Ali Nafisi
Iโm currently completing my MS in AI at Bu-Ali Sina University. I earned my BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Kurdistan in 2023.
My research experience is rooted in Deep Learning, specifically Natural Language Processing, Multimodal Models, and Trustworthiness. I am now aiming to expand my research scope to explore Neuro-Symbolic AI and Reinforcement Learning.
My current work explores the use of diffusion models for counterfactual data augmentation to mitigate spurious correlations in image datasets.
Iโm actively seeking a PhD position where I can continue to grow as a researcher and contribute to cutting-edge, high-impact projects.
News
November 2025
Ranked ๐ฅ 1st in the Rayan International AI Contest! The technical report of our solutions is available on arXiv.
March 2024
Ranked 2nd in the final contest of the Quera Large Language Model Hackathon! ๐
Publications
arXiv; under review (ACL 2026),
Mechanistic Interpretability of Large-Scale Counting in LLMs through a System-2 Strategy
Expert Systems with Applications, 2024
Elastic deep autoencoder for text embedding clustering by an improved graph regularization
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