Pedram Ataee

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Vancouver, BC, V6E 1K8 www.ece.ubc.ca/~pedrama/

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QUALIFICATIONS HIGHLIGHTS

*-**** *********** ** ********, identi cation and control of physiological systems

5-year full-time employed as a biomedical research assistant in the ECEM research group

Planned, coordinated, and executed several research and non-research projects

Designed, programmed, and developed a software package for clinical purposes

Authored, edited, and presented +10 biomedical research-based articles

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software

MATLAB, SIMULINK, L TEX, C++, LabVIEW, MAPLE

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Principles

Strong theoretical knowledge of :

mathematical modeling, parameter identi cation, and control of a physiological system [esp. autonomic-

cardiorespiratory regulation]

time, frequency, and time-frequency analysis of biosignals [esp. ECG and EEG]

pattern analysis of biosignals and medical images using feature selection, dimensionality reduction

and classi cation techniques

optimization algorithms including gradient-based, linear programming, quadratic programming,

integer programming, simulated annealing, ant colony and genetic algorithms

Professional Developement

MITACS Certi cates in Project Management, Managing Projects, Presentation Skills (I,II), Positive

Networking, Intellectual Property, and Technical Writing Skills

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering (Cardiovascular Engineering) Mar. 2013 (Exp.)

The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

M.Sc., Electrical Engineering (Biomedical Engineering) Jul. 2007

The University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

B.Sc., Electrical Engineering (Control Systems) Jul. 2005

The University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Biomedical Research Assistant,

- Cardiovascular Engineering, The UBC and The BC Children Hospital 2007 - Present

Modeling, identi cation, and control of the autonomic-cardiorespiratory regulation

Developing a software package on the short-time blood pressure regulation system

- P. Ataee, J.O. Hahn, G.A. Dumont, and W.T. Boyce, A systematic approach to local stability analysis

of cardiovascular barore ex, Proc. 33rd International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine

and Biology Society, pp. 700-703, Boston, USA, August 30-Sep. 3, 2011.

- P. Ataee, C. Brouse, J.O. Hahn, G.A. Dumont, and W.T. Boyce, Identi cation of Cardiovascular Barore-

ex for Probing Homeostatic Stability, Proc. Computing in Cardiology Conference, vol. 37, pp. 141-144,

Belfast, Northern Ireland, Sep. 26 - 29, 2010.

- EEG Signal Processing, The University of Tehran 2005 - 2007

Improving epileptic seizure detection methods using a novel dimension reduction technique

Developing a multi-feature based technique to predict epileptic seizures

- P. Ataee, A. Yazdani, S. Setarehdan, and H.A. Noubari, Manifold Learning Applied on EEG Signal of the

Epileptic Patients for Detection of Normal and Pre-seizure States, Proc. 29th International Conference

of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. 5489-5492, Lyon, France, August 23-26,

2007.

- P. Ataee, A.N. Avanaki, H.F. Shariatpanahi, S.M. Khoee, Ranking features of wavelet-decomposed EEG

based on signi cance in epileptic seizure prediction, Proc. 14th European Signal Processing Conference,

Florence, Italy, September 4-8, 2006.

Technology Development Consultant,

- Technology Foresight,Young Scholars Club 2002 - 2003

Creating, planning, and directing technology policies to develop technological infrastructure.

Surveying and investigating the Technology Foresight methods in the developed countries.

- P. Ataee, H. Tabarraei, and E. Moza ari-pour, Technology Foresight in Japan, Proc. 2nd Conference

on Science and Technology, pp. 61-71, Tehran, Iran, 18-19 February, 2003.

- Data Mining, Mellat Bank 2003 - 2004

Analyzing and interpreting banking data using data mining techniques

Providing advice to increase revenue and customer satisfaction

- P. Ataee, Mining the(data)bank, IEEE Potentials Magazine, ISSN: 0278-6648, Vol.24, Issue 4, pp. 40-42,

October/November, 2005.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant,

- Control Engineering, The University of British Columbia

Systems and Control (EECE360) and Control System Design (EECE460)

- Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of British Columbia

Circuit Analysis I (EECE251), Introduction to Microcomputers (EECE259), and Introduction to

Arti cial Intelligence (CPSC322)

- Mathematics, The University of Tehran

Linear Algebra and Signals and Systems

Academic Mentor,

- Graduate Studies, UBC Centre for Intercultural Communication Summer 2010

Sharing academic, professional, and cross-cultural experience

Advising e ective communication, interpersonal and organizational skills

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Advisor, UBC Biomedical Engineering Graduate Association 2011-2012

Organizing professional and extracurricular activities for BME students

Connecting BME students with the medical device industry in Canada

Zoom Media Core-Leader, UBC International House 2008 - 2009

Organizing a photo exhibition and a lm festival with international theme during I-Week

Forming a subcommittee with 5-6 member to separate and allocate tasks to all members

Judge, Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair Apr. 2012

Evaluating creativity, scienti c thought, and presentation skills of the students

Providing oral and written feedback for the students

Discussing with other judging sub-committee to rank student projects

Volunteer on-site,

- 30th Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC 2008), Sep. 2008

- 1st Iranian Seminar of Control Engineering (ISCE 2008), Nov. 2002

Technical Reviewer,

- Canadian Student Conference on Biomedical Computing, ON, Canada Feb. 2008

- Annual symposium of ECE young researchers, University of Tehran, Iran Mar. 2006

Student Association Executive, The University of Tehran 2001 - 2003

Organizing extracurricular activities for over 1000 students

Advocating for academic issues to the university administration for over 100 students

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