Nima Shahbazi | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | PhD Computer Science, M.Sc. Computer Engineering |
| Alma mater | York University at the Lassonde School of Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management |
| Occupation | AI scientist |
| Known for | Winning $1 million Zillow Prize |
Nima Shahbazi is a Canadian AI scientist who won the $1 million Zillow Prize by creating the most accurate home valuation algorithm that beat Zillow's Zestimate by over 13 percent. [1]
Shahbazi earned his PhD in Computer Science from York University at the Lassonde School of Engineering, where he studied under the supervision of Dr. Jarek Gryz and Aijun An. [2] He earned a Master of Science in Computer Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in 2006 and completed entrepreneurship studies at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management in 2018. [2]
Shahbazi is an expert LLMs, RAG, and MLOps, and holds a track record of delivering scalable machine learning products. [3] He is currently the President of Mindle.ai. [4]
Shahbazi is involved in algorithmic trading. [4] In 2019, he was the winner of the $1 million Zillow Prize, considered as the biggest computer science or AI competition in history. [5] He won the prize by creating the most accurate home valuation algorithm that beat Zillow's Zestimate by over 13 percent. [6]
Shahbazi is a Kaggle Competitions Grandmaster whose models consistently rank in the Global Top 10 on the platform. [7] He has achieved top placements in competitions including the Mercari Price Suggestion Challenge, Two Sigma Financial Modeling Challenge, and Home Depot Product Search Relevance. [8]
Shahbazi's speaking experience includes presentations at the Toronto Machine Learning Summit for Finance, Kaggle Days in Toronto, and RBC Disruptors. [4] Beyond his professional accomplishments, Shahbazi is passionate about tennis. [3]