Last Modified: December 11, 2015 Jalal Arabneydi s Curriculum Vitae, Page 1/5 Jalal Arabneydi Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Phone: (514) 549-7704 McGill University Email: jalal.arabneydi@mail.mcgill.ca 3480 rue University, Montreal, QC, Canada Postal code: H3A 0E9 EDUCATION McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Control Engineering Thesis: Team Optimal Control and Reinforcement Learning in Multi-agent Systems Supervisor: Aditya Mahajan Sep. 2011 - Now University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Sep. 2006 - Jul. 2009 M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Control Engineering Thesis: Simulation of Intelligent Control System to Model Human Gait Using Sensor Data Fusion Techniques Supervisors: B. Moshiri, and F. Bahrami Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran Sep. 2002 - Sep. 2006 B.Sc. (Honors), Electrical Engineering, Control Engineering Final year project: Modeling the Distillation Tower of Esfahan Mobarakeh Steel Company Enterprise Portal Supervisor: Y. Zakeri RESEARCH INTERESTS Stochastic Control Theory: Game Theory, Team Theory, Centralized and Decentralized Control, Distributed Optimization, Reinforcement Learning in Multi-agent Systems, Q-learning, etc. Classic Control Theory: Nonlinear Control, Adaptive Control, Robust Control, Hybrid Control, etc. Artificial Intelligence: Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Genetic Algorithms, Sensory Motor Control, etc. Smart Grids: Integration of Renewable Energies to the Grid, Demand Response, Supply Response, etc. Robotics: Legged Locomotion, Motion Planning, Manipulators, Mobile Robots, Navigation, etc. ACADEMIC AWARDS and HONORS Best Student Paper Award of Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) 2014 Recipient of highly distinguished and competitive award judged based on originality, clarity, and potential impact on practical applications or theoretical foundations of control. Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel (G.R.E.A.T.) Award 2013 Recipient of Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel Award, McGill University Greville Smith Fellowship 2011-2013 Recipient of Greville Smith Fellowship, McGill University Geoff Hyland Fellowship 2011-2013 Recipient of Geoff Hyland Fellowship, McGill University MEDA (McGill Engineering Doctoral Award) 2011-2013 Highly competitive and prestigious award, McGill University Ebco/Eppich, Franklin D. & Helen K. Van Pykstra Graduate Scholarship 2010 Ebco/Eppich, Franklin D. & Helen K. Van Pykstra Graduate Scholarship, Simon Fraser University Targeted Special Graduate Entrance Scholarship 2009-2010 Targeted Special Graduate Entrance Scholarship, Simon Fraser University
Last Modified: December 11, 2015 Jalal Arabneydi s Curriculum Vitae, Page 2/5 Ranked 5th 2006 Among all participants, majored in control engineering, in highly competitive national university entrance exam for M.Sc. degree of Electrical Engineering (Major: Control Engineering) Ranked 1st 2006 Among all graduate bachelor students in Control Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology Honored as Exceptional Talent 2006 National Organization of Educational Testing Honored as Exceptional Talent 2003 Ranked as top 3 among all students (in all fields) at Isfahan University of Technology ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant Linear Control Systems Fall 2008 Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Duties: grading assignments Introduction to Robotics Fall 2010 Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada Duties: grading assignments and holding office hours weekly to help students with the material of the course. Electric Circuit 2 Winter 2011 Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada Duties: grading assignments, midterms, finals, and lab projects;also, weekly office hours and lab tutorials. M.Sc. student at Tehran University, Iran Fall 2006 - Summer 2009 Ph.D. student at Simon Fraser University, Canada Fall 2009 - Fall 2010 Ph.D. student at McGill University, Canada Fall 2011 - Now PUBLICATIONS Journal Papers 1. J. Arabneydi, A. Mahajan, Team Optimal Control with Mean-Field Sharing, in progress to be submitted to IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2. J. Arabneydi, A. Mahajan, Mean-Field LQG with Finite Number of Subsystems, in progress to be submitted to IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 3. J. Arabneydi, A. Mahajan, Decentralized Reinforcement Learning with Partial History Sharing, in progress to be submitted to IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 4. J. Arabneydi, A. Mahajan, Approximate Solution and Reinforcement Learning in Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes, in progress to be submitted to IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.
Last Modified: December 11, 2015 Jalal Arabneydi s Curriculum Vitae, Page 3/5 Conference Papers 5. J. Arabneydi, and A. Mahajan, Team Optimal Solution of Finite Number of Mean-Field Coupled LQG Subsystems, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec., 2015. 6. J. Arabneydi, and A. Mahajan, Reinforcement Learning in Multi-Agent Systems with Partial History Sharing, The 2nd Multidisciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making (RLDM), Edmonton, Canada, June 7-10, 2015. 7. J. Arabneydi, and A. Mahajan, Reinforcement Learning in Decentralized Stochastic Control Systems with Partial History Sharing, IEEE American Control Conference (ACC), Chicago, USA, Jul. 1-3, 2015. 8. J. Arabneydi, and A. Mahajan, Team Optimal Control of coupled subsystems with mean-field sharing, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), L.A., USA, Dec., 2014. 9. J. Arabneydi, and A. Mahajan, Team Optimal Control of coupled major-minor subsystems with mean-field sharing, IEEE Indian Control Conference (ICC), India, Jan., 2015. 10. J. Arabneydi, B. Moshiri, F. Bahrami, Modeling Gait using CPG (Central Pattern Generator) and Neural Network, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, International Conference on Biometric ID management and multimodal communication (BioID 09), Madrid, Spain, Sept. 2009. 11. J. Arabneydi, B. Moshiri, F. Bahrami, Gait Phase Detection by OWA (Ordered Weighted Average) Approach, Proc. 2nd International Joint Conference on Computational Engineering (KMCM 2008), Vancouver, Canada, July 8-11, 2008. 12. J.Arabneydi, Control and Steering of Automatic Mobile Robot through the Cluttered Environment with Obstacles, The 2nd Joint Congress on Fuzzy and Intelligent Systems, Tehran, Iran, Oct. 28-30, 2008. 13. J. Arabneydi, B. Moshiri, F. Bahrami, A Bio-inspired Control Approach for Biped Robots Locomotion, Accepted for Publication in Proc. of the IEEE 2nd Biomedical Engineering in International Conference on (BMEiCON 2009), Thailand. 14. J. Arabneydi, B. Moshiri, F. Bahrami, Recurrent Gait Model, Accepted for Publication in Proc. of the Sixth International Workshop on Computational Systems Biology, WCSB 2009, Denmark. Talks Mean Field Teams, 7th International Conference on Discrete Models of Complex Systems, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 17-19, 2015. Finite State Approximation of POMDPs, CORS-INFORMS International Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 15-17, 2015. Reinforcement Learning in Multi-Agent Systems with Partial History Sharing, 2nd Multidisciplinary Conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making (RLDM), Alberta, Canada, June 7-10, 2015. Team Optimal Control with Mean-Field Sharing, McGill Engineering Research Showcase (MERS), McGill University, Canada, Oct., 2014. Team Optimal Control of Coupled Subsystems with Mean-Field Sharing, Meeting on System and Control Theory, University of Waterloo, Canada, May, 2014. SERVICE Reviewer Volunteer Iranian Student Electrical Engineering Conference 2007,2008 American Control Conference (ACC) 2014 IEEE Transaction on Automatic Control 2014 American Control Conference (ACC) in Montreal, Canada 2012 McGill Iranian Student Association (MISA) 2011-2013 Held position as Vice President of McGill IEEE Student Branch, Montreal, Canada 2012-2014
Last Modified: December 11, 2015 Jalal Arabneydi s Curriculum Vitae, Page 4/5 MEMBERSHIP IEEE Robotics and Automation Society IEEE Control Systems Society SOFTWARE Control Engineering: Matlab including Toolboxes and Simulink Robotics: Nastran, ADAMS, Anybody, Webot, Player/Stage Web Developing Language: HTML,JavaScript, CSS Programming Language: C++, Java Industrial Programming: PLCs, Microcontrollers Operating System: Windows, Linux, Mac Others: OrCAD, Latex, Microsoft office, etc. EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS Playing piano for more than 10 years. Semi-professional indoor soccer player (awarded many cups such as the championship of McGill University Competitive League in 2013 and that of Concordia University Competitive League in 2012.) Playing Ping-Pong, Swimming, Watching movies, etc. REFERENCES Aditya Mahajan Electrical and Computer Engineering McGill University McConnel Engineering Building, Room 533 3480 University Street, Montreal, QC, Canada Phone: (514)-398-8088 aditya.mahajan@mcgill.ca http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/ amahaj1 Behzad Moshiri Professor (IEEE Senior Member) University of Tehran Tehran, Iran Phone: + 98 (21) 8863 3029 Moshiri@ut.ac.ir http://ece.ut.ac.ir/faculty/moshiri Fariba Bahrami University of Tehran Tehran, Iran Phone: +98 (21) 633025-27, Ext. 45, fbahrami@ut.ac.ir http://cipce.ut.ac.ir/homepage/bahrami/drbahrami(final).htm Jafar Ghaisari Isfahan University of Technology Isfahan, Iran Phone: +98 (311) 391 5398 ghaisari@cc.iut.ac.ir http://ece.iut.ac.ir/faculty/ghaisari/
Last Modified: December 11, 2015 Jalal Arabneydi s Curriculum Vitae, Page 5/5 Mahdi Alavi Post Doctoral Research Fellow School of Engineering Science Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada Phone: (778) 858-1442 malavi@sfu.ca www.sfu.ca/ malavi