CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Saman Taghavi Zargar

Title and Affiliation: M.S. of Software Engineering, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran

Date of birth: 30 March 1981
Email: taghavi@stu-mail.um.ac.ir or sam_taghavi@ieee.org or sam_taghavi@computer.org or taghavizargar@acm.org
Tel: +989155156315
Address: Department of Computer Engineering, Ferdowsi university, Mashhad, Iran

Personal Homepage: http://www.neja.ir/~s.taghavi or http://member.acm.org/~taghavizargar

 

Academic Career

 

University

Major

GPA

Graduation Date

Bachelor

Azad University of Mashhad

Computer Eng. (software)

14.90/20

Sep, 2004

Master

Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Software Eng.

18.66/20

Sep, 2007

 
·     The title of my M.Sc. thesis is “A New Method for Generating Synthetically Traffic Matrices, Applicable for Traffic Engineering Tasks”, Supervised by: Associate Professor Mohammad Hossein Yaghmaee. Grade: 19.5 / 20.0
 
·     The title of my B.Sc. thesis was “Universal University Content Management Systems”, Supervised by: Assistant Professor Saeed Rahati Ghuchani. Grade: 20.0 / 20.0

Awards, Contests won and etc.


·   Summa cum Laude M.Sc. Student, Computer Engineering Department, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, 2007.

·   Awarded outstanding B.Sc. Student, for being accepted into graduate studies program, Computer Engineering Department, Azad University, Mashhad, 2004.

·   Top 1% of the country, (ranked 228th among about 20,000 computer engineering students) in National Entrance Exam for Graduate Studies in Software Engineering Major, Iran, 2004.

·   Top 1% of the country (ranked 3500 among about 350,000 high school students) in Nationwide University Entrance Exam in Engineering/Math/Science, Iran, 1999.

·  Ranked 2nd among over 150 students, Malek Ashtar High school, Mashhad, Iran, 1999.

 

Research interests


  • Network quality of service (QoS) and Network security.
  • Traffic management and measurement, Inter/Intra domain traffic engineering.
  • Heterogeneous Networks, Mobile Networks, Wireless Networks, Sensor Networks, Next generation Networks, and Ad hoc Networks.
  • Active queue management, congestion control, queuing theory.
  • Real-time and embedded systems.
  • Parallel and distributed computing.
  • Communication issues in parallel and distributed systems.
  • Intelligent Transportation and Communication systems.

 

Publications


Journals:

     

      2005

7.    Vahid Salmani, Saman Taghavi Zargar, and Mahmoud Naghibzadeh, “A Modified Maximum Urgency First Scheduling Algorithm for Real-Time Tasks”, the 7th World Enformatika Conference, Enformatika Transactions on Engineering, Computing and Technology Vol.9, No.4, November 25-27, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey.

  Conference Papers:

    

      2008

6.   Saman Taghavi Zargar, and Mohammad Hossein Yaghmaee, “Optimizing Network Routing to Minimize Congestion, Using the Conqueror Traffic Based Synthetically Generated Traffic Matrices”, the 5th annual IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC 2008), January 10-12, 2008, Las Vegas, NV, USA.

      2007

5.   Saman Taghavi Zargar, and Mohammad Hossein Yaghmaee, “A Conqueror Traffic Based Ranking Metrics Heuristic for Assigning Synthetically Generated Traffic Matrices to a Topology”, the 2nd IEEE International Conference on COMmunication System softWAre and middlewaRE (COMSWARE 2007), January 7-12, 2007, Bangalore, India.

      2006

4.    Saman Taghavi Zargar, Amin Milani Fard, Mohammad Hossein Yaghmaee, “Fuzzy Proactive Queue Management Technique”, IEEE INDICON 2006, September 15-17, 2006, New Delhi, India

 

3.    Saman Taghavi Zargar, Vahid Salmani, and Mahmoud Naghibzadeh, “MMUF: An Optimized Scheduling Algorithm for Dynamically Reconfigurable Real-Time Systems”, the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies: from Theory to Applications (ICTTA’06), April 24-28, 2006, Damascus, Syria.     

      2005

2.       Vahid Salmani, Saman Taghavi Zargar, and Mahmoud Naghibzadeh, “A Modified Maximum Urgency First Scheduling Algorithm for Real-Time Tasks”, the 7th World Enformatika Conference, Vol.9, November 25-27, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey.

 

 1.    Mahdi Alipour, Saman Taghavi Zargar, Saeed Rahati Ghuchani, and Salman Salmi, “Universal University Content Management Systems”, The 1st Conference on IT, Software & e-city, ELECIT2004(Oct, 2004), Mashhad, Iran.

 

Under Publication/Script Papers:

 

1.       Saman Taghavi Zargar, M. Amir Moulavi, Rajkumar Buyya, Mahmoud Naghibzadeh, “RRNA: Reliable Soft Real-Time Network Aware Grid Scheduling Algorithm Using Round Trip Time”, is submitted to (EuroPar' 08), European Parallel Conference. (in review)

2.       Saman Taghavi Zargar, and Mohammad Hossein Yaghmaee, “A Hybrid Congestion Control Mechanism using Fuzzy Logic Approach”, (To be Prepared & Revised to submit to Elsevier Journal)

3.       Saman Taghavi Zargar, and Mohammad Hossein Yaghmaee, “A New Method for Generating Synthetically Traffic Matrices, Applicable for Traffic Engineering Tasks ”, ( To be Prepared & Revised  for resubmitting to the Computer Networks, Elsevier Journal) 

 

Principal Teaching Experiments


Lecturer at Islamic Azad University, spring 2008 – Now, Mashhad, Iran

-    Computer Networks

-    Fundamentals of Computer and Programming

Lecturer at Khorasan Advanced Training Center, fall 2006 – spring 2007, Mashhad, Iran

-    Computer Networks & Internet engineering

-    Operating Systems

Lecturer at Khorasan Industrial and Scientific Advanced Training Center, fall 2005 – spring 2007 Mashhad, Iran

      - Computer Networks

      - Fundamentals of Computer and Programming

      - Fundamentals of Information Technology

      - Advanced Programming

      - Operating Systems

      - Network Security

Lecturer at Jahad University, spring 2006 – spring 2007, Mashhad, Iran

      - Computer Networks & Internet engineering

             - Network Security

      Lecturer at Islamic Azad University, Sama, fall 2006 – spring 2007, Mashhad, Iran

            - Operating Systems

     Lecturer at Khorasan Trade Training Center, fall 2006 – spring 2007, Mashhad, Iran

        - Network Security

Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran

    - Teacher's Assistant - Logic Circuit, winter 2004

    - Teacher's Assistant - Compiler Design, winter 2004

    - Teacher's Assistant - Formal Languages and Machines Theory, winter 2004 and spring 2005.

 

Principal Technical and Research Experiments


·         Adonis Co., Mashhad, Iran, Network & Computer Administrator, 2002-Now.

·         Nesbi Seifi Co., Mashhad, Iran, Network & Computer Administrator, 2004-Now.

·         Other Ceram Co., Mashhad, Iran, Administrative Manager, 2002-Now.

·         Other Computer Co., Mashhad, Iran, System & Network Administrator, 2002-Now.

·         Communication and Computer Research Center, FUM, Mashhad, Iran, Researcher, 2005-2007.

 

Services


·    Reviewer of the international Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier, 2008. 

·    Technical team member (One of the 23 Judges) of the second edition of IEEEXtreme , 8-9 March 2008, IEEEXtreme 24 hour programming challenge.   

·    Reviewer of the third conference on Information and Knowledge Technology (IKT 07), 27-29 November 2007, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.   

·    Data security & encryption track assistant of the third conference on Information and Knowledge Technology (IKT 07), 27-29 November 2007, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.

 

Committees and Membership


2006 – Now – IEEE Graduate member.

2006 – Now – Member of IEEE Computer Society.

2006 – Now – Member of IEEE Communication Society (ComSoc).

2006 – Now – ACM Student member.

2006 – Now – Member of International Association of Engineers (IAENG).

2005 – 2006, Member of Nexus Soccer Simulation Team, Computer Department, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran.

2005 – Now – Senior Member of Young Iranian Elites Association.

2005 – 2007, Member of Communication and Computer Research Center, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran.

2002 – Now, Member of Computer Association, Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.

 

Professional Skills


1.       Communication Networks and Internet, ATM, MPLS and GMPLS.

2.       Analyze and Design Network, Analyze and Design Software.

3.       Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming, Fuzzy Systems.

4.       Programming Languages such as (C++, C#.net, Delphi, Pascal).

5.       Operating Systems (Microsoft Windows: All Versions - Linux: RedHat, SuSE, and slakware distribution).

6.       Network Simulator (NS2), MATLAB.

7.       MCSE (Microsoft Certificate Systems Engineer) Including: Windows Application Development, Windows Advanced Server 2000, Active Directory, and Network Infrastructure. From ITC Co. 2001-2003.

8.       MCSD (Microsoft Certified Solution Developer) Including: Windows XP Professional, Solution Architecture, Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition. Self-Study and some work experiences 2004-NOW.

9.       Security +, A+, Self-Study and work experiences, 2003-NOW.

10.   CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Administrator), Self-Study and work experiences, 2002 -2004.

Languages


·         Farsi (Mother tongue)

·         English (Excellent)

·         French (Elementary)

·         Spanish (Elementary)

·         Arabic (Intermediate)

References


·         Available Upon Request


Hobbies

Learning & Research, Computer games, Driving (Formula 1), Horse riding, Swimming, and Hunting.

                                                                                             

Last updated: April 19, 2008