PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Abbas Mehrabian

Abbas Mehrabian is an artificial-intelligence researcher in the computer science team at Google DeepMind, and his work focuses on using AI to advance mathematics. He earned a BSc at Sharif University before moving to Canada in 2009, and he completed a PhD in Combinatorics and Optimization at Waterloo in 2015. A paper he co-wrote on learning mixtures of Gaussians won a NeurIPS 2018 Best Paper Award, and from 2015 to 2021 he studied theoretical aspects of machine learning. He also helps develop AlphaEvolve, a coding agent for designing advanced algorithms. He received the Sportsnet Diploma Scholarship in Journalism in 2021, and the University of Waterloo gave him a Governor General's Gold Medal in 2015.

Works
83
Citations
911
h-index
15

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2009–2015

    From Sharif to Waterloo

    After a BSc at Sharif University, he moves to Canada in 2009. In 2015 he completes a PhD in Combinatorics and Optimization at the University of Waterloo.

  2. 2015

    A Governor General's Gold Medal

    The University of Waterloo awards him a Governor General's Gold Medal at the Spring 2015 convocation.

  3. 2015–2021

    Theory of machine learning

    From 2015 to 2021 he studies theoretical aspects of machine learning.

  4. 2018

    A NeurIPS 2018 Best Paper

    A paper he co-writes on learning mixtures of Gaussians wins a NeurIPS 2018 Best Paper Award.

  5. 2021

    A journalism scholarship

    He receives the Sportsnet Diploma Scholarship in Journalism in 2021 for a personal essay.

  6. Since 2021

    AI for mathematics and AlphaEvolve

    A focus on using AI to advance mathematics dates from 2021, and he helps develop AlphaEvolve, a coding agent for designing advanced algorithms.

  7. As of October 2026

    AI researcher at DeepMind

    He is an artificial-intelligence researcher in the computer science team at Google DeepMind.

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  1. Abbas Mehrabian’s homepage abbasmehrabian.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Abbas Mehrabian simons.berkeley.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Abbas Mehrabian awarded a Governor General's Gold Medal | Combinatorics and Optimization | University of Waterloo uwaterloo.ca. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Awards neurips.cc. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. CS Professor Nick Harvey & PhD Student Christopher Liaw win NeurIPS 2018 Best Paper Award | Computer Science at UBC cs.ubc.ca. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing advanced algorithms — Google DeepMind deepmind.google. Checked 15 October 2026.