Saeed Rezaei Afshar
Education
MSc. Cognitive Science
Shahid Beheshti University, ICBS, Tehran, Iran – GPA: 4.0/4.0
Sept 2023 – Aug 2025
Advisor: Dr. Reza Jafari
BSc. Applied Linguistics (English)
Shahid Madani Azerbaijan University, Tabriz, Iran – GPA: 4.0/4.0
Sept 2018 – Jul 2021
Research Interests
- Computational Neuroscience
- Cognitive Modeling
- Neuroimaging
- Neurodevelopmental & Neurodegenerative Disorders
- Machine Learning & Biomarker Discovery
Publications
Under Review:
Co-evolutionary Balance State of the Autism inter-Brain Network: A Neurofunctional Framework for Classification and Biomarker Discovery
Authors: Saeed Rezaei Afshar, Hamidreza Pouretemad, Reza Jafari
Projects
- Autism Assistance Tool (2023) – Raspberry Pi, Python, Office, EndNote
- Statistical Data Analysis (2023) – R, Python
- Cognitive Task Design (2023) – Python, PsychoPy
Certifications
- Academic IELTS, Overall Band 8 – British Council, Dec 2024
- Google Certified Professional Machine Learning Engineer
- Python for Data Science
- Processing fMRI Data Using CONN Toolbox – CCNSD, Shahid Beheshti University
- Calculus, Statistics and Probability – Khan Academy
- Introduction to Philosophy of Cognitive Sciences – Coursera, University of Edinburgh
- Neurolinguistics – Saint Petersburg State University
Experience
- Researcher – CCNSD, Tehran (Sep 2024 – Present)
- Researcher – Computational Psychology Lab, ICBS (Sep 2023 – Mar 2024)
- Secretary – ICBS Scientific Association (Nov 2024 – Apr 2025)
- English Teacher – National Institute for ELT, Urmia, Iran (2019 – 2021)
Skills
Languages: Python, R, LaTeX
Tools: Ubuntu, VSCode, Microsoft Office, Mendeley, CONN, SPM, FSL