Engineer

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