Moe Vazifeh
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CTO at Adaviv
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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CTOAdaVivJan 2019 - Current (7 years 10 months)- Research ScientistAmazon.comDec 2017 - Jan 2019 (1 year 2 months)
- Senior Postdoctoral AssociateMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyJan 2016 - Dec 2017 (2 years)
- Postdoctoral FellowMIT Senseable City LabJan 2015 - Jan 2016 (1 year 1 month)• Led project team that developed a new optimization framework to efficiently
deploy charging stations in cities based on large-scale human movement data
collected via mobile phone networks. - FCofounderFIND Innovation Labs IncDec 2014 - Current (11 years 11 months)
- Senior Researcher1QBitJan 2014 - Dec 2014 (1 year)Developed a novel heuristic optimization method to tackle large NP-hard problems through quadratic binary optimization mapping to show a use-case for quantum hardware prototype invented by D-wave Inc.
• Was part of a team of machine learning researchers developing quantum equivalent of various machine learning algorithms, translating machine learning tasks into quadratic binary optimization form - PhD Student, Research/Teaching AssistantThe University of British ColumbiaJan 2009 - Oct 2014 (5 years 10 months)• Developed a quantum model to address a controversy over contradictory predictions by some previous studies about electronic properties of Weyl semimetals.
• Developed a new model and proposed a new possibility for quantum matter and coined the term self-organized topological state of matter.
• Proposed a new quantum model to realize Weyl semimetals by arranging array of nano-wires in three-dimensions.
• Developed a new simple mathematical proof for 2\pi periodicity of emergent axion field in topological insulators.
• Provided an analytical solution in the continuum limit for Majorana states in a 1D topological insulator.
Education
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- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) PhysicsThe University of British Columbia
Awards
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- Ranked 1st, M.Sc. Class of 2008 at Sharif University Physics DeptSharif University of TechnologyDec 2008Honored at the graduation ceremony in May 2010 by the president and dean of Sharif University of Technology.