Curriculum Vitæ

Curriculum Vitæ

Alireza M. Kamelabad

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Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science — KTH Royal Institute of Technology
2021 – Now Stockholm, Sweden
  • Thesis: "Language Development in the Digital Age"
  • Supervisors: Prof. Gabriel Skantze, Olov Engwall
  • Member of Dr.THS doctoral chapter
M.Sc. in Cognitive Science (Language and Multimodal Interaction) — University of Trento (CIMeC)
2018 – 2020 Rovereto, Italy
  • Thesis: "Computational Models of Lexical Acquisition: Predicting the Age of Acquisition of Different Grammatical Classes"
  • Supervisors: Dr. Aurélie Herbelot, Dr. Afra Alishahi
M.A. in Human-Computer Interaction — University of Trento
2017 – 2018 Trento, Italy
B.Sc. in Computer Science — Shahid Beheshti University & Yazd University
2011 – 2017 Tehran & Yazd, Iran
  • Thesis: "Systems and Methods of Multi-threading in Android OS" — Supervisor: Dr. Mahmoud Fazlali
  • President of CS Scientific Association (2012–2014)

Skills

Languages Native: Persian, Azerbaijani  |  Fluent: Italian, English  |  Elementary: Swedish, Russian
Programming Python (Pandas, SciPy, PyTorch, TensorFlow), Statistics (R), Kotlin (FurhatOS)
Tools Git/GitLab, VS Code, LaTeX, ELAN
Research Experimental Design, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Statistics, Machine Learning
Soft Skills Project Management, Teamwork, Research, Presentation, Teaching

Work Experience & Teaching

Doctoral Researcher — KTH Royal Institute of Technology
2021 – Now Stockholm, Sweden

Teaching

  • (DD2417) Language Engineering, 7.5 credits — Instructor: Dr. Johan Boye (Spring 2023, 2024)
  • (DT2140) Multimodal Interaction and Interfaces, 7.5 credits — Instructor: Dr. Gabriel Skantze (Fall 2021, 2022)

Supervision (M.Sc. & B.Sc.)

  • Elin Inoue, M.Sc. (KTH): "Comparing Bilingual and Monolingual Robots in Swedish Conversation Practice" (2024)
  • Elin Saks, M.Sc. (KTH): "Conversational Vocabulary Practice using Generation Techniques in LLMs" (2024)
  • Nada Boukhriss, M.Sc. (KTH): "Automated Journalism Using LLMs" (2024)
  • Mikael Törnwall, M.Sc. (KTH): "Contextual short-term memory for LLM-based chatbot" (2023)
  • Beatrice Turano, M.Sc. (University of Trento): "Learning Language with Chatbots in the Era of LLMs: A Pilot Study" (2023)
  • Bachelor's: Gustav Engelmann (University of Freiburg, 2023), Erik Lekman & Antonia Drevenlid (KTH, 2022–2023)

Departmental Duties

  • Representative in EECS PhD Council (2022–2024)
  • Doctoral representative of TMH in the CS Doctoral Program Council (2022–2024)
  • TMH division's website webmaster — kth.se/is/tmh (Since 2023)
Associate Researcher — Furhat Robotics
11.2020 – 04.2021 Stockholm, Sweden
  • Research on Multimodal Language Learning
Research Assistant / Intern — Tilburg University
10.2019 – 08.2020 Tilburg, Netherlands
  • Research on Computational Modeling of Language Acquisition
  • Teacher Assistant for "Programming with Python" Course
Teacher Assistant — Shahid Beheshti University
2014 – 2016 Tehran, Iran
  • Digital Design, 8.0 ECTS (Spring 2014, 2015)
  • Computer Architecture, 8.0 ECTS (Fall 2016)

Societies & Community Services

IEEE Member (2023) — Robotics and Automation Society (Reviewer at IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters), Young Professionals
ACM Member (2022)
CSS Cognitive Science Society — Member (2020)
Rays for Excellence Mentor (2021)

Talks, Awards & Participation

Talks

  • Paper Presentation — 24th ACM IVA (2024)
  • Poster Presentation — 24th ACM IVA (2024) — Compilation of Ph.D. studies
  • Abstract Presentation / Doctoral Consortium — 24th ACM IVA (2024)
  • Paper Presentation — 18th ACM/IEEE HRI (2023)
  • Poster Presentation — 4th International Summer School on Human-robot Interaction (2023)

Grants & Awards ~€223,320 total

Digital Futures Demonstrator Project Grant ~2M SEK (≈ 175,200 EUR)
"Empowering Cultural Integration and Language Learning through Conversational AI" — Digital Futures, 2024–2026
SIGAI Student Travel Grant 1,100 GBP (≈ 1,300 EUR)
ACM SIGAI, September 2024 — for attending 24th ACM IVA
Master Program Merit-based Full Scholarship 25,760 EUR
University of Trento, 2018–2020 — for M.Sc. in Cognitive Science
Thesis Research Abroad Scholarship 900 EUR
University of Trento, 2020 — for M.Sc. thesis research at Tilburg University
Erasmus+ Traineeship Scholarship 4,800 EUR
European Union, 2019–2020 — for internship at Tilburg University
Master Program Merit-based Scholarship 15,360 EUR
University of Trento, 2017–2018 — for M.A. in HCI