Mohammad Arvan

Computer Scientist

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851 S. Morgan St.

Chicago, IL, 60607

As a computer scientist, my research centers on the intersection of performance and reliability in machine learning. I specialize in the foundational elements of robust AI, including High-Performance Computing (HPC), system optimization, and scalable model design. These technical pursuits are guided by a primary focus on rigorous evaluation and scientific reproducibility, which I consider essential for advancing the field.

I translate these technical standards into the applied domain of healthcare. My work in algorithmic phenotyping has led to models that close care gaps in cancer screening, streamline hospital discharge planning, and shorten the diagnostic odyssey for patients with rare diseases like hEDS. These projects are the concrete result of applying robust computational standards to real-world problems.

I earned my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where I was mentored by Dr. Natalie Parde.

news

Jun 12, 2022 ‘Reproducibility of Exploring Neural Text Simplification Models: A Review’ was accepted at 15th International Natural Language Generation Conference
Jan 02, 2021 Announcement_1
Dec 08, 2020 Proud recipient of PGRA award ($5000)

latest posts

selected publications

  1. Reproducibility in Computational Linguistics: Is Source Code Enough?
    Mohammad Arvan, Luı́s Pina, and Natalie Parde
    In Proceedings of the 2022 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, EMNLP 2022, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 7-11, 2022, 2022
  2. Missing Information, Unresponsive Authors, Experimental Flaws: The Impossibility of Assessing the Reproducibility of Previous Human Evaluations in NLP
    Anya Belz, Craig Thomson, Ehud Reiter, and 36 more authors
    In The Fourth Workshop on Insights from Negative Results in NLP, May 2023