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S. Amir Yahyavi Firouz Abadi

Email address: amir . yahyavi [a t] cs.mcgill.ca
Address: McConnel Engineering Building, Room #105
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  Education
 
  • PhD Student: 2009 – ...
    • School of Computer Science, McGill University
    • GPA: 4/4 (So far)
    • Advisors: Dr. Bettina Kemme
    • Research Topic: P2P Network Engines in Massively Multiplayer Online Games
  • M.Sc. in Information Technology : 2006 – 2008
    • ECE Department, University of Tehran - Among top three universities in Iran
    • GPA: 19.01/20
    • Advisors: Dr. Yazdani and Dr. Dehghan
    • Thesis: “Sleep Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks”
  • B.Sc. in Information Technology: 2002 – 2006
    • CEIT Department, Amirkabir University of Technology - Among top three universities in Iran
    • GPA: 16.2/20
    • Advisor: Dr. Dehghan
    • Thesis: “Fraud Detection in Cellular Mobile Networks”

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  Honors and Achievements
 
  • McGill Principal's Graduate Fellowship
  • McGill Entrance Scholarship
  • McGill Provost Award
  • Graduation as the first rank among IT graduate students (GPA: 19.01/20)(2008)
  • Graduation among top 10 in BS degree (GPA: 16.2/20) (2006)
  • Offered Admission to Amirkabir Univ. Of Tech. without national examination
  • Ranked 540st in the university entrance examination among around 400,000 students (2002)
  • 2001 Reached first level of National Math and Computer Olympiad (2001)

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  Research Interests
 
  • Peer-to-Peer Networks
  • Massively Multiplayer Online Games
  • Wireless & Ad-Hoc Networks
  • Artificial Intelligence

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  Academic Experiences

 

 Publications:

  • H. Khalili, A. Yahyavi, Farhad Oroumchian, "Web Graph Pre-compression for similarity based algorithms", In Proceedings of Third International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Applied Optimization (ICMSAO’09), Sharjah, UAE, 2009. PDFPDF
  • A. Yahyavi, “Sleep Scheduling In Wireless Sensor Networks”, M.Sc. Thesis, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 2008. PDFPDF
  • A. Yahyavi, L. Roostapour, R. Aslanzade, M. Dehghan, N. Yazdani, "Intrusion k-Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks", In Proceedings of WinSYS2008 International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems, Porto, Portugal, 2008, p41-46. PDFPDF
  • A. Yahyavi, H. Khalili,, N. Yazdani, "Delay Efficient MAC Protocol for Diffusion Based Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks", In Proceedings of WinSYS2008 International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems, Porto, Portugal, 2008, p88-91. (Short)PDFPDF,PDFPDF
  • A. Yahyavi, L. Roostapour, R. Aslanzade, N. Yazdani, "Dykco, Dynamic k-Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks", In Proceedings of 2008 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Suntec, Singapore, 2008, p2804-2809. PDFPDF,PPTXPDF
  • S. Nazemi, A. Nasiri, L. Roostapour, A. Yahyavi, M. Dehghan, “SLTP: Scalable Lightweight Time Synchronization Protocol for Wireless Sensor Network,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 4864, MSN2007, 2007, p. 536. PDFPDF
  • A. Yahyavi, “Fraud Detection in Cellular Mobile Networks”, B.Sc. Thesis, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2006.
  • L. Roostapour, A. Yahyavi, “Shahid Beheshti DLN Center a Case Study”, ICTP Workshop on Web enabling technologies for e-Learning, 2005, Trieste, Italy. (Won Full Scholarship) PPTPDF
  • A. Yahyavi, A. Ghoorchian, O. Mirabzadeh, “A Survey on eBanking”, Rayaneh Khabar Journal, 2005. [Persian]

 

 Conferences and workshops:

  • Tomlinson Project in University-Level Science Education (T-PULSE) Graduate Teaching Workshop for Science Graduate Students, January 2010, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  • ICTP's Workshop on Wireless ICT in Developing Countries and 2nd Awareness Workshop on the Relevance of Wireless ICT Solutions, Feb. - March2009, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. (With full Scholarship)
  • A. Yahyavi, "Designing a Cross Layer Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks, A Case Study", ICTP's Workshop on Wireless ICT Solutions, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Feb. - March 2009, Trieste, Italy. (Talk)
  • Oral Presentation at SMC2008, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Oct. 2008, Singapore.
  • Participated in Fuzzy Systems workshop, Amirkabir University, Oct. 2007, Iran
  • Participated in 1st International information and knowledge Technology Conference, Amirkabir University of Technology 2005

 

 Memberships:

  • IEEE & IEEE Computer Society Student Member (2006-present)
  • Alumni Association of Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran (2008 – present)
  • Alumni Association of Amirkabir University of Technology (2006-present)
  • Student executive committee of 1st International information and knowledge Technology Conference, Amirkabir University of Technology 2005.
  • Member of Amirkabir University of Technology Contest, The 2003 ACM-ICPC world Regional Contest, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2003

 

 Teaching Experience:

  • Spring 2009: University of Tehran, Operating Systems Lab
  • Fall 2008: University of Tehran, Operating Systems Lab
  • Spring 2008: University of Tehran, Operating Systems Lab

 

 Research Experience:

  • Fall 2009 – Present: Distributed Information Systems Lab, McGill University
    • Research Assistant
    • Advisor: Dr. Bettina Kemme
    • Topic: P2P Architectures in MMOGs
  • Fall 2006 – Spring 2009: Router Laboratory, University of TehranResearch Assistant
    • Advisor: Dr. Yazdani and Dr. Dehghan
    • Wireless Sensor Networks
    • Sleep Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks
    • Power Awareness in Real Time Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Fall 2005 – Summer 2006: Ad-hoc and Wireless Networks Laboratory, Amirkabir Univ. of Tech.
    • Advisor: Dr. Dehghan
    • Application of Artificial Intelligence in detecting Fraudulent Behavior in Cellular Mobile Networks
    • Time Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks

     

 Selected Academic Projects:

  • Fall 2009: Distributing an application through Middlewares and JAVA RMI. Distributed Systems Course.
  • Fall 2009: A reusable software fault tolerance library in Java. Software Fault Tolerance Course.
  • Spring 2006: Application design and development for a Electronic Store with inventory management, using ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL server
  • Spring 2006: Implementation of a Visual Management Information Base for SNMP Protocol (Pull Model), using C++ and QT-Designer in Fedora Core
  • Fall 2005: Design and Prototype Implementation of a Case Management System for Courts Based on Web Services, Using PHP and NuSOAP.
  • Spring 2003: Design and Implementation of a Multiplayer Game (Age of Empires Prototype), Using C++ and Socket Programming

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  Work Experiences
  • ASP.NET programmer, Behbahan Cement Company (Sep 2005 -Dec 2005)
  • Software expert, Chista Software Group (Summer 2005)
  • Web Developer, Oil Industries and Construction Company (Jan 2005, March 2005)
  • C++ Programmer, Metanet Amirkabir Company (Summer 2004)

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  Language Proficiency
 
  • TOEFL IBT Oct. 2008: 114/120 (Native). Reading:30/30, Listening: 30/30, Speaking: 24/30, Writing: 30/30
  • IELTS Dec. 2006: Overall: 7.5/9. Reading: 9/9, Listening: 7/9, Writing: 7/9, Speaking: 7/9
  • French: Basic

 GRE score:

  • GRE Oct. 2008: Verbal: 520/800 (Percentile: 66%), Quantitative: 780/800 (Percentile: 90%), Analytical: 3.5/6.0 (Percentile: 20%)
  • GRE Oct. 2007: Verbal: 350/800, Quantitative: 800/800, Analytical: 3.5/6.0

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  Computer Skills
 
  • Operating systems: Windows , Linux, Some Mac
  • Programming languages: C# , C++, Java, Linux Shell programming, .Net Framework
  • Database Systems: Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle
  • Web development: ASP.NET, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
  • Simulation: NS2, J-Sim, TOSSIM

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