Majid Alkaee Taleghan
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
1148 Kelley Engineering Center
Oregon State University
Email: alkaee [AT] eecs.oregonstate.edu
Corvallis, OR 97331-5501
http://eecs.oregonstate.edu/∼alkaeetm
Education
School of Electrical Engineering and
PhD in Computer Science (Machine Learning)
Computer Science, Oregon State
Research Assistant
University
Corvallis, OR
Spring 2011-Summer 2016
Thesis: Simulator-Defined MDP Planning with Applications in Resource Management
Advisor: Dr. Tom Dietterich
School of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science, Oregon State
University
Corvallis, OR
Advisor: Dr. Bechir Hamdaoui
Teaching/Research Assistant in Computer
Science (Wireless Networking)
Winter 2009-Winter 2011
Computer Engineering Department, Iran
Master of Science in Software Engineering
University of Science and Technology
Tehran, Iran
9/2003-2/2006
Thesis: A Service-Oriented Middleware with QoS Support in Wireless Sensor Networks
Advisor: Dr. Mohsen Sharifi
Ranked 1st among all Software Engineering graduates, entered in 2003 in M.Sc. Program
Computer Engineering Department, Sharif
Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering
University of Technology (SUT)
Tehran, Iran
9/1999-9/2003
Thesis: Presenting a Web-Based Environment for Cooperative Learning
Advisor: Dr. Hamid Reza Rabiee
Research
Interests
Research
Experience
• Reinforcement Learning
• Software Engineering
• Deep Learning
• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Distributed Embedded Systems
Machine Learning Group
Research Assistant
EECS Department
Spring 2011 - Summer 2016
Oregon State University
Research on Sample-Efficient Algorithms for Solving Spatial Markov Decision Processes
I am currently working with Dr. Dietterich on the problem of managing invasive species under the
field of Computational Sustainability. The goal of the project is to solve spatio-temporal optimization problems under uncertainty. The main challenges are to find exact (or bounded approximate)
solutions for real-sized instances.
Wireless Networking Group
Research Assistant
EECS Department
Winter 2009 - Winter 2011
Oregon State University
Research on Optimal Mechanism Design for Dynamic Spectrum Allocation
Distributed Systems Lab
CE Department
Iran University of Science and Technology
Research on QoS Consideration in Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks
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Research Assistant
2004 - 2007
Graduate
Courses
• Computer Vision
• Theory of Computation
• Applied Multivariate Analysis
• Advanced Databases
• Algorithms and Data Structures
• Advanced Software Engineering
• Nonlinear Optimization
• Introduction to Bayesian Networks
• Distributed Systems Applications (Advanced
Operating Systems)
• Theory of Statistics 1 & 2
• Advanced Computer Networks
• Intelligent Agent & Decision Making
• Advanced Compiler Design
• Machine Learning
• Advanced Computer Architectures
• Applied Stochastic Models
• Parallel Algorithms and Architectures
• Graph Theory with Applications to Computer
Professional
Experience
NASA Ames Research Center
Mountain View, CA
Deep Learning Intern
Summer 2015
• Applied deep learning algorithms for anomaly detection to time-series data
• Utilized the following technologies: Matlab, Python, Theano
Caspian Co.
Tehran, Iran
Software Engineer
2006 - 2009
• Senior Java Designer and Developer
• Developed lending and cheque projects
• Taught Java to a group of employees
• Utilized the following technologies: Spring, Hibernate, Caching, Oracle 10g, Jasper Reports
IUST
Tehran, Iran
Software Engineer
Fall 2005 - Summer 2006
• Senior Java Designer and Developer
• Developed a pilot of the Iranian Insurance Project
• Utilized the following technologies: J2EE, Oracle, Jrules, Struts, Magic Draw, and Toplink
Nebras Informatics Co
Tehran, Iran
Software Engineer
2003 - 2005
• Junior/Senior Java Designer and Developer
• Developed online office and document management projects
• Supervised two undergraduate interns during their internships
• Utilized the following technologies: J2EE, Java (JSP, Swing)
Publications
Refereed Journal Publications
• Majid Alkaee Taleghan, Thomas G. Dietterich, Mark Crowley, Kim Hall, Heidi J. Albers, “PAC Optimal MDP Planning with Application to Invasive Species Management,”
Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR), 16 (Dec), 3877-3903, 2015.
• Amirhosein Taherkordi, Majid Alkaee Taleghan and Mohsen Sharifi, “Dependability Considerations in Wireless Sensor Networks Applications,” Journal of Networks (JNW), Vol.
1, No. 6, 2006.
Refereed Conference/Workshop Publications
• Thomas G. Dietterich, Majid Alkaee Taleghan, Mark Crowley, “PAC Optimal Planning
for Invasive Species Management: Improved Exploration for Reinforcement Learning from
Simulator-Defined MDPs,” In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), USA, 2013.
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• Kim Hall, Majid Alkaee Taleghan, Heidi J. Albers, Mark Crowley, Thomas G. Dietterich,
“Managing Invasive Species in a River Network,” Third International Conference on
Computational Sustainability (CompSust), Denmark, 2012.
• Majid Alkaee Taleghan, Bechir Hamdaoui, “Efficiency-Revenue Optimality Tradeoffs in
Dynamic Spectrum Allocation,” In Proceedings of IEEE International Global Communications Conference (Globecom) 2010, USA, 2010.
• Majid Alkaee Taleghan, Amirhosein Taherkordi, Mohsen Sharifi and Tai-Hoon Kim, “A
Survey of System Software for Wireless Sensor Networks,” In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Wireless Ad-Hoc, Mesh, and Sensor Networks (WAMSNet), Korea,
2007.
• Mohsen Sharifi, Majid Alkaee Taleghan and Amirhosein Taherkordi, “A Publish-Subscribe
Middleware for Real-Time Wireless Sensor Networks,” In Proceedings of International
Conference on Computational Science (ICCS), Springer, No. 3991, 2006.
• Amirhosein Taherkordi, Majid Alkaee Taleghan and Mohsen Sharifi, “Achieving Availability and Reliability in Wireless Sensor Networks Applications,” In Proceedings of the
First International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES), Austria,
2006.
• Mohsen Sharifi, Majid Alkaee Taleghan and Amirhosein Taherkordi, “A Middleware Layer
Mechanism for QoS Support in Wireless Sensor Networks,” In Proceedings of the 4th
IEEE International Conference on Networking (ICN), Mauritius, 2006.
Under Review
• Majid Alkaee Taleghan and Thomas G. Dietterich, “Combining global and local confidence intervals for more efficient MDP planning”, Journal of Machine Learning Research
(JMLR).
• Kim Hall, Heidi J. Albers, Majid Alkaee Taleghan, Thomas G. Dietterich, “Optimal
Spatial-Dynamic Management of Stochastic Species Invasions, Environmental and Resource Economics,” Environmental and Resource Economics Journal (EARE).
Teaching
Experience
Teaching Assistant & Instructor
Software Engineering I, Introduction to
Computer Networking, Operating System
I, Introduction to Computer Architecture
EECS, OSU, Corvallis, OR
Awards and
Honors
2011 (W), 2010 (FWSS), 2009 (FWS), 2013 (S)
• Ranked 1st among all Software Engineering graduates, entered in 2003 in M.Sc. Program,
Computer Engineering Department, IUST, Tehran, Iran.
• Programming Languages: Java, Python, JSP, Pascal, C++, SQL, HTML, JavaScript.
Professional
Skills
• Open Source Packages: Spring, Struts, Hibernate, Log4j, JUnit, JMeter, JProbe, Jasper Report, Ant, JProfiler, POI, Weka, MPI, MPI4Py, Tomcat, Maven, SVN, Theano.
R and related Toolboxes, MATLAB
• Mathematical Analysis and Simulation using MATLAB
GUI, R, Octave.
Miscellaneous
• Invasive species domain for RL competition 2013 link to code
• I completed the online Machine Learning course (ml-class.org) in Fall 2011.
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