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Zahra is a Research Scientist at Spotify, New York. She has a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Southern California. Her research interests include understanding and modeling human behavior in complex situations, in particular as applied to search and recommendation systems. Zahra has received her B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from the Amirkabir University of Technology and her M.Sc degree from the University of Louisiana.