Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science

Rochester Institute of Technology (2023)

M.Sc. in Information Technology

Tarbiat Modares University (2014)

B.Sc. in Software Engineering

University of Tehran (2007)

PhD level summer schools: I was fortunate enough to be able to attend a couple of great Ph.D. level summer schools:

• International Software Architecture Ph.D. School (2021)
• PL+HCI “Swimmer” School (2020)

My Academic Genealogy

Based on my PhD advisor’s research on his academic genealogy (thank you Mehdi!), my academic roots go back to Thomas Alva Edison:

• Mehdi Mirakhorli (my PhD advisor at RIT)
• Jane Cleland-Huang (Mehdi’s advisor - Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago.)
• Carl K. Chang (Jane’s advisor - Ph.D. Northwestern University)
• Stephen S. Yau (Carl’s advisor - Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
• Mac Elwyn Van Valkenburg (Stephen’s advisor - Ph. D. Stanford University)
• Oswald Garrison Villard, Jr. (Mac’s advisor - Ph.D. Stanford University)
• Frederick E. Terman (Oswald’s advisor - Sc.D. M.I.T.)
• Vannevar Bush (Frederick’s advisor - Ph.D. M.I.T. & Harvard)
• Arthur E. Kennelly (Vannevar’s advisor - Self Taught!)
• Thomas Alva Edison (Arthur’s mentor - Self Taught!)