-  Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

-  Computational Linguistics of Biological Sequences

-  Statistical Inference and Decision Theory

-  Mathematical Modeling and Optimization

-  Computational Learning Theory

09/2009 - present

PhD, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

09/2007 - 08/2009

M.Sc., Computer Science

Faculty of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick,
Fredericton, NB, Canada

Supervisor: Dr. Patricia A. Evans

-  Final Thesis: “RNA Structural Motif Discovery using Probabilistic Tree Adjoining Grammars”.

09/2002 - 04/2007

B.Sc., Computer Engineering

Department of Computer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology,
Tehran, Iran

Supervisor: Dr. M. Mehdi Homayounpour

-  Final Thesis: “A Novel Hybrid GMM/SVM Architecture for Protein Secondary Structure Prediction”.

-  PhD Fellowship, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

-  Research Fellowship, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada

-  Best B.Sc. thesis award in 2007, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2007

-  3^rd Place with Kasra Team, The 2005 Robocup Simulation League World Final – Coach Competition, Osaka, Japan, 2005.

-  Member of organization committee of 1^st Information and Knowledge Technology Conference, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2003.

-  Member of judgment committee, Amirkabir University of Technology Teams, the 2003 ACM-ICPC Regional Contest, Tehran, Iran, 2003.

-  Honor Diploma in 2001 National Chemistry Olympiad, Young Scholars' Club, Tehran, Iran.

Publication:

Journal Papers

·         Emad Bahrami Samani, M. Mehdi Homayounpour, “A Novel Multi-layered Architecture for Computationally Efficient Prediction of Protein Secondary Structures Using Robust Structure Verification”, Journal of Biomedical Informatics, (In Progress).

Conference Papers

·         Emad Bahrami Samani, M. Mehdi Homayounpour, “Robust Protein Secondary Structure Verification Using Score Normalization”, (Poster Paper), IEEE 7^th International Symposium on BioInformatics & BioEngineering (BIBE’07), Oct. 2007 - Cambridge - Boston, MA, USA.

·         Emad Bahrami Samani, M. Mehdi Homayounpour, and Hong Gu, “A Novel Hybrid GMM/SVM Architecture for Protein Secondary Structure Prediction”, 4^th International Conference on Computational Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics (CIBB'07), Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI 4578). ISBN: 978-3-540-733997-7. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007, pp. 491-496.

·         Emad Bahrami Samani, Vahid Ghafarpour, Zahra Ahmadi Firouzjaee, “Fuzzy knowledge base to inference with propositional logic”, Team Description of Kasra Coach 2005, accepted for Robocup Competitions, Jul. 2005, Osaka, Japan.

·         A. Rad, N. Qaragozlou, Emad Bahrami Samani, M. Zaheri, “Scenario-based Teamworking, How to Learn, Create, and Teach Complex Plans?” Team Description of Itsi Coach 2004, accepted for Robocup Competitions, Jul. 2004, Lisbon, Portugal.

Teaching Assistantship

·         Operating Systems Design, University of New Brunswick, Winter 2009

·         Algorithm Analysis and Design, University of New Brunswick, Fall 2008

·         Computer Organization, University of New Brunswick, Winter 2008

·         Artificial Intelligence, University of New Brunswick, Fall 2007

·         Advanced Logic Circuits Design, AmirKabir University Of Technology, Fall 2006

·         IT Engineering, AmirKabir University Of Technology, Winter 2006

·         Software Engineering(1), AmirKabir University Of Technology, Winter 2006

Linux Programming

·         Experience in Linux shell programming

·         Professional Java and C++ programming

·         Familiar with Visual Programming with QT-Designer

Windows Programming

·         Professional experience in VC++ .Net \ VC# .Net \ Java programming

·         System programming and network driver development

·         Proficient in MATLAB Neural Networks, Bioinformatics and Simulink Toolboxes

Web Developing

·         Proficient in PHP, HTML, XHTML, CSS

·         Fluent in XML, XSLT and JavaScript

Database Design, Analysis and Management

·         Proficient in MySql DB Management

·         Experience in Oracle DB Management

Networking and System administration

·         3+ years experience in Windows and Linux system administration

·         Deep knowledge in networking technologies (LAN, WAN technologies, VPN, …)

Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (Jul. 2003-Apr. 2007)

Network Administrator

The network consists of Linux, Windows and Netware servers running internet services, program development environment and so on.

Fara Management Group, Tehran, Iran (Oct. 2003-Oct. 2004)

Web Developer

I have developed E-Commerce web portal of company.

Fara Management Group, Tehran, Iran (Nov. 2003-Oct. 2004)

Network Administrator

The network consists of Linux, Windows.

Available upon request