Salar Fattahi
Contact
Information
Sutardja Dai Hall 621, Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS),
University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: +1 (631) 417-2564
Email: fattahi@berkeley.edu
Research
Interests
- Optimal Decentralized Control
- Nonlinear and Integer Optimization
- Design and Analysis of Algorithms
- Optimal Power Flow and Smart Grid
- Generalized Flow Network
Education
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. USA
PhD Candidate in Industrial Engineering and Operational Research
Advisor: Prof. Javad Lavaei
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. USA
Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Operational Research
Advisor: Prof. Javad Lavaei
May 2016 – present
August 2015 – May 2016
Columbia University, New York City, NY. USA
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Javad Lavaei
September 2014 – August 2015
Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering
Minor in Computer Science
Advisor: Prof. Farokh Marvasti
August 2009 – 2014
Honors
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Awards
• Four-Year Armstrong Fellow, Columbia University, New York, USA.
• Level One Scholarship from National Elite Foundation.
• Member of ”National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET)”.
• Identified as an Exceptional Talent in Sharif University of Technology and accepted for Double Major
Program.
• Qualified for the 17th National Mathematic Olympiad for high school students.
• Qualified for the 18th National Chemistry Olympiad for high school students.
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Applied Stochastic Process II (A− )
Mathematical Programming II (A)
Control and Optimization for Power Systems (A+ )
Applied Stochastic Process I (A+ )
Mathematical Programming I (A− )
Network Flows and Graphs (A+ )
Introduction to Production Planning and Logistics (A)
Machine Learning (A+ )
Analysis of Algorithms II (A)
Analysis of Algorithms I (A+ )
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IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2015.
European Control Conference (ECC), 2015.
IEEE SmartGridComm15 Symposium, 2015.
Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2015.
European Control Conference (ECC), 2014.
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Teaching
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Power Systems Analysis (A+ )
Convex Optimization (A+ )
Communication Networks (A+ )
Advanced Java Programming (A+ )
Linear Algebra (A)
Discrete Mathematics (A)
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Nonlinear and Discrete Optimization
Convex Optimization
Data Transfer and Networks
Digital Signal Processing
Computer Architecture and Microprocessors
Probability and Statistics
Analog Circuits
Logic Circuits and Digital Systems
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Publications Journal Papers:
[1] S. Sojoudi, S. Fattahi, J. Lavaei, “Convexification of Generalized Network Flow Problem”, submitted
to Mathematical Programming. Preprint
[2] S. Fattahi, , G. Fazelnia, J. Lavaei, “Transformation of Optimal Centralized Controllers Into
Near-Global Static Distributed Controllers”, under submission to IEEE Transactions on Automatic
Control.
Conference Papers:
[1] S. Fattahi, J. Lavaei, “On the Convexity of Optimal Decentralized Control Problem and Sparsity
Path”, submitted to IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2016, Las Vegas, USA.
Preprint
[2] S. Fattahi, J. Lavaei, “Convex Analysis of Generalized Flow Networks”, IEEE Conference on
Decision and Control 2015, Osaka, Japan.
[3] S. Fattahi, G. Fazelnia, J. Lavaei, “Transformation of Optimal Centralized Controllers Into
Near-Global Static Distributed Controllers”, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2015, Osaka,
Japan.
[4] S. Fattahi, M. Azghani, F. Marvasti, “An Algorithm for Detecting Exact Regions of Moving Objects
in Video Frames”, IEEE International Symposium on Telecommunications 2014
Presentations
- UC Berkeley, Power Seminar for IEOR Department, November 2015,
“Transformation of Optimal Centralized Controllers Into Near-Global Static Distributed Controllers
with applications on Power Systems”
- UC Berkeley, IEOR Graduate Student Symposium, April 2016,
“ Design of Optimal Decentralized Controller”
- Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications (MOPTA), August 2016,
“On the Convexity of Optimal Decentralized Control Problem and Sparsity Path”
Research
Experience
Research Assistant at Laboratory of Control, Optimization, and Power, Columbia University, New
York, USA
September 2014 - Present
Under Supervision of Prof. Lavaei
Research Areas:
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- Analysis of Generalized and Nonlinear Flow Networks
- Design of Optimal Decentralized Control
- Convex Analysis of Power Flow Problem
Research Assistant at Multimedia Lab, Advanced Communication Research Institute (ACRI),
Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
September 2012 - July 2014
Under Supervision of Prof. Marvasti
Research Areas:
- Compressive Sensing in Signal Processing
- Motion Detection in Video Frames
Technical
Skills
Programming Languages: C++, C, Java, Python, MATLAB, Verilog, and Assembly language
Tools: LATEX, TikZ, MS Office and Adobe Photoshop.
Engineering Softwares: Matlab (GUI and Simulink), Mathematica, Wireshark, Quartus, Pspice,
Hspice, Orcad, Altium Designer, Proteus, Auto Cad
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