CV Mohammad Reza Farmani

 

PhD in Computer and Information Engineering

 

EDUCATION:

• Ph.D. in Computer and Information Engineering, January 2013 – March 2016
  Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,  University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
  
  Development of an automatic clustering methodology using multiobjective particle swarm optimization and its application in gene expression and protein sequence data analysis.

• M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering, September 2007– July 2010
  K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

  Implantation and evaluation of a multiobjective multidisciplinary design optimization structure with the aim of swarm intelligence methodologies and its application to design an optimal structure.

• B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, September 2000 – September 2005
  Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

  Optimal design of four- and six-bar mechanisms using genetic algorithms.

 

WORK EXPERIENCES:

• Data Analysis Visiting Researcher, May 2015 – August 2015
  Department of Bioinformatics, University of Gottingen, Germany

• Research Assistant, September 2010 – November 2012
  Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Research Lab., Tehran, Iran

  – Development, implementation, and application of machine learning techniques (k-means, SVM, neural networks, etc) and optimization algorithms (multiobjective, combinatorial, heuristics, etc) within multidisciplinary systems in order to design optimal mechanical and industrial structures.

• Data Engineer, June 2005 – August 2007
  Pejal Karan Toos Company, Mashhad, Iran

  – Application of different machine learning, bayesian, and statistical methods, including unsupervised, supervised, and semi-supervised techniques, in anomaly detection of oil-pump productions.

 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Object oriented programming and toolboxes
  Matlab, Python (Scipy, Numpy, Scikit-learn, Theano, Tensorflow, Lasagne, Caffe, OpenCV), C++ (OpenCV, dlib), Excel

• Familiar with: Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, MySQL

• Operating systems: Unix/Linux, Windows

 

MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS:

• Machine Learning, Data Mining, Computer Vision & Imaging, Optimization, Neural Networks/Deep Learning, Bayesian Theory, Information Theory, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Probablity, Prediction Intervals, Generalized Linear Models

 

HONORS & AWARDS:

• Certified as the Mention of Excellence, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, DIEE, University of Cagliari, Title: Clustering Analysis using Opposition-Based API (an Ant System) Algorithm, PhD day presentation, Cagliari, Italy, February 2015.
• Best Paper Presentation, 6th International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology, Title: Clustering Analysis with Combination of Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm ands K-means Technique, Paris, France, December 2013.
• D. Research Scholarship Winner, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, DIEE, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, January 2013.
• Best M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Aerospace Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Title: Multiobjective Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, Tehran, Iran, September 2010.

 

HOBBIES & EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

• Playing football and volleyball, swimming, and jugging
• Drawing cartoons and caricatures
• Travelling