Reza Ahmadi

I am a Master's student in Computer Engineering at the University of Verona, specializing in Robotics & Smart Industry — currently a Research Fellow on a Fondazione Cariverona-funded project combining large-scale software development with AI. My research interests span AI for Science, mobile security, and cybersecurity. I am actively seeking PhD opportunities in these areas.

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Research Experience

Research Fellow — AI & Software Development

University of Verona · INTELLIGO Labs (AI4M)

Verona, Italy

Supervisor: Prof. Marco Cristani

Apr 2026 – Present

Current

Selected for a competitive research fellowship on the "FINAL LAP" project, externally funded by Fondazione Cariverona, within the AI for Materials (AI4M) group of INTELLIGO Labs.
Designing and implementing AI-driven solutions spanning Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs), Large Language Models (LLMs), and Computer Vision for intelligent material design.
Developing full-stack software infrastructure to support research workflows, model training pipelines, and experimental evaluation.

R&D Software Engineer — Applied AI & Mobile

Qualyco (University of Verona Spinoff)

Verona, Italy

Oct 2025 – Mar 2026

Engineered a computer vision solution for Benelli manufacturing to optimize industrial warehouse operations.
Designed and integrated a robust OCR pipeline on Android edge devices for real-time tracking of high-precision components in real-time.

Research Fellow — Cybersecurity & IoT Systems

University of Verona (iNEST / EU NextGenerationEU)

Verona, Italy

Supervisor: Prof. Mariano Ceccato

Dec 2024 – Jun 2025

Selected for a competitive, fully-funded research fellowship under the iNEST project, backed by the European Union (NextGenerationEU).
Automated API Specification Inference from Network Traffic of Android Applications (AndroidMITM).
Built an automated massive testing framework on Docker/Podman with Python APIs and mitmdump.
Automated testing processes for capturing and analyzing traffic via custom certificate integration on Android emulators.
Configured Android SDK tools for seamless network traffic interception and security audits.

Professional Experience

Android Developer

Milan, Italy

Oct 2025 – Jan 2026

Contributed to the development and maintenance of UniCredit and Banco BPM banking applications.

Android Developer

Bale Messenger

Tehran, Iran · 15M+ monthly active users

2020 – 2024

Revamped outdated modules and refactored 10,000+ lines of legacy code.
Enhanced memory performance by 40% and achieved 99% crash-free performance.
Developed 10+ new features and led performance optimization initiatives.

Android Developer

Basalam

Qom, Iran · 10M+ users

2018 – 2020

Built the application from scratch in 2 months; reached 1 million users within 2 years.
Awarded "Best Social Marketplace Application in Iran" (IWMF 2019).

Android Developer

MTN Irancell

Tehran, Iran

2017 – 2018

Restructured codebase for maintainability and reduced technical debt by 20%.

Education

Master's in Computer Engineering

University of Verona

Specialization: Robotics & Smart Industry · Grade: 100/110

2023 – 2026
Verona, Italy

Bachelor's in Software Engineering

Shahab Danesh University

GPA: 16.78/20 · 2nd Top Student in Software Engineering (2017)

2016 – 2018
Qom, Iran

Associate Degree in Software Engineering

Kashan Boys Technical College

GPA: 14.43/20

2013 – 2015
Kashan, Iran

Skills

AI & ML

Machine Learning Deep Learning NLP Computer Vision PINNs PyTorch

Cybersecurity

Static Analysis Dynamic Analysis Mobile Security Auditing MITM Analysis Network Traffic Analysis mitmproxy/mitmdump SSL/TLS Interception API Security

Mobile

Android Native Jetpack Compose Android SDK Kotlin Java

Programming

Python Kotlin Java C++ JavaScript Bash/Shell

DevOps & Tools

Docker Podman Git CI/CD Linux Gradle LaTeX

Databases

SQL SQLite MySQL NoSQL