I am one of the creators of xnor-networks: an efficient deep neural network model that uses binary operations for fast inference on resource constraint compute platforms.

My research interest relies on the intersection of computer vision and efficient machine learning.

Awards and Honors:
Winner of Facebook PhD Fellowship 2014-2015 for $30,000(Worldwide selection of 12
graduate students) at Facebook Academia.
Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship Finalist 2014.Facebook Fellowship Finalist 2013-2014 at Facebook Academia.
Adobe Research Award $10000 for one semester research on PhD at University of Maryland.
Dean Award $5000 at University of Maryland.
5th rank among over 9000 participants, National Graduate Entrance Exam in Computer Engineering, Iran 2007.
Ranked first in the graduating class in Master of Computer Engineering, University of Science and Research, 2009.
Ranked second in the class of 2007 in Computer Engineering, Shomal University, 2007.