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 and 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. Services • • • • • Reviewer Reviewer Reviewer Reviewer Reviewer • • • • • • • • • • 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+ ) Related Courses for for for for for 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. 1 of 3 UC Berkeley UC Berkeley UC Berkeley UC Berkeley UC Berkeley UC Berkeley UC Berkeley Columbia University Columbia University Columbia University Teaching Experience • • • • • • Power Systems Analysis (A+ ) Convex Optimization (A+ ) Communication Networks (A+ ) Advanced Java Programming (A+ ) Linear Algebra (A) Discrete Mathematics (A) • • • • • • • • 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 Columbia University Columbia University Columbia University SUT SUT SUT UC Berkeley, Fall Columbia University, Fall SUT, Fall SUT, Fall SUT, Fall SUT, Spring SUT, Spring SUT, Fall 2014 2014 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012 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: 2 of 3 - 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 3 of 3