ÿþ<html> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <title> Welcome, Ghasem Naddafzadeh Shirazi Homepage </title> <meta name=CREATED content="20080315;14104700"> <meta name=CHANGEDBY content="Ghasem Naddafzadeh Shirazi"> <meta name=CHANGED content="20110924;15192900"> <meta name=DESCRIPTION content="Ghasem naddafzadeh Shirazi Homepage, resume, C.V.,&#13;&#10;awards, Shiraz university, NUS, UBC, research on Ultra wideband UWB sensor networks,&#13;&#10;MAC, routing, Cooperative MAC communication, cooperative communication, wireless sensor networks, Convex optimization, WSN, quality of service QoS.&#13;&#10;MDP, Partially observable Markov Decision Process POMDP, Reinforcement learning, optimization, modelling"> <meta name=KEYWORDS content="Ghasem naddafzadeh Shirazi Homepage, resume, C.V., awards, Shiraz university, NUS, UBC, research on Ultra wideband UWB sensor networks, MAC, Convex optimization, routing, Cooperative MAC communication, cooperative communication, wireless sensor networks, WSN, quality of service QoS.MDP, Partially observable Markov Decision Process POMDP, Reinforcement learning, optimization, modelling"> <!-- meta name=verify-v1 content="TUAOaDzHOMelBMfBTB9fubix54GyHtJdhHJs4fZZnAA=" !--> </head> <!-- body bgcolor="#9FD08F" lang=EN-US link="#405A46" vlink="#405A46" style='tab-interval:.5in' !--> <!-- body bgcolor="#9FD08F" lang=EN-US link="#773A3A" vlink="#502A2A" style='tab-interval:.5in' !--> <body bgcolor="#9FD08F" lang=EN-US link="#0000C0" vlink="#0000C0"> <!-- body bgcolor="#9FD08F" !--> <!-- ayat-of-the-day begin --> <div id="ayat" align="right"> <span id="ayat_text"> </span> <a id="ayat_tanzil_link"></a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> var AYATSERVER = "http://ghasem.freehostingcloud.com/cgi-bin/ayat.php"; jQuery.support.cors = true; //prevent IE's "No Transport" Error. $(document).ready( function(){ $.getJSON(AYATSERVER,{},function(ayat){ document.getElementById('ayat_text').innerHTML = ayat.text; $("#ayat_tanzil_link").attr({"href":ayat.linkToTanzil, "target":"_blank"}); document.getElementById('ayat_tanzil_link').innerHTML = ayat.location; }); }); </script> <!-- ayat-of-the-day end --> <table> <tr> <td> <p><font size="5"> <!-- img width=118 height=132 src="pics/naddaf.jpg" align=right v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2" --> <img width=256 src="pics/naddaf3.jpg" align=right v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2" --> <b> <font color="#5A2A2A">Ghasem Naddafzadeh Shirazi</font></b> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp <!-- 10 spaces !--> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp [Home] <br> </font> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp ECE Department, Univesity of British Columbia, &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp <font size="5">[<a href="resume.html">Resume</a>]</font> <br> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp 4090 - 2332 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4. &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp <font size="5">[<a href="publications-chron.html">Publications</a>]</font> <br> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp email: naddaf [at] ece [dot] ubc [dot] ca &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp &nbsp&nbsp <font size="5">[<a href="tutorials.html">Links</a>]</font> </p> <hr> <p>I am a PhD candidate at <a href="http://datacom.ece.ubc.ca/index.htm">Data Communication Group</a>, <a href="http://www.ece.ubc.ca/">The University of British Columbia</a>, under supervision of <a href="http://www.ece.ubc.ca/%7Elampe/">Prof. Lutz Lampe</a>. My thesis title is  Optimization in Ultra Wideband (UWB) Sensor Networks<i> . <u1:p></u1:p></i> </p> <p>I did my Masters in <a href="http://cnds.ece.nus.edu.sg/">CNDS Lab</a>, <a href="http://www.ece.nus.edu.sg/">National University of Singapore</a>, under supervision of <a href="http://www.ece.nus.edu.sg/stfpage/eletck/">Prof. C.K. Tham</a> and <a href="http://www.kustar.ac.ae/academics/collegesandinstitutes/college/abu_dhabi/pengyong_kong.aspx">Prof. P.Y. Kong</a> joint with <a href="http://www.i2r.a-star.edu.sg/">I<sup>2</sup>R</a> in the <i>UWB-based Sentient Computing</i> project. My Master s thesis title is &quot;Cooperative communications in wireless networks: Novel approaches in the MAC layer&quot; <a href="http://scholarbank.nus.edu/handle/10635/19236">link</a>. </p> <br> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <b>Research interests: </b><br> <ul type=disc> <li>UWB sensor networks, QoS, modeling and optimization.</li> <li>Wireless sensor network localization: Convex optimization techniques.</li> <li>Compressive Sampling</li> <li>Applications of machine learning and game theory in wireless networks, <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; e.g. for vehicular communication, 4G networks (WiMAX/LTE), cognitive radio, and cooperative relay networks. </li> </ul> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <b> Short biography: </b><br> <ul type=disc> <li> Vice President, Student Services, Graduate Student Association (ECEGSA 2012). </li> <li> Seminars and Workshop Leader, IEEE UBC Student Branch (2012). </li> <li> <a href="http://www.rim.com/">Research in Motion</a> internship: DSP software developer. (2011) </li> <li> PhD Candidate at <a href="http://www.ubc.ca/">UBC</a>. (2009-present) </li> <li> Masters Degree from <a href="http://nus.edu.sg/">NUS</a>. (2007-2009) </li> <li> <a href="http://www.ece.nus.edu.sg/showcase/studachiev/achievements.htm#international">Best student paper award</a>, <a href="http://www.icuwb2008.org/">ICUWB</a>, Germany, <a href="http://stream.mml.uni-hannover.de/Video-Files/ANT/Vortraege/ICUWB2008/icuwb2008Banquet640480.mp4">Video</a>. (2008) </li> <!--li> International Graduate Scholarship (IGS) award from <a href="http://www.a-star.edu.sg/">A*STAR</a>, Singapore. (2006) </li> <li> Accepted for pursuing Masters Degree in <a href="http://www.sharif.ir/en/">Sharif University of Technology</a>. (2006) </li> <li> Undergraduate studies among top 2 students in <a href="http://www.cse.shirazu.ac.ir/">CSE Department</a>, Shiraz University. (2001-2005) </li--> </ul> <center>(See <a href="dl/resume.pdf">resume</a> for more details.)</center> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font size="1"> Last updated on 20 Apr. 2012. <a href="http://www.statcounter.com/">site statistics:</a> <script> var sc_project=3518126; var sc_invisible=0; var sc_partition=32; var sc_security="ee87ea12"; var sc_text=2; </script> <script src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter_xhtml.js"> </script> (Avgerage one unique visit per day since Mar. 2008) </font> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>