Abolfazl Saghafi E-Mail: [email protected] Postal Address: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

Abolfazl Saghafi E-Mail: Asaghafi@Mail.Usf.Edu Postal Address: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

CURRICULUM VITAÉ

Full name: Abolfazl Saghafi E-mail: [email protected] Postal Address: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA. Tel: 813-317-0892

Education:

2014 – 2017 University of South Florida, Tampa, USA. Doctoral Candidate in Statistics. Major Professor: Dr. Chris P. Tsokos distinguished University Professor of Mathematics and Statistics

2007 – 2012 Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran, Iran. Ph.D. of Applied Mathematics (Honors) Thesis: Modeling Fracture Strength of Ceramic Tiles using Entropy Advisor: Dr. Gholamhossein Yari

2004 – 2007 Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. M.Sc. of Mathematical Statistics (Honors) Thesis: Application of Bernoulli Sequences in Watermarking Advisor: Dr. Hamideh D. Hamedani

2000 – 2004 Azad University, Tehran, Iran. B.Sc. of Statistics (Honors) Project: Simulation, Markov Chains Monte Carlo methods and Gibbs Sampler. Advisor: Dr. Hamid Pezeshk Interests:

BIG DATA, Machine Learning, High Dimensional Data, Brain-Computer Interface, Parametric/Non-Parametric/Bayesian Analysis and Modeling, Weibull Distribution

Computer Skills:

R, MATLAB, Hadoop Spark, KNIME, WinBugs, MINITAB, SPSS, SPLUS, SAS, Weibull ++, DERIVE, EEGLAB

Certificates:

Machine Learning by Stanford University on Coursera. Certificate earned on June 12, 2015

Introduction to Big Data by University of California San Diego on Coursera. Certificate earned on May 25, 2016

Hadoop Platform and Application Framework by University of California San Diego on Coursera. Certificate earned on June 14, 2016

Machine Learning With Big Data by University of California San Diego on Coursera. Certificate earned on June 28, 2016

Spoken Languages:

English, Persian, Greek (Beginner)

Active Memberships:

American Statistical Association (ASA) Iranian Statistical Society (ISS) USF Interdisciplinary Data Sciences Consortium (IDSC) Statistical Consulting and Analytic Center (SCAC)

Work Experience:

Visiting Research Scholar 02.2011 – 08.2011 University of Patras, Patras, Greece. Distributions of order k with Dr. Andreas Philippou.

Research Assistant 09.2006 – 09.2007 Shahid Beheshti University, Dep. of Statistics, Tehran, Iran. Modeling Iran's pistachio data with Dr. Meshkani.

Lecturer 09.2008 – 06.2014 Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran. 09.2011 – 06.2014 Payam Noor University, Karaj, Iran. 02.2008 – 01.2010 Azad University, Karaj, Iran.

Teaching Assistant 08.2014 – University of South Florida, Tampa, USA. 02.2007 – 07.2007 Shahid Beheshti University, Dep. of Statistics, Tehran, Iran. 09.2002 – 09.2004 Azad University, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Tehran.

Advisor 03.2010 - 05.2014 B.Sc. Student Advisor Counseling undergraduate students in their thesis 11.2008 - 02.2009 Joint work on Forex Market Presenting new functions for market prediction 11.2008 - 12.2008 Asphalt mixtures & Bitumen Research Analyzing results of new asphalt machines 01.2008 - 08.2008 B.Sc. Thesis, Ceramic major, Defend Aug 2008 Studying statistical fracture mechanics of tile products

Publications:

Journal Articles

A. Saghafi, C.P. Tsokos, M. Goudarzi, H. Farhidzadeh, Random Eye State Change Detection in Real-Time using EEG Signals, Under Review.

A. Saghafi, C.P. Tsokos, R.D. Wooten, On Heredity Factors of Parkinson’s disease: A Parametric and Bayesian Analysis, Under Review.

H. Ramezani, A. Saghafi, Optimization of composite double-walled cylindrical shell lined with porous materials for higher sound transmission loss by using Genetic Algorithm, Mechanics of Composite Materials, 50(1) (2014) 71-82.

K. Ahmadi, A. Saghafi, Psycho-social Profile of Iranian Adolescent’s Internet Addiction, Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. 16(7) (2013) 543-548.

C. Georghiou, A.N. Philippou, A. Saghafi, On the Modes of the Poisson Distribution of Order k, The Fibonacci Quarterly. 51(1) (2013) 44-48.

G.H. Yari, A.R. Mirhabibi, A. Saghafi, Estimation of the Weibull parameters by Kullback-Leibler divergence of Survival functions. Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences (AMIS). 7(1) (2013) 187-192.

G.H. Yari, A. Saghafi, Unbiased Weibull modulus estimation using Differential Cumulative Entropy. Communications in statistics - Simulation and Computation. 41 (2012) 1372-1378.

A.N. Philippou, A. Saghafi, Problem 11-005, A Conjecture on the modes of the Poisson distribution of order k, Problems and Solutions, SIAM, (2011).

A. Saghafi, A.R. Mirhabibi, G.H. Yari, Improved Linear Regression Method for Estimating Weibull Parameters. Theoretical and applied fracture mechanics. 52 (2009) 180-182.

Conference Articles

G.H. Yari, A.R. Mirhabibi, A. Saghafi, A.F. Farahani, A Bayesian approach for modeling ceramic's fracture strength. Proceeding of the 11th Iranian Statistical Conference, 28-30 Aug (2012).

M. Zarabian, B. Eftekhari Yekta, A. Saghafi, V. Jafarniya, Statistical analysis of flaws in glazed and unglazed ceramic tiles via the Weibull distribution. QUALICER 2012, the Global Congress on Ceramic Tile, 13-14 Feb (2012).

G.H. Yari, A. Saghafi, Past Renyi Entropy of Reliability Distributions. Proceeding of the 7th Seminar on Probability and Stochastic Processes, (2009).

M. Zarabian, B.A. Yekta, A. Saghafi, H. Malaei, Prediction of Ceramics Average Strength Using Weibull Statistical Model. Proceeding of the 7th Iran Ceramics Congress, (2009).

H.D. Hamedani, A. Saghafi, Gambler’s Ruin Problem: a Relative Wealth Model with Variable Step Probabilities, Proceeding of 31st Conference of Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Paris, France, July 2006.

Presentations:

Dec 01-02, 2010 Lecture, 7th International Workshop on Stochastic Processes, Iran University of Science & Technology.

Aug 03-05, 2010 Lecture, 10th Iranian Statistical Conference, University of Tabriz.

Aug 13-14, 2009 Lecture, 7th Seminar on Probability and Stochastic Processes, Isfahan University of Technology.

Apr 22-24, 2007 Lecture, 1st Workshop in Applied Stochastic Processes, Isfahan University of Technology.

Aug 22-24, 2006 Lecture, 8th Iranian Statistical Conference, Shiraz University.

Jul 17-21, 2006 Poster, 31st Conference of Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Paris, France.

Honors:

* 2016 Tharp Endowed Scholarship Fund Graduate Award. * 2011 Research Grant from Iran Ministry of Science, Research and Technology for a 6-month sabbatical in Greece and work with Dr. A.N. Philippou. * 2006 Travel Grant from Shahid Beheshti University to present a poster in "31st Conference of Stochastic Processes and their Applications" in Paris. * 2005 Rank 1 between graduated bachelors, class of 2000. * 2004 Rank 8 (out of more than 700 applicants) in entrance exam for M.Sc.

References:

Dr. Chris P. Tsokos, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA [email protected]

Dr. Gangaram S. Ladde, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA [email protected]

Dr. Gholamhosein Yari, Associate Professor, School of Mathematics, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran. [email protected]