Computer Engineering Dept., Sharif Univ. of Technology, Azadi Ave., Tehran Iran

Phone: +98-21-8086140,

E-mail: pooyak_at_yahoo#com

Pooya Karimian

Personal Information

 

-          First Name: Pooya

-          Last Name: Karimian

-          Gender: Male

-          Date of Birth: September 21, 1981

-          Place of Birth: Shiraz, IRAN

-          Univ. Address: Computer Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Ave., Tehran, Iran

-          Phone: (+98) 21 808-6140

-          Home Page: http://ce.sharif.edu/~karimian

-          E-mail: pooyak_at_yahoo#com

 

Objective

 

-          To engage in advanced research and teaching programs of a top ranking university.

-          Specific areas of interest include:

Ø       Robotics: Multi Agent Systems, Control

Ø       Machine Vision: Image Processing, Object Tracking

Ø       AI: Machine Learning, Neural Networks

Ø       Networking, Internet and Web based Programming

Ø       Programmable Logic Devices, Embedded Systems, Computer Architecture

Ø       Signal Processing, Speech Processing and Recognition

 

Awards/Honors

 

2002:

  • Fourth Place in Sharif FPGA Design Contest for the design and implementation of Game Device, a game specific processor and graphics engine.

2001:

  • Silver Medal along with the ParsAI team, National Soccer Simulation competitions, Amirkabir University of Technology (known as Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran.

1999:

  • Third place in 12th International Kharazmi Festival in the students’ section for the NetLock device a central controlling system for buildings, which can be managed over Internet, and awarded by the president of Iran.

 

  • First Place in National Computer Programming Contest held in Tehran among other high school students.

1998:

  • First Place in National Computer Programming Contest held in Isfahan among other high school students.

Education

 

 

BSc

§     (1999-2003)

Computer Engineering

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

§     GPA =3.2/4

High school Diploma

§     (1995-1999)

Student of Mathematics and Physics

Shahid Dastgheib High School, Shiraz, Iran (affiliated with National Organization for Developing Exceptional Talents)

Publications

 

 

  • Mohammad Ebne Alian, Saeed Bagheri Shouraki, M.T. Manzuri Shalmani, Pooya Karimian, Payam Sabzmeydani, “Roboshark: a Gantry Pool Player Robot”, Accepted for presentation in 35th International Symposium on Robotics, Paris, 2004.
  • Pooya Karimian, Payam Sabzmeydani, "Implementation of a Color-based Fast Object-tracking System from Video Frames in a Robotic Environment", B.Sc. Thesis, Computer Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, Sep 2003.
  • Pooya Karimian, Roozbeh Mottaghi, “Data Communication Over Power Line” (in Persian), June 2003.
  • Mohammad Taghi Manzuri, Reza Ghorbani, Pooya Karimian, Roozbeh Mottaghi, Mehran Motamed, Payam Sabzmeydani, Reza Taghipour, “Sharif CESR Small Size Robocup 2002 Team”, RoboCup 2002: Robot Soccer World Cup VI, The 2002 International Robocup Symposium Proceedings, p.444, Fukuoka, Japan, Jun 2002.
  • Pooya Karimian, Mehran Motamed, Roozbeh Mottaghi, “Standalone Game Engine” (in Persian), Feb 2002.
  • Mohammad Taghi Manzuri, Hamid Reza Chitsaz, Reza Ghorbani, Pooya Karimian, Alireza Mirazi, Mehran Motamed, Roozbeh Mottaghi, Payam Sabzmeydani, “Sharif CESR Small Size Robocup Team”, RoboCup 2001: Robot Soccer World Cup V, LNCS 2377, p.595, Springer-Verlag, 2002.
  • Jafar Habibi, Ehsan Foroughi, Mehran Motamed, Pooya Karimian, Hamed Hatami, Hossein Fardad, “SharifII Soccer Simulation Team”, RoboCup 2000: Robot Soccer World Cup IV, LNCS 2019, p.437, Springer-Verlag, 2001.

 

Research Experiences

 

2001-2003:

§         Research Assistant, Robotics Lab., Computer Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology

    • Developing the vision system of Roboshark, a pool player robot (supervised by Dr. S. Bagheri Shouraki and Dr. M. T. Manzuri)
    • Member of SharifCESR research group working on a small sized soccer playing robots team. Our research focused on different aspects of robotics: Image Processing and Machine Vision, Multi Object Tracking for fast moving objects, Path Planning, Pattern Matching, Simulation and Prediction, Noise Filtering, Multi Agent Systems, Network Communication, Decision Making, Neural Networks (supervised by Dr. M. T. Manzuri)
    • Participated in Robocup 2001, Seattle and Robocup 2002, Fokouka, Japan as a member of SharifCESR team.
    • Member of SharifII (ParsAI) research group working on a robot soccer simulation team. Our research focused on: Multi Agent Systems, Planning, Machine Learning, Behavior Based Robot Simulation.

 

1999-2002:

§         Design and Implementation of a Game Device, a game specific processor and graphics engine, simulated and synthesized in VerilogHDL and implemented in Altera FPGA.

§         Design of an Image Processing Board along with a group of PhD and MSc students.

 

Teaching Experiences

 

Teaching Assistantship:

  • 2002, TA of Operating Systems course, Computer Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology.
  • 2001-2002, Instructor of Computer Workshop course, Computer Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology.
  • 2001, TA of Computer Networks course, Computer Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology.

Other Teaching Experiences:

  • 2003, A lecturer of two workshops in First Iranian Linux Users Gathering, Advanced Information and Communication Technology Center, Sharif University of Technology.
  • 2001-2002, Teacher of Linux courses, Computer and Informatics Olympiad, The Youth Scholars Club.
  • 1999-2000, Teacher of two web design courses, Computer Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology.

Professional Experience

 

 

2001-2003, Ghasedak Networks, Developer

  • Developing web based applications such as e-commerce, web portals, etc. using Perl and different Linux server side applications and MySql Database
  • Design and Implementation of an ISP Accounting and Billing Device (Netbill), a Linux based box used for ISPs.

 

2001-2003, Advanced Information and Communication Technology Center, Web Developer

  • Content fetching and analysis from Internet using HTML parsers and Perl language.
  • PDM, A domain manager.
  • A Search Engine for the Cabinet file server.

 

2002-2003, Olefin Group, Chemical Engineering Dept., Tarbiat Modarres University

  • Implementing user interfaces of three chemical process simulators used to simulate chemical reactions in petrochemical plants.
  • Designing and implementing a system for collecting and categorizing Olefin related papers and an application and a web based interface for adding, modifying and searching over this database.

 

2003, Peykasa Group, Web Developer

 

Technical Proficiencies

Languages:

  • Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, Pascal (Delphi, Borland Turbo Pascal), Basic (Visual Basic, Quick Basic).
  • Scripting Languages: Perl, PHP.
  • Hardware Description Languages: Verilog.
  • Markup Languages: HTML, XML.
  • AI Related: Prolog, Lisp.

Operating Systems:

  • Windows/DOS: Expert
  • Linux (Administration & Programming): Expert

 

Languages

 

  • English: Excellent in Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing
  • Persian (Farsi): Mother Tongue

 

Hobbies, Other Activities

 

 

  • Hobbies
    • Sports specially basketball and mountain climbing
    • Music
    • Photography

 

  • Activities
    • Member of Computer Engineering Department Informatics Committee (2002)
    • Administrator and Webmaster of department’s servers.
    • Member of Rayaneh Sharif Magazine
    • Activities along with students groups