Project Manager Software

Curriculum Vitae

Mohammad Hassan Falakmasir

http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~falakmasir/

*** *. ******* **., ** 5108 Sennott Sq.

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Phone: +1-

412-

328-

9467

**********@**.****.***

Major Achievements

Co-

founding a company and developing a web-

based software that served 4 major e-

learning institutes with

more than 10,000 online students in Iran since 2006.

Building a data warehouse and online reporting tools for the e-

learning center at University of Tehran

enabling instructional technologists to monitor and analyze the students behavior and progress in real-

time.

Deep knowledge and solid background in artificial intelligence, machine learning and data mining, as a PhD

student in the Intelligent Systems Program at University of Pittsburgh.

Involving in research community services by reviewing papers from The 8th European Conference on

Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-

TEL) 2012 and 11th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring

Systems (ITS) 2012.

Research Interests

Teaching effective writing and argumentation skills with AI mediated tools

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Adaptive Educational Hypermedia

Educational Data Mining, Learning Analytics, and Student Modeling

Social Web Technologies, Online Communities, Social Navigation Support, and Social Information Filtering

Educational Experiences

Intelligent Systems Program, PhD Student August 2011 Present

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

My main research is focused on the application of Artificial Intelligence in Education. More specifically, improving

writing and argumentation using computer and AI mediated tools.

Advisor: Prof. Kevin Ashley

Current GPA: 3.8/4

Information Technology Engineering, Masters of Science September 2008 September 2010

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

My main studies were focused on Business Intelligence and Decision Support Systems, Machine Learning and Data

Mining Concepts and Applications. My final project was An Investigation of Data Mining Methods in Educational

Systems along side with applying several data mining methods on the web-

usage logs of online students that

resulted in a paper in the 3rd conference of Educational Data Mining (2010).

Advisor: Prof. Jafar Habibi

M.Sc. GPA: 18.72/20 (2nd place in the program)

Computer Software Engineering, Bachelors of Science September 2001 September 2006

Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

My major was Software Engineering and Computer Programming with beneficial courses including Computer

Architecture, Object Oriented Programming, Programming Languages, Network and Web Programming. As a B.S.

final project I was part of a team to develop an Online Learning Environment for the e-

learning center at our

university.

B.Sc. GPA: 15.23/20

Mohammad Hassan Falakmasir

http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~falakmasir/

Honors and Awards

LRDC Director s Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship Academic Year 2012-

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Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh

School of Arts and Sciences Fellowship Academic Year 2011-

2012

Intelligent Systems Program, University of Pittsburgh

Ranked 15th in National University Entrance Exam March 2007

M.Sc. Studies in Information Technology Engineering, with 8,000 participants

Ranked 1012th in National University Entrance Exam March 2001

B.Sc. Studies in Technical and Engineering Majors, with 440,000 participants

Research Profile

As my Master's degree final project, I built a data warehouse and online reporting tools for the e-

learning center

at University of Tehran enabling instructional technologists and managers to monitor and analyze the students'

behavior and progress in real-

time. I also applied educational data mining methods on the web-

usage data of

online students that resulted in a paper in the 3rd international conference of Educational Data Mining (EDM).

As a first year PhD student at University of Pittsburgh, I continued my interest in the field of EDM by applying data

mining and learning analytics methods on the User Modeling database of the Personalized Adaptive Web Systems

(PAWS) Lab, having Prof. Peter Brusilovsky as my mentor. This work led to a paper in the 12th International

Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2012) and a poster at the Pittsburgh Science of Learning

Center (PSLC) Summer School in 2012.

Currently I am working on "Teaching Writing and Argumentation with AI-

supported Diagramming and Peer

Review" under the supervision of Prof. Kevin Ashley and Prof. Chris Schunn at the Learning Research and

Development Center (LRDC). My main research is focused on the application of Artificial Intelligence in Scientific

Writing. More specifically, improving students' skills in writing and argumentation by a combination of computer-

supported peer reviewing and argument diagramming (SWoRD and LASAD). In brief, SWoRD implements

reciprocal peer reviewing of writing and LASAD supports flexible argument diagramming. My main focus is to

investigate the different ways students use to build an argumentation diagram and help them improve their

diagrams by a form of intelligent feedback and transform the graphical structure of the diagram into the first draft

of an argumentation text.

Professional Profile

My strongest power is my programming and software development skills. Throughout my college and graduate

studies I participated in several teams as developer, designer and project manager, from small desktop to fairly big

web-

based applications. I also have a solid background on Software Development Processes and Methodologies.

After college, I focused on online education. I am proficient in developing interactive, multimedia courseware using

Adobe Flash Platform and other course authoring tools. I am also:

Proficient in working with Data Mining tools such as Weka, Clementine, Rapid Miner, and MS SQL Server.

Proficient in providing Business Intelligence Solutions using SQL Server BI Studio, Pentaho, and JasperSoft.

Proficient in designing and maintaining database in Microsoft SQL Server, and MySQL .

Proficient in RUP and XP software development methodologies and familiar with SSADM.

Proficient in developing applications using C++, Delphi, and C# programming languages.

Proficient in Microsoft .Net Platform, creating windows and web-

based applications.

Proficient in Microsoft Windows System, Network, and Web Programming.

Proficient in developing interactive, multimedia courseware using Adobe Flash Platform

Proficient in web development, client-

side and server-

side programming. (ASP, PHP, Java, Java Script, XML)

Experienced in Facebook application development.

Experienced in using: Matlab, Microsoft Office Suite, Visio, Source Safe, Project, IBM Rational Suite

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Working Experiences

Technology Consultant

E-

Learning Center, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran March 2006 September 2010

E-

Learning Center, University of Qom, Qom, Iran March 2008 March 2009

E-

Learning Center, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran August 2008 September 2011

E-

Learning Center, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran September 2010 -

September 2011

Main tasks include performing software and server support for online learning environment, an extended version of

Moodle Course Management System integrated with Adobe Connect to support online lectures, providing help and

supplementary materials for learners and instructors to use the environment effectively, handling critical system

outages, software upgrades, and capacity planning, cooperating with business executives, maintenance and support

operators, and network specialists, in a 24x7 availability environment.

Content Developer and Project Manager March 2006 March 2008

Click E-

Learning Solutions, Tehran, Iran

Major responsibilities include leading a team to develop web-

based software platform for e-

learning, cooperating to

produce we-

based, interactive, multimedia courseware using Adobe Flash, Presenter, and Captivate, including:

Object Oriented Programming, Logical Circuits, Discrete Mathematics, Cryptography, Data Structures, Introduction

to Algorithms, Advanced Topics in Software Engineering, Change Management, and Strategic Planning.

Software Architect, IT Project Manager August 2004 March 2006

CAPE Holding Co., Tehran, Iran

Lead designer and developer of software applications in oil, gas and petrochemical industry, including Oilfield

Development Industry Feasibility Analysis (ODIFA), Thermodynamic Properties Calculations (Thermoprop), and

Pipeline Transformation Simulation (PipeSim), using Microsoft .Net Platform.

Software Designer and Developer March 2003 December 2004

Pishrayan Paytakht Co., Tehran, Iran

Cooperated in team projects, to develop web-

based, network and windows-

based applications, including Network

Surveillance and Control (3rd Eye), IP Based Camera Surveillance System (Varadid), using Borland C++ Builder.

Teaching Experiences

Teaching Assistance

Computer Engineering Department of Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

Operating Systems Fall Semester of 2003

Software Engineering I (Design and Development) Fall Semester of 2005

Software Engineering II (Development Process and Methodologies) Spring Semester of 2006

English Proficiency

Test Of English as Foreign Language (iBT TOEFL) November 2010

Total: 101 (Reading: 26, Listening: 29, Speaking: 22, Writing: 24)

Graduate Record Exam (GRE) December 2009

Total: 1240 (Quantitative Reasoning: 800, Verbal Reasoning: 340, Analytical Writing: 3.5)

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Publications

C. Lynch, K. D. Ashley, M. H. Falakmassir, Comparing Argument Diagrams, in proceedings of The 25th Annual

Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems (JURIX), Amsterdam, Netherlands, December

2012, 81-

90.

M. H. Falakmasir, Z. Pardos, G. Gordon, Using Spectral Learning to Improve Knowledge Assessment, a poster

presented in the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center (PSLC) Summer School, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, July 2012

M. H. Falakmasir, I-

Han Hsiao, L. Mazzola, P. Brusilovsky, The Impact of Social Performance Visualization on

Students, in proceedings of The 12th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT),

Rome, Italy, July 2012.

M. H. Falakmasir, J. Habibi, Using Educational Data Mining to Study the Impact of Virtual Classroom in E-

Learning, in proceeding of the 3rd Annual Conference on Educational Data Mining, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, June

2010. pp. 241 248.

M. H. Falakmasir, J. Habibi, Sh. Moaven, H. Abolhassani, Business Intelligence in E-

Learning (Case Study of

Iran University of Science and Technology), in proceeding of the 2nd Conference on Software Engineering and

Data Mining, Chengdu, China, June 2010, 473 -

477.

More than 5 national papers

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