Research Interests

 

• HCI and user experience design

• Ubiquitous computing

• Crowdsourcing and participatory design

• Digital design for education

• Digital design and privacy

 

 

 

Education

 

• PhD Student, Human Computer Interaction The University of North Carolina Charlotte (Date)

• BSc., Software Engineering, University of Isfahan (UI), Isfahan, Iran (2006-2012)                        

• Diploma, Physics and Mathematics, Farzanegan Amin High School (my city’s branch of National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents) (2001-2005)

 

 

 

Research

 

 

• Research on Crowd motivations for participation in designing  Citizen Science environments, The University of North Carolina Charlotte (Date)
   

• Research on Developing standard Network policies and governance, Isfahan University of Technology (2012)
   

• Research on Role Based Access Control (RBAC), Isfahan University of Technology (2012)

 

• BSc thesis on UML Models inconsistency check using Alloy, Isfahan University (2011-2012)

 

• Research on Geometrical structure of Islamic designs, IMH (2010-2011)

 

• Research on Fractals and Dynamical Systems, IMH (2005-2006)

 

 

 

Publications

 

• The geometry of Paradise Flowers, Sarah Abdellahi, Tom Goris, Bridges 2011 proceeding, P 681-684

 

• De wiskunde van de Paradijsbloemen, Sarah Abdellahi, Tom Goris, De Nieuwe Wiskrant 30-4, June 2011

 

 

 

Workshops & Conference Presentations

 

• Full day Workshops for network administrators on Network configuration and Vulnerability issues, Isfahan University of technology (2011-2014)

 

• Workshop presentation on Islamic patterns Geometry, Isfahan Mathematics House (IMH) (2012)

 

• Workshop presentation on Geometry of Islamic Floral Designs, Nationale Wiskunde Dagen, Freudenthal Institute, Netherlands (2011)

 

• Workshop presentation on the Geometry of Islamic Floral Designs, Bridges math and Art Conference, Coimbra, Portugal (2011)

 

• Workshop presentation on Penrose and Geometry of tilings, Bridges math and Art Conference, Pecs, Hungary (2010)

 

 

Technical Work Experience

 

Network Research Center; Isfahan University of Technology
 

• Researcher, Course Developer and Trainer on Network Protocols, Network Monitoring, Access Control, Privacy for Organization Employees, Incident handling, Vulnerability management, etc. for network admins, companies’ employees and university students, “Technical and Operations” and “Training and awareness” departments  (2011-2014)

 

• Organizer and Referee, Personal Computers Security Contest (2010)
   

 

Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran; Engineering Department
 

• Computer Lab Assistant, Engineering Department (2008)

 

National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents, Isfahan, Iran
 

• Referee of Students Projects, Software Ceremony, (2009)

 

 

 

Educational Work Experience

 

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Software and information Systems Department
 

• Teaching Assistant of Human and Computer Interaction (Spring 2015)

 

Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran; Engineering Department
 

• Teaching Assistant of Cryptography and Discrete Mathematics (2010-2011)

• Teaching Assistant of Cryptography

 

Isfahan Mathematics House “IMH”, Isfahan, Iran (2006-Date)
 

• Teaching some topic in Cryptography, Topology, tiling

• Coordinator of Students Activity

• Organizer and speech translator of Math workshops

• Member of managing committee of the Dynamical Systems Workshop, IMH, Isfahan, Iran (2007)

 

Farzanegan Amin3 School, National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents Isfahan, Iran
 

• School Research Guide and Coordinator (2008-2009)

• Scientific member of the Mehregan Workshop committee: Choosing workshop subjects and content quality controlling (2006-2008)

• Teaching different topics in Mehregan Workshops: Brouwer fixed point theorem in simple words, Mathematics and Tilling, Strategic games (2006-2008)

 

National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents, Software Ceremony, Isfahan, Iran
 

• Teaching Computer programing using Scratch Software to secondary school students (2008-2010)

 

 

 

Competition Design & Moderation

 

• Member of Referee Committee of the "Mathematic A-lympiad”, IMH, Isfahan, Iran (2008-2013)

• Designer of 25th international A-lympiad competition, 1st round (member of The International A-lympiad committee 2011-Date): Task was based on a mathematical modeling idea (2012)

• International member of Referee committee of “Mathematic A-lympiad”, Germany (2011)

• Member of Referee committee of the “6th and 7th Tournament of Towns”, IMH, Isfahan, Iran (2008-2009)

• Referee of 3rd “students software festival” where students compete designing their own applications in different subjects (2008-2009)

 

 

 

Awards

 

• Tuition Waiver and Assistantship, UNC Charlotte, USA (2014- Date)

• Travel Expenses Grant to participate in International Mathematics and Art conferences, Isfahan Mathematics House, Isfahan, Iran (2010- 2011)

 

• Travel Expenses full Grant to participate in Mathematics and Art conference, Zayande Foundation, Netherlands (2010)

 

 

 

Membership

 

• Member of Isfahan Mathematics House “IMH” (2004-Date)

 

• Member of International Alympiad Committee, Fruedenthal Institute University of Utrecht (2011-2014)

 

 

 

Skills

 

English: Fluent, German: Basic knowledge, Persian: Native

 

 

Computer

 

Design: Photoshop, AutoCAD, Sozi, Balsamiq Mockup, Axure, etc.

OS : Windows, Windows Server, Mac

Programming: C#, SQL, Maple, Prolog

Network: NMap, Wireshark, Solarwinds, Netsim, Opnet, GPSS 

 

 

Working Certificates

 

• Professional Tour Guiding certificate from Iran Technical and Vocational Training Organization (Working as a local tour guide as a hobby)

 

• Entrepreneurship certificate from Iranian Ministry of  Cooperatives Labour and Social Welfare

 

 

Art

 

• Miniature painting certificate from Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization (2009)

 

• Craving certificate from Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization (2008)

 

• Tazhib (Drawing Islamic Patterns) certificate from Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization (2007)