Research Interests

• Big Data

  Query Optimization

  Indexing

  Data Mining

  Distributed Computing

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, GPA: 3.9

  2018-Now

  New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA

  - Advisor: Parth Nagarkar

• M.Sc. in Computer Software Engineering, GPA:4.0

  2014-2018

  Azad University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

  - GPA: 19.23/20 (ranked 2nd in my class)

  - Thesis Topic: Optimized MapReduce-based K-Means++ algorithm in Hadoop-GPU framework

  - Advisor: Hossein Deldari

• B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, GPA:2.72

  2008-2014

  Quchan University of Technology, Quchan, Iran

  - 2 semesters at "Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran" as a transfer student

  - 4 semesters at "University of Tehran, Iran" as a transfer student

  - Thesis Topic: Modelling of vacuum membrane distillation

  - Advisor: Majid Mahdavian

Work Experience

• Founder and Developer

  2012-2016

  Founded and developed the HyperIRC project, which provided free customized bouncers and bots to OnlineGamesNet IRC network users, and did Linux server administration and network programming.

• Translator

  2012-2014

  Worked as the official English-Persian translator at GameForge company.

• Game Operator, Mobile Games Tester, and Support Manager

  2012-2014

  Worked as a volunteer in several game communities of GameForge company.

Research Experience

Teaching Experience

Relevant Coursework

Services

• External Reviewer for Conference Publications

  Proceedings of Very Large Databases (PVLDB)2019

  ACM Special Interest Group on Management of Data (SIGMOD)2019

  Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM)2019

  ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR)2019

• Graduate College Senator

  Fall 2019-Now

  at Associated Students of New Mexico State University

• Vice president of Iranian Students Organization

  Fall 2019-Now

  at New Mexico State University

Honors and Awards

• Scholarships

  Distinguished Student Leadership2019

• Travel Awards

  The Associated Students of New Mexico State University, Travel Grant (to attend ICMR 2019)2019

  Graduate Student Council of New Mexico State University, Travel Grant (to attend ICMR 2019)2019

  The Associated Students of New Mexico State University, Travel Grant (to attend SIGI 2019)2019

  Graduate Student Council of New Mexico State University, Travel Grant (to attend SIGI 2019)2019