Curriculum vitae
Machine Learning Engineer | Reinforcement Learning Researcher | Process Systems & Control Engineer
CURRICULUM VITAE · PDF
Amir Hamedi
My experience, technical expertise, and selected research in one document.
Professional overview
I am a machine-learning and process-systems engineer working across reinforcement learning, scientific machine learning, and control. I develop data-driven methods for complex process systems in simulation and laboratory settings.
Technical expertise
Reinforcement Learning
Value-based, actor-critic, and policy-optimization methods for discrete and continuous control, including DQN, TD3, TD7, and SAC; behavioral cloning, imitation learning, advanced experience replay, offline-to-online learning, and safe-RL action screening.
Machine Learning
Deep-learning architectures spanning convolutional, recurrent, attention-based, and sequence-modeling methods; time-series modeling, PINNs, generative models, PCA/PLS, autoencoders, clustering, classical machine learning, and LLM applications.
Control & Optimization
Linear and nonlinear control, model predictive control, linear and nonlinear optimization, and metaheuristic optimization for nonlinear process systems.
Experience
Graduate Researcher and PhD Candidate
2022 - Present
McMaster University
Research in deep reinforcement learning, safe reinforcement learning, scientific machine learning, and control for nonlinear process systems across simulation, Aspen Dynamics, and laboratory experimentation.
Teaching Assistant
2023 - 2026
McMaster University
Supported Process Control, Transport Phenomena, and Reactor Design through tutorials, grading, student consultation, and examination support.
Education
PhD Process Systems Engineering
2022 - Expected Jan 2027
McMaster University
Thesis: Data-Driven Control and Fault Detection for Complex Process Systems
MSc Process Design Engineering
2018 - 2021
University of Tehran
Thesis: Data-Driven Modeling and Metaheuristic Optimization of a Residual Fluid Catalytic Cracking Process
BSc Chemical Engineering
2012 - 2017
Iran University of Science and Technology
Thesis: Design of a municipal-waste leachate treatment plant