Delaram Yazdansepas 415 Boyd GSRC (706) 206 0149 University of Georgia delaram@uga.edu Athens, GA 30602 http://cs.uga.edu/~delaram PhD candidate in Computer Science. Focused on student-centered teaching for graduate and undergraduate students. Experienced in a variety of active learning models and effective teaching approaches and strategies. Interested in machine learning, data mining and mobile computing. Education 2012 Present UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Athens, GA (Expected May 2017) Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science Area: Ubiquitous Computing, Pervasive systems, Health Informatics. Advisor: Dr. Lakshmish Ramaswamy GPA: 3.95 out of 4.0 2007 2011 QAZVIN AZAD UNIVERSITY Qazvin, Iran B.Sc. in Computer Engineering (Specialization: Software Engineering) Thesis: Harmony Search Algorithm in Optimization of Wireless Sensor Networks. Advisor: Dr. T.Haghighat GPA: 4.0 out of 4.0 Teaching Experience Spring 2014 CSCI 2611: DISCRETE MATHEMATICS Instructor of Record (Class size: ~50 students) Held lectures 3 times a week. Prepare material for instructional use including handouts, presentations, exams, quizzes, and classroom and homework assignments. Update materials as needed to maintain currency. Held office hours and answer student s questions in course related material. Grade and evaluate students during the semester. Spring 2013 Fall 2013 CSCI 1100L INTRODUCTION TO PERSONAL COMPUTING Primary Instructor/Lab Instructor Duties: Give pre-lab talks, assist students in lab material, evaluate and grade term web projects. Multiple Lab sections (100 students in 4 sections) Fall 2013 CSCI 6720 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE (graduate level) Delaram Yazdansepas Curriculum Vitae Page 1 of 6
Held Office hours and graded homework, projects, and examinations. Fall 2012 CSCI 4800/6800 HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTIONS Held Office hours. Graded reading reflections, projects, and examinations. Guided student teams in semester long design projects following the human centered design process. Employment Aug 2014 Present Athens, GA NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Southeast Coast Network & University of Georgia Assistant Data Manager (Graduate Research Assistant) Development of databases and applications in SQL Server C#/VB Data querying, analysis and dissemination, including: designing interactive forms, designing dynamic queries and automatic reports, and all necessary testing and debugging. Streamline data dissemination to staff utilizing SQL Server Reporting Services, SharePoint Services Designer. Assist in the development of quality assurance and quality control procedures at all levels of the data life cycle (e.g. data entry, data transfer, data analysis and reporting). Document all fields and code. Contribute to the development of user manuals and other guidance documents. Provide technical support to users and ensure that databases are updated to remain compatible with current software versions. Advise the data management program on matters relating to databases and user-interface options. Develop design specifications for new database applications. May Aug 2014 Athens, GA NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Southeast Coast Network & University of Georgia Assistant Database Programmer (Graduate Research Assistant) Development of databases and applications in SQL Server. C#/VB Data querying, analysis and dissemination, including: designing interactive forms, designing dynamic queries and automatic reports, and all necessary testing and debugging. Streamline data dissemination to staff utilizing SQL Server Reporting Services, SharePoint Services Designer. Assist in the development of quality assurance and quality control procedures at all levels of the data life cycle (e.g. data entry, data transfer, data analysis and reporting). Co-author technical reports and data summaries. Sep 2011 June 2012 Tehran, Iran PERSIAN SWITCH CO. (ASAN PARDAKHT PERSIAN) Web Developer and UX Designer R&D Division Designed Web application for Payment Service Provider Business to suit needs of the customers. Delaram Yazdansepas Curriculum Vitae Page 2 of 6
Tested, documented and debugged developed software and web applications. Created graphical user interface, using Photoshop, JQuery, CSS and etc. Professional Developments Aug 2016 - Present INTERDISCIPLINARY CERTIFICATE IN UNIVERSITY TEACHING The Graduate School and Center for Teaching and Learning University of Georgia Multifaceted program supporting the enhancement of teaching skills. Must fulfill requirements including teaching experience, 9 hour coursework and Teaching Portfolio Nov 2016 IEEE-WIE GLOBAL WOMEN IN STEM LEADERSHIP SUMMIT IEEE Women in Engineering organization (WIE)- Atlanta, GA Inter-generational multidimensional leadership development program for women in STEM. Guest Lectures/ Workshops Nov 2016 TECHNOLOGY IN CLASSROOM WORKSHOP The Graduate School and Center for Teaching and Learning University of Georgia Multifaceted program supporting the enhancement of teaching skills. Provides academic credential Oct 2015 Sep 2014 GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT SEMINAR Computer Science Department University of Georgia Guest lecture on challenges of teaching in a different country, as an international TA Strategies and resources to help adjust TA s to the university system Publications CONFERENCE PAPERS [p5] A. Niazi, D. Yazdansepas, J. Gay, F. Maier, L. Ramaswamy, K. Rasheed, M. Buman. Statistical Analysis of Window Sizes and Sampling Rates in Human Activity Recognition. (to appear) International Conference on Health Informatics HEALTHINF 17. Porto, Portugal, February 2017 [p4] D. Yazdansepas, A. Niazi, J. Gay, F. Maier, L. Ramaswamy, K. Rasheed, M. Buman. A Multi-Featured Approach for Wearable Sensor-based Human Activity Recognition. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics ICHI 16. Chicago Illinois, October 2016 Delaram Yazdansepas Curriculum Vitae Page 3 of 6
[p3] A. Niazi, D. Yazdansepas, J. Gay, F. Maier, L. Ramaswamy, K. Rasheed, M. Buman. A Hierarchical Meta-Classifier for Human Activity Recognition. International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications ICMLA 16. Anaheim California, December 2016 [p2] A. Basharat, D. Yazdansepas, K. Rasheed. Comparative Study of Verse Similarity for Multi-lingual Representations of the Qur an. Proceedings of International Conference Artificial Intelligence ICAI 15. Las Vegas, Nevada, July, 2015 [p1] D.Yazdansepas and M. Nami. Multi-Agent Systems: A Survey. Proceedings of International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, PDPTA 2010: 737-745, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 2010. [r2] [r1] TECHNICAL REPORTS W. Wright and D. Yazdansepas. 2015. Fixed-station water-quality monitoring at Cumberland Island National Seashore: 2005 through 2009 data summary. Natural Resource Data Series NPS/SECN/NRDS 2015/807. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. W. Wright and D. Yazdansepas. 2015. Fixed-station water-quality monitoring at Cape Hatteras National Seashore: 2005 2009 data summary. Natural Resource Data Series NPS/SECN/NRDS 2015/799. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. [w6] POSTER PRESENTATIONS Wearable Sensor-based Human Activity Recognition D. Yazdansepas. IEEE ICHI Doctoral Consortium, Chicago Oct 2016 [w5] HAR Classification System by Extracting Wavelet Transform Features D. Yazdansepas. BCB Workshop on Big Data in Life Sciences, Atlanta Sep 2015 [w4] Human Activity Recognition Systems Using Smart Phone Sensors D. Yazdansepas. UBICOMP broadening participation workshop, Seattle Sep 2014 [w3] Accelerometer Mapping Method for Mobile-based Fall Detection Systems D. Yazdansepas, F.Jalazadehfard, N. Abolhassani. CRA-W Grad Cohort Poster session, Santa Clara April 2014 [w2] Accelerometer Mapping Method for Mobile-based Fall Detection Systems D. Yazdansepas, F.Jalazadehfard, N. Abolhassani. Computer Science Research Day, University of Georgia April 2014 [First Place Award in Poster Competition] Delaram Yazdansepas Curriculum Vitae Page 4 of 6
[w1] Verse Similarity Analysis of the Qur an D. Yazdansepas, A. Basharat, H. Wang. Computer Science Research Day, University of Georgia April 2013 [Third Place Award in Poster Competition] Honors and Awards Sept. 2016 July 2016 June 2016 Aug 2015 March 2015 IEEE ICHI TRAVEL GRANT International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, Chicago, Il October 2016 ACM SIGKDD TRAVEL GRANT Broadening Participation in Data Mining, San Francisco, CA August 2016. ANITA BORG GHC Scholarship Grace Hopper Celebration 2016, Houston, TX October 2016. ACM-BCB TRAVEL GRANT BigLS workshop, Atlanta, GA September 2015. E-HUB ACCELERATOR PITCH WINNER Terry Collage of Business, University of Georgia, Athens, GA Feb 2015 THINC-A-THON FIRST PLACE AWARD Thinc at UGA, University of Georgia,Athens, GA June 2014 April 2014 March 2014 April 2013 March 2013 UBICOMP STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT Broadening Participation workshop, Seattle, WA September 2015. BEST POSTER AWARD IN COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH DAY University of Georgia, Athens, GA. CRA-W GRAD COHORT TRAVEL GRANT Santa Clara, CA April 2014. THIRD PRIZE POSTER AWARD IN COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH DAY University of Georgia, Athens, GA. CRA-W GRAD COHORT TRAVEL GRANT Boston, MA April 2013. 2011 OUTSTANDING STUDENT IN ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Qazvin Azad University, Iran. 2010 TOP STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP Qazvin Azad University, Iran. Delaram Yazdansepas Curriculum Vitae Page 5 of 6
Mentorship/Services Undergrad/Grad mentorship support in DIPS Lab on various projects Hosted UGA CS Department Graduate Research Day External reviewer of IEEE BigData 16, CoopIS'15, IEEE IRI 14 Academic Honesty Student Council Member Membership Computer Science Graduate Student Association Representative ACM Student Member ACM-W Member WiSci @ UGA (Women in Science) Skills Programming: Java, C#, Python, Visual Basic, C++, MATLAB Statistics: R Statistical Programming Language, JMP, SAS Big Data Ecosystems: Hadoop, Map Reduce, HDFS, Apache SPARK Web Developing: Light Switch, JQuery, HTML, JavaScript, Asp.Net, CSS, MS InfoPath Applications: Visual Studio, Weka, Octave, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Maple, MS Office, MS SharePoint, Visio DBMS: MS SQL server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Access Operating Systems: UNIX/Linux, Windows, Mac OS Network: CCNA, Routing, Switching, IP managing, Windows Server Languages: Fluent in English and Persian (Farsi), working knowledge of French, Arabic Delaram Yazdansepas Curriculum Vitae Page 6 of 6