- 2008: 2nd place, Khwarizmi National Robotics Competition
- 2008: 4th place, IEEE Robotics Competition
- 2007: 9th place, RoboCup International Robotics Competition, Soccer Simulation
- 2007: 19th place, Asia Regional ACM ICPC Programming Contest
- 2006: 5th place, BICup: Business Intelligence Data Mining Challenge
- 2003: Exceptional Talents Admission Award, FUM
- 2002: Research Medal, National Research Inst. for Science Policy, Ministry of Science
- 2002: 1st Rank Khwarizmi Award, Awarded by Iran's President Mohammad Khatami for outstanding achievement in research and innovation in science and technology, Khwarizmi Young Festival 2002
Research Experience
- 2023 - Present: Associate Professor, New York Institute of Technology, Vancouver
- 2023 - 2018: Assistant Professor, New York Institute of Technology, Vancouver
- 2017 - Present: Visiting Faculty, Simon Fraser University, Beedie School of Business
- 2017 - 2012: Graduate Research Assistant, University of British Columbia, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
- 2012 - 2011: Research Associate, Simon Fraser University, School of Computing Science
- 2011 - 2009: Research and Teaching Assistant, Simon Fraser University, School of Computing Science
Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Software Engineering, University of British Columbia, Supervisor: Dr. Ali Mesbah, May 2012 - Jan 2017
- M.Sc. in Computer Science, Simon Fraser University, Supervisor: Dr. Ke Wang, Jan 2009 - Dec 2010
- B.Sc. in Computer Software Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Sep 2003 - Jul 2008
Background
- Research Interests: Security, Privacy, and Assurance of Software and Information, as well as Data and Business Analytics
- Positions: Associate Professor at New York Institute of Technology, Vancouver Campus, and a non-regular visiting faculty of Management Information Systems at Simon Fraser University