Ali Mobarekati

About

Ali Mobarekati

Ph.D. Researcher in AI · Game Developer

Education

B.Sc. Computer Science · M.Sc. & Ph.D. Artificial Intelligence

University

Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic)

Research

Research Assistant at the Natural Language Processing Innovation Center (NLPIC), Amirkabir University of Technology — NLP, large language models and retrieval-augmented generation, since December 2023

Being a programmer in a country like Iran has always been hard due to imposed boycotts but we always do our best to keep on learning new methods and technologies as well as improving existing ones since nothing great can be achieved without hard work. I believe that the challenging parts are the most giving ones.

My main field of work is developing and designing Games for different platforms. Being an indie developer means that i have to do every aspect of developing a game myself which requires a wide variety of skills both on the technical-mathematical side and the artistic side and that is actually one of the main reasons I like Game development. I'm also engaged in Generative AI research and development, and I've recently started my Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence at Amirkabir University of Technology, where I work on retrieval-augmented generation and Persian NLP.

Unity Blender Figma Adobe Photoshop Git C# Python Problem Solving and Algorithms Code Architecture Machine Learning Generative AI Natural Language Processing Large Language Models Retrieval-Augmented Generation Graphic Design 3D Modeling and Texturing UI Design Video Editing

Summary

Innovative, deadline-driven developer with 5+ years of experience designing and developing user-centered applications and video games from initial concept to final release. Currently a Ph.D. researcher in artificial intelligence at Amirkabir University of Technology, working on natural language processing and large language models — with a passion for art and innovation.

Professional experience

Research Assistant — NLPIC

Dec 2023 – Present

NLP and large language model research at the Natural Language Processing Innovation Center (NLPIC), Amirkabir University of Technology
MetaRAG framework and WikiFaQA benchmark for Persian retrieval-augmented generation
LLM fine-tuning, retrieval evaluation and benchmark design

Indie Android Developer

Published apps

Routino (150k+ installs)
Metro yab (16k+ installs)

Indie Game Developer

Published apps

Chess Go (15k+ installs)
Drag (2k+ installs)

Freelance Developer

2020

Android apps
WPF

Academic Papers

2026

MetaRAG: A Hierarchical and Context-Aware Framework for Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Advancing Persian RAG: Introducing the WikiFaQA Benchmark and a Large-Scale Retrieval Components Evaluation via the MetaRAG Framework

Education

Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence

2026 – Present

Amirkabir University of Technology — Tehran Polytechnic

Research: Natural language processing, large language models and retrieval-augmented generation

M.Sc. in Soft Computing & Artificial Intelligence

2023 – 2026

Amirkabir University of Technology — Tehran Polytechnic · Completed

Thesis: Advancing Persian Retrieval-Augmented Generation: Introducing the MetaRAG Framework and the WikiFaQA Benchmark

B.Sc. in Computer Science

2018 – 2023

Kharazmi University of Tehran, Iran

Certifications

7.5

IELTS — Overall Band 7.5

Listening 8 · Reading 8 · Writing 7 · Speaking 7

December 2022

Portfolio

A few flagship projects I've poured the most time into — starting with Enlighten — plus a broader collection of experiments, apps, and research across AI, Unity, and Android.