Ramin Halavati

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Personal Information:

 Ramin Halavati, born at August 28th, 1977, Kerman, Iran (Persia).

Current Position:

Lecturer, PhD Candidate @ Artificial Creatures Lab, Computer Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology

Address:

 Lab 308, Computer Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

Phone:

+98-21-6616-4642, +98-912-717-9038.

Email:

halavati@ce.sharif.edu / Ramin.Halavati@ieee.org

Educational Background:

· PhD Student of Artificial Intelligence, at Computer Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. Estimated Date of Graduation: Late, 2008.

· MSc of Artificial Intelligence, from Computer Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2003.

· BS of Software Engineering, from Computer Engineering Department, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2000.

Courses Taken:

Bio Informatics	Fuzzy Systems
Machine Learning	Neural Networks
Image Processing	Machine Vision
Speech Processing	Pattern Recognition
Planning	Natural Language Processing
Advanced Topics in Design	Expert Systems
Decision Support Systems	Fault Tolerant Systems
Advanced Topics in Knowledge Engineering

Courses Taught:

Expert Systems

     Sharif University of Technology, Fall 2007.

An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

    Sharif University of Technology, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007; Spring 2008 (join here for current class's info)

    Kish International University, Spring 2007

    Iran University of Science and Technology, Summer 2007

Data Structures and And Algorithms

    Kish International University, Spring 2007

Turbo Pascal Programming Language

     Sharif University of Technology, Fall 2005

Reviewer/Member of Conference Program Committees:

  5th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Soft Computing as Transdisciplinary Science and Technology, 2008, France

 4th International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC'08), 2008, China

 5th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery, 2008, China

 8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, 2008, Taiwan

 13th International CSI Computer Conference, Kish Island, Iran

 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, 2007, Singapore, Singapore.

 7th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications,  2007, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

 6th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, 2006, Jinjan, China.

Awards and Achievements:

 Research Assistance Scholarship of Sharif University of Technology, 2006

 Best Student Paper Award at International Fuzzy Systems Association's 11th World Congress, 2005.

 PhD Top Students' Scholarship of Sharif University of Technology 2003, 2004, & 2005.

 Best Audience's Selected Paper at 1st Student Conference of Iran University of Science and Technology, 1997.

 Bronze Medal in National Computer Olympiad, 1995.

 Bronze Medal in National Mathematics Olympiad, 1995.
 Silver Medal in National Computer Olympiad, 1994.

Research Interests:

 Machine Learning,

 Pattern Recognition,

 Robotics,

 Cognitive Psychology & Neurology,

 Consciousness,

 Metaphysics.

Favorites:

 Science Fiction Books and Movies,

 Martial Arts,

 Swimming,

 Site Seeing,

 Strategic & Adventure Games,

 Music,

 Space Exploration,

 Making a Better World.