Contact Details: 

Address:  

• No. 27 - Sharestan Sheshom St. - Pesian St. - ValiAsr Ave - Tehran - Iran- 1986885353
  
• Robotics & Haptic Research Lab - CEIT Department - AmirKabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) - Hafez St. - Tehran - Iran 
• Quality Assurance Section - IT Orbit Co. - No. 2 - Second St. - Iranzamin St. - Sanat Sq. Tehran - Iran
  

Cellphone:

• (+98)912 - 2129404

Email:  

• KouroshMeshgi@Gmail.com (Primary)
• Meshgi@Aut.ac.ir
• KouroshMeshgi@IEEE.org 

Instant Messenger:

• Yahoo! Messenger: Kourosh_e_Kabir
• Skype: KouroshMeshgi
  

URL: 

•  http://ceit.aut.ac.ir/~meshgi/
•  http://ceit.aut.ac.ir/~87131055

Social Networks:

• Facebook  
• I had some accounts in Yahoo! 360, Orkut, XuQa and Gazzag too, but they're out of date...

Blog:

• http://life-compiler.blogfa.com
• http://visionexperiments.blogspot.com
  

Personal Information: 

Birth:

•  Oct 1984
  

Marital Status:

• Single (sighhhhhh!)

Hobbies:

• Reading Computer Stuff 
• Serving In Transactional Analysis Training Institute of Pouyesh  ( Here )
  
• Studying Robotics, Brain and Intelligence-related Material
  
• Studying Psychological Material
• Swimming
  
• Playing Chess
• Solving Puzzles 
• Playing video and role-playing games (RPG) like Travian
• Solving ACM Problems 
• Reading Novels (Paper-based actually!)

Memberships:

• Amir Kabir IEEE Branch, IEEE Iran Section, 2009 (Recruit Officer)
• Organizing Committee of 14th Iran Computer Association Conference, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, To be held in 2009.
  
• Aria Robocup Team, 2008 
• Aria Robocup Team, 2007 
• Kasra Robocup Team, 2005 
• Member of Student Council Union of Computer Engineering and IT Faculty, 2005
•  Swimming Team of AmirKabir University, 2005-2006
• Organizing Committee of 2nd International Conference of Information and Knowledge Technology, Amirkabir University  of Technology, Tehran , Iran, 2005
• Organizing Committee of 1st International Conference of Information and Knowledge Technology, Amirkabir University  of Technology, Tehran , Iran, 2003
• Publish Team of Kaafour Funny Student Monthly Paper, AmirKabir University of Technology, 2002-2003
• Student Member of ACM Seh-Tofangdar ACM Team, 2002
• Student Member of Chosen Team for Tehran Province Scientific Conference, 1995

Objectives:

Education:

Higher education in an international university in the following fields:

• Brain Modeling & Cognitive Science 
• Machine Vision & Digital Image Processing
  
• Machine Learning 
  
• Robotics 
  
• Swarm Intelligence
• Multi-Agent Systems
  
• Artificial Intelligence 
• Evolutionary Computing 
• Mechatronic

Life: 

• I want to join NASA, one way or another! 
• I'm now studying as a graduate student in Artificial Intelligence M.Sc. Program at Amirkabir University of Technology, Computer Engineering and Information Technology Department.
• My vision is to become a well-known professor teaching and researching in one of top universities of the World or Iran..
  

Research Interests:

• Biologically Inspired Cognition - Modeling of Visual Cortex and its Ventral Stream Pathway to Recognize Objects Specially Detecting Faces
  
• Fuzzy Q-Learning -  Congestion Control Methods In Packet Switching Networks Regarding Active Queue Management Algorithms with Machine Learning
• Automatic Visual Captcha Lock Breaking
  

• Evolution Strategy - Adaptive Mutation
• Swarm Intelligence - ACO & PSO in Theory 
• Artificial Muscle - Design & Production
  
• Biometrics - Low Risk Hybrids 
• Graph Theory - All Aspects 
• Optimal State Assignment Algorithms for Flip-Flop Structure of  Synchronous Circuits
• Network Marketing - Drawbacks and Improvements
• E-commerce - E-Banking Improvement with Artificial Intelligence Approach
  

Current Research:

  Brain Inspired Face Detection

• Phase of Project: 

• Resource Gathering ............................................... Started
• Brain Model Studying ............................................ Started
• Face Detection Studying ....................................... Started
• Experiments ......................................................... Not Yet
  
• Simulation ............................................................ Not Yet
• Implementation .................................................... Not Yet
  
• Comparison ......................................................... Not Yet
• Presentation ......................................................... Not Yet

• Major Keywords:  Biologically Inspired - Visual Object Recognition - Visual Cortex-Like Mechanism - Face Detection
  
• Minor Keywords: V1 - V2 - V4 - IT(Infro Temporal) - Ventral Stream - Neuron Inhibition - Receptive Field - Update Rule - Competitive Neural Network  - Appearance Based Face Detection - Illumination & Rotation Invariant
• Supervisor: Dr. Saeed Shiry
• Adviser: I'm trying to get in touch with Dr. Hossein Esteky
• Exact Topic:Brain Inspired Face Detection
  
• Looking for co-researchers...

Education:

So far... 

9/2008 - Present

 M.Sc. of Computer Engineering - Artificial Intelligence, Department of Computer Engineering, AmirKabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

• Courses Passed: Statistical Pattern Recognition, Robotics, Evolutionary Algorithm, Machine Learning, Machine Vision, Digital Image Processing, Natural Language Processing, Neural Networks
• Seminar Course Topic: Using Visual Cortex Model in Machine Vision Applications
  
• Projects: Advanced Evolution Strategy Toolbox - Genetic Programming Classifier - Color Segmentation Module of a Robotic Vision Toolkit - Digital Image Processing and Machine Vision Toolbox (Noise Reduction, Spatial and Frequency Domain Filtering, Frequency Domain Operations, Histogram Operations, Spatial Transformations, Feature Extraction, Segmentation using Various Methods like Gabor Filters and Textures, Image Compression) - Development a Face Detection Toolkit(still to release)
  
• Experiences: Proficiency in MATLAB ( IPT, NN, and GA Toolboxes), WEKA Machine Learning Environment, ...
  
• M.Sc. Thesis:Brain Inspired Face Detection
  

9/2002 - 7/2008

 B.Sc. of Computer Engineering - Hardware, Department of Computer Engineering, AmirKabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

• Most Important Courses Passed (Hardware): Machine Language & System Programming - Logic Design - Computer Architecture & Organization - Electric & Electronic Circuits - Computer Networks - Microprocessor - Operating Systems - Digital Electronics - Advanced Logic Circuits - Design of VLSI Systems - Signals & Systems - Interface Design - Embedded System Design
• Most Important Courses Passed (Software): Discrete Mathematics - Advanced Programming - Data Structure - Information Retrieval -  Programming Languages Design & Implementation - Engineering Statistics - Algorithm Design & Analysis - Languages & Automata Theory - Database Design - Artificial Intelligence - Principles of Compiler Design - Software Engineering Techniques
• Most Important Courses Passed (Information Technology): Electronic Commerce (e-Commerce)
• Projects: Developing a Search Engine Using Vector Model - Developing a Compiler for a Semi-C Language - Developing a SMTP Client
  

• Experiences: Designing with Max Plus II, XilinX, 8086 Emulator, Vira, L-Edit and  Matlab Simulation Environments  - Being Familiar with Borland Builder, .NET Framework, Eclipse ,and Visual Studio Programing Environment - Working with Linux Operating System and Open Source Applications - Being Familiar with Network Management Under Windows NT Series - Experienced to Work with Hardware Laboratory Tools and Instruments - Familiar with Lex and Yacc Tools to Develop Compilers and Sound Processing Applications - Bash Programming
• B.Sc. Project: "Random Early Congestion Detection of Packet Switched Networks Using Fuzzy Q-Learning", Adapting Routers to General Usage of Network by Adjusting Parameters of RED Algorithm with Fuzzy Q-Learning Simulated by OPNet, under supervision of Dr. S. Shiry
  

9/1996 - 6/2002

Diploma in Mathematics and Physics, Sadr High School, Tehran ,Iran

• Experiences: Attending in Final Level of 10th Iran National Mathematics Olympiad
  

Research Experience:

 In Progress:

• "Biologically Inspired Face Detection", research on cortex-like mechanisms
  

Recent Researches:

• ”Sensor Fusion in Robot Localization using Evidence
  Theory with Conflict Detection using Mahalanobis Distance”, combining camera and distance sensor input information for robot localization, In Cooperation with Eng. Soleimanpour
  
• "Intelligent Congestion Control in Packet Switching
  Network", using Fuzzy Q-Learning To Adjust Parameters of Classic Active Queue Management Algorithms(e.g. RED & BLUE) Simulated by OPNet, Under Supervision of Dr.
  S. Shiry, In Cooperation with Eng. Masoumzadeh
  
• "Adaptive Mutation in Evolution Strategy using Fuzzy Q-Learning", Adapting Free Parameters of ES Mutation such as Sigma, In Cooperation with Eng. Masoumzadeh
• "ZMP Critic for Learning Walk Pattern of a Biped
  Humanoid", Using Adaptive Heuristic Critic to Train 3D Soccer Simulation Humanoid Combining Q-Learning, Visual
  Information Matrix, and Zero Moment Point Data, In Cooperation with Aria 2008 Soccer 3D Team
  
• "Hierarchical Architecture For Soccer Playing Humanoids in
  3D World", Partitioning Humanoid Control to Logical Layers
  and Reduce Problem to Known Famous Problems ( Link ), In Cooperation with Aria 2007 Soccer 3D Team
• "Fuzzy Knowledge-Base to Inference with Propositional
  Logic", Developing Fuzzy World Model and Inference Similarity of Patterns using it, In Cooperation with Kasra 2005 Soccer Coach Team

Work Experience:

Official & Unofficial: 

5/2009 - Present:

Functional Test & Test Process Expert, Quality Assurance Unit, IT Orbit Co.

• Skills: software development quality control procedure, functional test methods(black box, white box, heuristics), software testing risk analysis, test analysis & design, test Implementation, test tools guru (HP QTP, HP QC, HP Load Runner), test management, test documentation
  

9/2006 - 4/2007:

Member of Mediation Team, ICT Section, Data Processing(DP) Co. Ltd.

• Skills: studying Telecommunication Switches (EWSD, NEAX, HUAWEI, Erricson, S12 ) -> Familiar with Charging Methods -> Familiar with Charging Methods Implementation In Switches -> Familiar with Online Access Methods to Charging Data in Those Switches -> Familiar with Data Extraction from Those Switches
  

12/2004 - 12/2005:

Member of Student Council Union of Computer Engineering and IT Faculty 

• Skills: Leading Student Groups - Conducting Camping
  

7/2005 - 9/2005:

 Teaching Language & Automata Theory Course to Some Students

• Skills: Academic Courses Teaching
  

3/2005 - 5/2005:

 Organizing Committee of 2nd Conference of IKT, IKT 2005, Chair of Acceptance Committee

• Skills: Managing Human Forces
  

9/2003 - 9/2004: 

 Computer Site Administrator Assistant - Computer Engineering and IT Faculty

• Skills: Administration of Computer Network (Ethernet) and Debugging in Windows

11/2003 - 1/2004:

Organizing Committee of 1st Conference of IKT, IKT 2003, Chair of Acceptance Committee - Technical Service Committee Member

• Skills: Learning Conference Holding Needs 

7/2002 - 5/2003:

General Physics Konkoor Teacher - Payam Khordad Institute

• Skills: Public Class Teaching - Using Computer as Visual Aid Accessory
  

Publications:

Journal:

• S. MasoumZadeh, K.Meshgi, S. Shiry, "FQL-RED: An Adaptive Scalable Schema for Active Queue Management," Submitted to International Journal of Network Management, 2009. (Under Review)

Conference:

• S. MasoumZadeh, K. Meshgi, S. Shiry, G. Taghizadeh ,"Deep Blue: A Fuzzy Q-Learning Enhanced Active Queue Management Scheme," To Appear in Proc. of Intl. Conf. on Adaptive and Intelligent Systems(ICAIS'09), Austria, 2009. (English)(Indexed)(Official Site)
  
• S. Soleimanpour, S. Shiry, K. Meshgi, "Sensor Fusion in Robot Localization using DS-Evidence Theory with Conflict Detection using Mahalanobis Distance", Proceeding of 7th IEEE International Conference on Cybernetic Intelligent Systems(CIS), United Kingdom, 2008. (English)(Indexed)(Official Site)
  
• S. MasoumZadeh, K. Meshgi, S. Shiry, "Adaptive Mutation in
  Evolution Strategy using Fuzzy Q-Learning", To Appear in
  Proc. of 13th Iran Computer Association Conf., Kish Island, Iran, 2008. (Farsi)(Accepted)(Official Site)
  

Magazine: 

• K.Meshgi, A.Talaii, and A.Haeri, "Modern Marketing and Mathematical Modeling," HamehChiz Magazine, Vol. 6, pp 10-11, Jan 2005. (Farsi)

Translation:  

• Sensor Signal Conditioning(Original)(Translation): from http://www.analog.com
• Reinforcement Learning Survey(Original)(Translation): educational purpose, mostly translated, including additional notes

Not Published: 

• e-CRM in e-Banking with Mobile Intelligent Agents (Article)
• How To Defend Your Thesis: The Issues Of The Presentation(Article)(Slides)
  

Teaching:

 Teacher Assistantship:

• Artificial Intelligence Teacher Assistant, Amir Kabir University
  of Technology, Dr. EbadZadeh ( Link ): Semester 1-2007 till Semester 1-2009( 5 sequential semesters), Virtual University Semester 2-2008.

Classes & Workshops:

• Automata & Language Theory Course, Exam Preparation
  Private Class

Qualifications:

Linux Programming:

• Professional Programmer of C++ Worked with Linux Compilers(GNU), KDevelope, QT Designer, Lex, Yacc
  

• Intermediate Programmer of C (Dealt with network)
• Familiar with Shell Programming (Bash) 

Windows Programming:

• Professional Programmer of C++ Worked with Borland C++ Builder, Visual C++
  
• Intermediate Programmer of C (Can deal with hardware)
• Intermediate Programmer of Java worked with Eclipse
• Familiar with Visual Basic
• Familiar with C#.Net
  

Web Developing:

• Developer of Web Pages with HTML, PHP and JavaScript
  

Special Software Familiarity:

• Familiar with Adobe Premier Software 
• Familiar with VHDL
• Proficient in MATLAB, GA & NN & IPT Toolbox
  

English Language: 

• GRE: Verbal(400) - Quantitative(760) (Back to 2007)
• TOEFL: PBT(597) - Writing(4.5) (Back to 2007)
  

Real Life: 

•  Life Savior Certificate (2nd Degree)

Psychology: 

•  Familiar with Transactional Analysis
  

Honors:

World Class:

• 3rd Place of Robocup 2005 Competitions, Coach Simulation League, As a member of Kasra Team, Osaka, Japan, 2005 (Memorial Photo)
• Qualified for Robocup 2007 Competitions, 3D Humanoid Simulation League, As a member of Aria Team, Atlanta, USA, 2007 (We did not make it to get VISA of USA, and As a remote participant of this competitions we were eliminated soon)

Intra-Country Class:

• 91st Place of Iran M.Sc. Entrance Exam, M.Sc. University Entrance Exam for Engineering, Iran, 2009
  
• 604th Place (Top 1%) of Iran B.Sc. Entrance Exam, B.Sc. University Entrance Exam for Engineering, Iran, 2002
  
• Attending in Final Level of 10th Iran National Mathematics Olympiad, Tehran, Iran, 1999
  

Regional Class:

• 1st Place in Student Scientific Conference of Tehran Province, Tehran, Iran, 1995

References:

Academic:

Dr. Saeed Shiry 

Assistant Professor in  Computer Engineering and IT Faculty, AmirKabir University of Technology

• Tel: (+98)21 -  64542730
• Address: CEIT Department - AmirKabir University of Technology ( Tehran Polytechnic ) - Hafez St. - Tehran - Iran
• Email: Shiry [at] aut.ac.ir
• URL: Official University Page 
  

Dr. Mehdi Ebadzadeh

Assistant Professor in  Computer Engineering and IT Faculty, AmirKabir University of Technology

• Tel: (+98)21 -  64542737
• Address: CEIT Department - AmirKabir University of Technology ( Tehran Polytechnic ) - Hafez St. - Tehran - Iran
• Email: Ebadzadeh [at] aut.ac.ir
• URL: Official University Page

Dr. Mehdi Rahmati

Assistant Professor in  Computer Engineering and IT Faculty, AmirKabir University of Technology

• Tel: (+98)21 - 645427
• Address: CEIT Department - AmirKabir University of Technology ( Tehran Polytechnic ) - Hafez St. - Tehran - Iran
• Email: Rahmati [at] aut.ac.ir
• URL: Official University Page 

Work Supervisors:

Eng. Mohammad Valizadeh

Head of Quality Assurance Unit, IT Orbit Co.

• (+98)21 - 88373555
• Address: IT Orbit Co. - No. 2 - 2nd St - Iranzamin St- Sanat Sq. - Tehran - Iran
• Email:  mohammadv@itorbit.net
  

Dr. Mohammad A. Shirazi

Member of Scientific Committee of  Computer Engineering and IT Faculty, AmirKabir University of Technology, Manager of ICT Section of Data Processing Co. Ltd.

• Tel: (+98)21 - 88712451
• Address: Data Processing Co. Ltd. - No.4 - Shohada St. - Mirza Shirazi Ave. - Tehran - Iran 
• Email: Ashirazi [at] dpco.net
  

Eng. Ali Hosseini Parsa 

Head of Mediation Team, ICT Section of Data Processing Co. Ltd.

• Tel: (+98)21- 88712451
• Address: Data Processing Co. Ltd. - No.4 - Shohada St. - Mirza Shirazi Ave. - Tehran - Iran
• Email: Ali_hparsa [at] yahoo.com
  

Acquaintance:

Eng. Masoud Houshan

Head of Exploration & Development Planning Department - Deputy of Planning of Ministry Building of Petroleum

• Tel: (+98)21 - 66155150
• Address: Petroleum Ministry Building - Taleghani Ave. - Tehran - Iran - P.O.Box 1863 
• Email: M_Houshan [at] yahoo.com 

Dr. Fereydoon Bakhtiari

Head of Training Department - National Iranian Oil Company

• Tel: (+98)21 - 66153479
• Address: Oil 5th Building - Taleghani Ave. - Tehran - Iran - P.O.Box 1863 
• Email: Bakhtiari [at] NIOC.org 
• Official Who-Is-Who Page

 Family:

Eng. Mehdi Meshgi

General Director of Hydrocarbon Resources Planning Department - Deputy of Planning of Ministry Building of Petroleum

• My Father 
• Tel: (+98)21 - 66153907 
• Address: Petroleum Ministry Building - Taleghani Ave. - Tehran - Iran - P.O.Box 1863
• Email: MehdiMeshgi [at] Gmail.com
• URL: Official Who-Is-Who Page

Dr. Seyyed Mohammad Mirbod

Professor at Department of Occupational Health - Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine

• (+58)090 - 6097 0223
• Address: Dept of Occupational Health - 501-1194 Gifu-shi - 1-1 Yanagide - Japan 
• Email: Semomir1957 [at] yahoo.com
  

Prof. Mohammad Raoof

Leader of the Structures and Materials Group / Professor of Structural Engineering

• (+44)0 - 1509 222610
• Address: Dept of Civil and Building Engineering - Loughborough University - Leicestershire - LE11 3TU - UK
• Email: M.Raoof [at] lboro.ac.uk
• URL: University Webpage