My Academic Activities

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  • See my résumé for details and extra info
  • Projects that I have done so far
  
  

•  Research Interests

  
  
  • Computer Hardware, including:
    
    • Design for Testability and High Level Digital Testing
    • Fault Tolerant Systems
    • Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing
    
    
  • Artificial Intelligence, including:
    • Artificial Neural Networks
    • Smart Sensing and Data Fusion
    • Emotion Based Systems
    
    

•  Education

  
  
  • M.Sc. in Computer Eng. – Computer Architecture, University of Tehran
    
    • Sep. 2007 – Sep. 2010, GPA: 3.49/4.0 - 17.44/20 [Current]
    • Thesis Title: “Testability of Artificial Neural Networks Utilizing High Level Fault Models”, Advisor: Prof. Zainalabedin Navabi
    
    
  • B.Sc. in Computer Eng., University of Isfahan
    • Sep. 1999 – Sep. 2002, GPA: 3.16/4.0 – 15.78/20
    • Thesis Title: “Design and Implementing a 1-to-4 PBX System Using a Microcontroller”
    
    

•  Publications

  
  [1] Ali Shahabi, S. Behdad Hosseini, Hassan Sohofi, and Zainalabedin Navabi, “A Partitioning Approach to Improve Reconfigurable Neuron-inspired Online BIST,” 16^th IEEE Int. On-Line Testing Symposium (IOLTS’10), July 2010. [pdf]
  
  [2] S. Behdad Hosseini, Ali Shahabi, Hassan Sohofi, and Zainalabedin Navabi, “A Reconfigurable Online BIST for Combinational Hardware Using Digital Neural Networks,” 15^th IEEE European Test Symposium (ETS’10), May 2010, pp. 139-144. [pdf]
  
  [3] Najmeh Farajipour, S. Behdad Hosseini, and Zainalabedin Navabi, “Utilizing HDL Simulation Engines for Accelerating Design and Test Processes,” 6^th IEEE East-West Design and Test Int. Symposium (EWDTS’08), Oct. 2008, pp. 371-374. [pdf]
  
  

•  Languages

  
  
  • Persian Native
  • French Familiar
  • English
    • TOEFL iBT (8 Aug. 2009): Total: 96/120, Reading: 28/30, Listening: 24/30, Speaking: 22/30, Writing: 22/30
    • TOEFL iBT (4 Dec. 2009): Total: 103/120, Reading: 29/30, Listening: 30/30, Speaking: 19/30, Writing: 25/30
    • GRE PBT (24 Oct. 2009): Verbal: 420/800 (40%), Quantitative: 690/800 (69%), Writing 2.5/6.0 (3%)