Nima Shoghi

I’m a PhD student in Machine Learning at Georgia Tech, where I am focusing on Deep Learning for Scientific Applications under the guidance of Dr. Pan Li and Dr. Victor Fung. I earned my B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, during which I conducted research at the High Performance Computer Architecture Lab on accelerating ML training and inference. Prior to starting my PhD, I completed a two-year AI residency at Meta AI’s FAIR Chemistry team, where I worked on developing large pre-trained models, trained on a diverse mixture of chemical data across multiple domains, for general-purpose chemical property prediction. My research interests lie in the development and application of deep learning techniques to challenging problems in science and engineering. I am particularly excited about the potential for deep learning to accelerate discovery and understanding in fields like chemistry and climate science.

I’m actively looking for internship opportunities in summer 2025. If you are interested in collaborating or have an opportunity that you think I might be a good fit for, please feel free to reach out to me at nimash [at] gatech [dot] edu.

My CV is available here.

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Education

  • Ph.D. in Machine Learning (School of Computational Science and Engineering), Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024 - Present
    • Advisors: Dr. Pan Li and Dr. Victor Fung
    • Research Focus: Deep Learning for Scientific Applications (e.g., Chemistry, Climate Science, etc.)
  • M.S. with Highest Honors in Computer Science (Machine Learning Specialization), Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020 - 2021
  • B.S. with High Honors in Computer Science (Machine Learning and Devices Threads), Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015 - 2019
  • International Baccalaureate Diploma, Druid Hills High School, 2011 - 2015

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