CV
Basics
| Name | Besat Kassaie |
| Label | Postdoctoral Researcher |
| bkassaie@uwaterloo.ca | |
| Summary | I am involved in research focused on data intelligence and data lakes. I assist with the drafting of grant proposals and academic papers. |
Work
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2024.01 - 2024.09 Postdoctoral Researcher
The Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Research focused on data intelligence and data lakes.
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2023.01 - 2023.09 Visiting Researcher
The Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Served as a co-investigator on the math retrieval project, devising effective queries from texts containing mathematical formulas and content.
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2019.01 - 2023.01 Graduate Research Assistant
Innovation Lab, University of Waterloo
Developed a platform that searches documents with text and mathematical content using a pen-based interface.
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2015.01 - 2019.01 Graduate Teaching Assistant & Graduate Research Assistant
The Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Assisted in multiple undergraduate courses in Data Structures & Algorithms, Database Systems, and Introduction to Computer Science.
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2014.01 - 2014.12 Senior Research Engineer
AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH (A*STAR), Singapore
Developed a machine-learning-based approach to design a sleep quality assessment tool for McLaren.
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2013.01 - 2014.01 -
2009.01 - 2013.01
Education
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2015.01 - 2023.01 PhD
The Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Computer Science
- PhD Thesis: Update-Aware Information Extraction
- Thesis Advisor: Prof. Frank William Tompa
- Committee Members: Prof. Doan, Prof. Ilyas, Prof. Kerschbaum, Prof. Gurfinkel
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2005.01 - 2009.01 MENG
Science and Research Branch, Azad University, Iran
Software Engineering
- Masters Thesis: Application of Textual Corpus in Ontology Matching
- Thesis Advisor: Prof. Amir Masoud Rahmani
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2001.01 - 2005.01 BENG
Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
Software Engineering
- Undergrad Research Advisor: Prof. Mohsen Sharifi
Awards
- 2023.01.01
Graduate Student Research Dissemination Award
University of Waterloo
Encourages graduate students to present their own research at academic conferences.
- 2023.01.01
Graduate Studies Conference Funding
University of Waterloo
Supports graduate students participating in academic travel and international experiences.
- 2023.01.01
Doctoral Thesis Completion Award
University of Waterloo
Assists highly qualified doctoral students in completing their thesis writing and defense.
- 2019.01.01
Student Travel Grants
ACM Special Interest Group on Hypertext and the Web
For students traveling to attend SIGWEB Sponsored Conferences.
- 2015.01.01
Math Domestic Graduate Student Award
University of Waterloo
Supports domestic graduate students in the Faculty of Mathematics engaged in research-based programs.
- 2015.01.01
Provost Doctoral Entrance Award for Women
University of Waterloo
Provides outstanding full-time female doctoral students with an entrance scholarship.
- 2015.01.01
Mathematics Graduate Experience Award
University of Waterloo
Provides financial support for full-time graduate students who acquire experience as a Teaching Assistant.
Publications
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2024.01.01 Updatable Extracted Views for Improving Unstructured Data Quality
ACM Journal of Data and Information Quality (JDIQ)
In preparation for publication.
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2023.01.01 Update-Aware Information Extraction
The Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Doctoral Thesis
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2023.01.01 Autonomously Computable Information Extraction
Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, 16, 10
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2021.01.01 Computer-Assisted Cohort Identification in Practice
ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare (HEALTH) 3, 2
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2020.01.01 A Framework for Extracted View Maintenance
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Document Engineering 2020
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2019.01.01 Predictable and Consistent Information Extraction
Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Document Engineering 2019
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2009.01.01 Application of Textual Corpus in Ontology Matching
Science and Research Branch, Azad University
Masters Thesis
Skills
| Programming Languages | |
| Java | |
| Scala | |
| Python |
| Information Extraction Languages | |
| AQL | |
| JAPE |
| Search Engines | |
| Apache Lucene |
Languages
| English | |
| Fluent |
| Farsi | |
| Native |
| Turkish | |
| Native |
| Arabic | |
| Basic |
Interests
| Data Systems | |
| Unstructured Data Management | |
| Natural Language Processing | |
| Information Extraction | |
| Unstructured Data Quality |
| Information Retrieval | |
| Mathematical Information Retrieval |
| Applied Machine Learning | |
| Health Informatics | |
| Large Language Models for Data Systems |
Projects
- - Present
Differential Maintenance Engine (DME)
- Sole designer and developer.
- Conducted experiments published in the VLDB journal.
- - Present
Updatable Views Verifier (U2V)
- Sole designer and developer.
- - Present
Iterative Query Refinement System (IQRef)
- Sole designer and developer.
- Published in ACM HEALTH journal.
- - Present
Math-Aware Search Engine
- Implemented features of the search engine, conducted study of proximity signals, created proximity re-ranking run.