Samar Kimiagar Top-Executive
I’m focused on applied AI, machine learning, and data science, with experience across NSF research, Quantum ML, cybersecurity, computer vision, and the NASA/JPL-sponsored ARCS.
I like working on problems where data is messy, the answer is not obvious, and the final result needs to be useful to real people, not just technically impressive. I’m especially interested in AI/data roles where I can build, analyze, explain, and improve systems that solve real problems.
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Headquarters:
United States
Title:
Quantum Machine Learning
Company:
National Science Foundation
Company Industry:
Research
Company Website:
https://www.nsf.gov/
Company Linkedin:
linkedin.com/company/national-science-foundation
Company Size:
1001-5000
Current Job Duration:
3 mos
Country:
United States
Work Experience:
Title: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Company: National Science Foundation (Nsf)
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-science-foundation/
Industry: Research
Company Size: 1001-5000
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 05-2026
Ends At: Present
Description: Designing a quantum molecular autoencoder using NVIDIA CUDA Q to learn compact molecular representations for bioinformatics applications. Building variational quantum circuits with hybrid quantum classical optimization and applying quantum machine learning techniques toward molecular data analysis., Building AI models to detect and localize false data injection attacks in power grids using PyTorch and PyTorch Geometric. Developed a machine learning pipeline for real time cyberattack detection and trained MLP and ChebConv graph neural network models across varying grid conditions, improving detection accuracy while reducing false alarms and inference time.
Title: Data Science
Company: Arcs At Csun
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/csun-arcs/
Industry: Higher Education
Company Size: 11-50
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 09-2025
Ends At: 05-2026
Description: None
Title: Machine Learning
Company: None
Company URL: None
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 06-2025
Ends At: 08-2025
Description: None
Education:
School: California State University, Northridge
Degree: Bachelor of Science - BS
Field: Computer Science
Period: Dec 2026
Headline:
Computer Science • Data Science | NASA/JPL-Partnered ARCS • National Science Foundation (NSF)
Followers:
496
Connections:
495
Skills:
Autoencoders, Graph Neural Networks, Model Interpretation, Team Leadership, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Excel, Git, Pandas (Software), C++, Java, SQL, PyTorch, Python (Programming Language), Data Analysis, Bioinformatics, Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), Quantum Computing, QML, Neural Networks, SciPy, Scikit-Learn, NumPy, OpenCV, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Software Development, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Feature Engineering, Reinforcement Learning, Transformers, Database Design, Data Mining, Object Detection, Cyber-Physical Systems, YOLO, CUDA-Q, PyTorch Geometric, multimodal learning, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision
Experience:
Title: Quantum Machine Learning
Company: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Location:
Start: May 2026
End: Present
Title: Applied AI
Company: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Location:
Start: Nov 2025
End: Present
Title: Data Science
Company: ARCS at CSUN
Location:
Start: Sep 2025
End: May 2026
Title: Machine Learning
Company: Secure for Student Success (SFS²) Program, CSUN
Location:
Start: Jun 2025
End: Aug 2025
Awards:
1st Place - CSUNPosium | California State University, Northridge | Apr 2026
Dean's List | California State University, Northridge |