Mehdi Ataei is a Senior Research Scientist at Autodesk Research in Toronto, Canada. His research focuses on the design of algorithms for numerical analysis, and the development of hardware-accelerated (multi-GPU) multi-physics simulation and machine learning models with applications in design optimization, topology optimization, generative design, and digital twins.

Mehdi received his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, and his Ph.D. from University of Toronto (during which he also served as a postgraduate affiliate at Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence) with a focus on computational physics and machine learning.