Name: Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī

The word Algorithm is his latin name. Rings a bell? And the word "Algebra"? Well, it was the name of his book.

Web Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Khw%C4%81rizm%C4%AB

Name: Muhammad ibn Zakariyā Rāzī

Biographies of Razi describe him as “perhaps the greatest clinician of all times.”Numerous “firsts” in medical research, clinical care, and chemistry are attributed to him, including being the first to differentiate smallpox from measles, and the discovery of numerous compounds and chemicals including alcohol and kerosene, among others.

Web Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Zakariya_al-Razi

Name: Omar Khayyám

Recognized as the author of the most important treatise on algebra before modern times as reflected in his Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra giving a geometric method for solving cubic equations by intersecting a hyperbola with a circle.He also contributed to the calendar reform and may have proposed a heliocentric theory well before Copernicus.

Web Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khayyam

Name:Abu Rayhan Biruni

George Sarton, the father of the history of science, described Biruni as "one of the very greatest scientists of Islam, and, all considered, one of the greatest of all times."

Web Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Rayhan_Biruni

Name: Dr. Ahmad Kasravi

Ahmad Kasravi was a notable Iranian linguist, historian, and reformer.

Web Page: http://www.iranchamber.com/personalities/akasravi/ahmad_kasravi.php

Name: Dr. Mohammed Mosaddeq

Mohammad Mossadeq was a major figure in modern Iranian history who served as the Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953 when he was removed from power by a coup d'état.

Web Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Mosaddeq

Dr. Bettina Kemme is my Ph.D Supervisor at McGill University.

Web Page: http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~kemme/

Dr. Mehdi Dehghan was my M.Sc. thesis supervisor at University of Tehran.

Web Page: http://web.ut.ac.ir/routerlab/members/yazdani/

Dr. Mehdi Dehghan was my B.Sc thesis supevisor at Amirkabir University of Technology, he was also my M.Sc. co-supervisor at University of Tehran.

Web Page: http://ceit.aut.ac.ir/~dehghan/

Azizoddin Yahyavi is my father, he is a General Surgeon.

Office: 3rd Floor, Hamed Building, Dr. Shariati Avenue, Above Zafar St., Tehran Iran.

Shahrzad Zamani is my mother, she is a Pediatrician.

Office: 3rd Floor, Hamed Building, Dr. Shariati Avenue, Above Zafar St., Tehran Iran.

Name:Laleh Rouostapour

Laleh Roostapour is my lovely wife, She is a Master Student at Concordia University under the supervision of Dr. Volker Haarslev. She has a B.Sc. in Information Technology from Amirkabir University of Technology.

Web Page: http://www.roostapour.com

Name: Noushin Yahyavi (MD)

Noushin Yahyavi is my sister, she is a Medical Doctor and is doing her internship at Cleveland Clinic.

Name: Pouya Tahsili (MD)

Pouya Tahsili is my brother in law, he is a Medical Doctor and is Postdoctoral Fellow at Medical University of South Carolina.

Name: Amir Arsalan Zamani (MD)

Dr. Amir Arsalan Zamani is my Uncle, he is a neuroradiologist and a professor at Harvard University.