RESEARCH INTERESTS
EDUCATION
- Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. Expected: Spring 2008
B.Sc. in Information Technology Engineering. Total GPA: 14.8/20 (GPA of
Last 2 years: 15.3/20)
- Reyhanatorasool High School, Tehran, Iran. 2004
High School Diploma in Mathematics and Physics.
GPA: 19.6/20
EXPERIENCES
- Presentation of Rule Based Classifier Generation using a Symbiotic Evolutionary
Algorithm, The 19th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial
Intelligence (ICTAI’07), University of Patras, Greece 2007
- Teaching Assistant of Scientific and Technical Presentation, Sharif University of Technology, Mr. Abtahi 2007
- Undergraduate RA, Artificial Creatures Lab, SharifUT 2006-present. Advisor: Dr. S. Bagheri, SharifUT. Working on a Symbiotic Evolutionary Algorithm and its application in Classifier Generation.
- Undergraduate RA, Robotics Lab, SharifUT 2006. Advisor: Dr. J. Habibi,
SharifUT
Worked on Multi-agent Systems in Robocup Rescue Simulation
- Tutor of High School Mathematics, Tehran, Iran 2005
Taught discrete mathematics, calculus, graph theory, and complex numbers.
- Member of Student Council, Taherin High School 2001
HONORS AND AWARDS
- 6th place, Robocup 2006, Rescue Simulation League, Germany 2006
- 3rd place, The National Urban Robots Contest, Rescue Simulation 2006
- 204th place, Nationwide Konkoor Examination 2004. About 500,000 high school students should participate in Konkoor Examination which is held annually in order to get admitted to Iranian universities.
PUBLICATIONS
- R. Halavati, S. Bagheri, S. Lotfi, P. Esfandiar, Symbiotic Evolution of Rule-Based Classifier Systems, submitted to International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, 2008
- R. Halavati, S. Bagheri, P. Esfandiar, S. Lotfi, Rule Based Classifier Generation using a Symbiotic Evolutionary Algorithm, in proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI’07), Patras, Greece, 2007
- S. Lotfi, A Survey and Analysis of Virtual Museums, Electronic Magazine of Iranian Information and Documentation Center, 2007 (in Persian)
- Impossibles team members, Team Description Paper of Impossibles Robocup Rescue Simulation Team, Robocup International Competition, Bremen, Germany, 2006
SKILLS
- Proficient in MS Windows, and Linux Operating Systems
- Proficient in C/C++, Java, and Matlab
- Proficient in Microsoft Windows and OneNote
- Familiar with Prolog, and LaTeX
- Familiar with HTML, CSS, PHP, and MySQL
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Native Speaker of Persian (Farsi)
- Fluent in English (iBT Score: 106/120)
- Familiar with Arabic
PERSONAL INTERESTS
- Table Tennis, Volleyball, Mountain and Rock Climbing
- Drawing
- Cinema and Theatre
- Reading Poems and Novels
