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Amir Ziashahabi
PhD Student, Electrical Engineering · University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA
Efficient Machine LearningPrivacy-Preserving Machine LearningLarge Language ModelsDistributed Systems
About Me
I am a PhD student at the University of Southern California, advised by Prof. Salman Avestimehr. My research focuses on making machine learning systems more efficient, secure, and accessible. I work on improving large language model (LLM) inference through techniques such as speculative decoding and developing methods for fine-tuning on edge devices. I have also worked on privacy-preserving machine learning and building distributed systems for federated learning. I am passionate about bridging the gap between cutting-edge ML research and practical, deployable systems.
Education
University of Southern California
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Aug 2021 – Dec 2026 (Expected) · Los Angeles, CA
Sharif University of Technology
M.Sc. in Computer Engineering – Software
Sep 2017 – Jan 2020 · Tehran, Iran
Iran University of Science and Technology
B.Sc. in Computer Engineering – Software
Sep 2013 – Sep 2017 · Tehran, Iran