Maziar Palhang

Salaam. Welcome to my home page. I am an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Isfahan University of Technology. I have been working here since 1378 (1999). I am a member of the Artificial Intelligence Research Group within the department. I have also been the team leader of some Robotic teams in the department.

Education:

B.Sc. in Computer (Hardware) from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran-1367.

M.Comp.Sc. from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia-1993.

Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia-1999.

I have also been a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Computer Science and Engineering of the University of New South Wales.

Subjects Taught or Being Taught:

Postgraduate Subjects:

· Parallel Processing

· Reliable Systems

· Machine Learning

· Computer Vision

· Robotics

Undergraduate Subjects:

· Artificial Intelligence

· Computer Graphics

· Computer Workshop

· Data Structures

· Discrete Structures

· Fundamentals of Computer Programming (Fortran)

· Fundamentals of Computer Programming (C)

· Microprocessors

· VLSI Systems Design

Research Interests:

· Artificial Intelligence (in general)

· Computer Vision

· Machine Learning

· Computer Architecture

· VLSI

Publications:

Books:

Palhang, M., "Fault Tolerance and Test in Digital Systems", 2008 (تحمل پذيري خرابي و آزمون در سيستمهاي ديجيتال).
Palhang, M., “Learning Object Models from Real Image: An Inductive Logic Programming Approach”, Ph.D. Thesis, School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales, 1999.
Palhang M. "A Remotely Controlled Robot Vision System", Masters Thesis, School of Compute Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales, 1992.

Conference Papers:

Palhang M., and Sowmya A., "Learning Object Models from Real Images", in Proceedings of the First International Conference on Visual Information Systems (VISUAL96), Melbourne, Australia, Feb. 1996, pp. 335-343.
Palhang M., and Sowmya A., "Experiments with FOIL to induce spatial representations", in Proceedings of the Workshop on Inducing Complex Representations in the Fourth Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Cairns, Australia, Aug. 1996, pp.53-64.
Sowmya A., and Palhang M., "Automatic Model Building From Images For Multimedia Systems", in Proc. of the Third International Conference on Multimedia Modelling," Toulouse, France, Nov. 1996, pp. 355-370.
Trinder, J., Wang, Y., Sowmya, A., Palhang, M, "Artificial Intelligence Methods in 3D Feature Extraction," Ascona Workshop on Automatic Extraction of man-made objects from aerial and space images, Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland, May 5-9, 1997.
Palhang M., and Sowmya A., "Two Stage Recognition, Two Stage Learning", in Poster Proc. of the Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI'97), Perth, Australia, Dec. 2-4, 1997, pp. 191-196.
Palhang M., and Sowmya A., "Classifying Objects by a Functional Learning System", In Proc. of the Second International Conference on Visual Information Systems (VISUAL97), San Diego, USA, Dec. 15-17, 1997, pp. 29-36.
Palhang M., and Sowmya A., "Automatic Acquisition of Object Models by Relational Learning", Leung, C. Editor, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 1306, 1997, pp. 239-258, Springer.
Palhang M., and Sowmya A., "Feature Extraction: Issues, New Features, and Symbolic Representation", Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Visual Information Systems (VISUAL99), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 2-4, 1999, 418-426.
Palhang M., and Sowmya A., “Learning Discriminatory and Descriptive Rules by an Inductive Logic Programming System”, Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML99), Bled, Slovenia, June 1999, pp. 288-296.
Shanbeh, M., Gharehaghaji, A., and Palhang, M., “Comparing the Artificial Neural Networks Algorithms and Multiple Variable Regression in Predicting the Textile Behavior of Core Spun Yarns”, Proceedings of the 5^th Iranian National Conference on Textile Engineering, Amir Kabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, May 12-13, 2004.
Palhang, M., Ahmadi, S., "Aria Humanoid Team Description", Robocup2004 Team Descriptions, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004. (Robocup 2004 Symposium CD).
Tavanai, H., Palhang, M., Hosseini, S. A., and Mollahosseini, H., "Image Analysis Identification of Color Displacement and Depth Change in Printing", in Proc. of the 5th International Istanbul Textile Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, May 19-21, 2005 .
Palhang, M., Khajehmahabadi, N., Sadri, A., Javadi, H, Nouri, N., and Aliakbarian, M., "Aria Team Description", Robocup2005 Team Descriptions, Osaka, Japan, 2005 (Robocup 2005 Symposium CD).
Palhang, M., Javadi, H., Nouri, N., Sadri, A. Khajehmahabadi, N., and Aliakbarian, M., "Designing, Simulation, and Building of Aria Humanoid Robot", Proceedings of Tehran International Congress on Manufacturing Engineering (ticme2005), Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran, December 12-15, 2005.
Davoudabadi, M., and Palhang, M., "Dana, An agent with the capability of understanding and executing Farsi writings", Proceedings of the 11th International Computer Society of Iran Computer Conference (CISCC'2006), School of Computer Science, IPM, Tehran, Iran, January 24-26, 2006, pp. 528-533.
Akbari, R., and Palhang, M., “Presenting a structure for recognizing printed musical notes", Proceedings of the 11th International Computer Society of Iran Computer Conference (CSICC'2006), School of Computer Science, IPM, Tehran, Iran, January 24-26, 2006, pp. 855-858 .
Palhang, M., "Using a Machine Learning Tool to Generate Adaptive Experiments", Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications (ICCTTA'06), April 24-28, 2006, Damascus, Syria.
Akbari, R., Davarpanah Jazi, M., and Palhang, M., "A Hybrid Method for Robust Multi Object Tracking in Cluttered Background", Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications (ICCTTA'06), April 24-28, 2006, Damascus, Syria.
Davoudabadi, M., Palhang, M., and Davarpanah Jazi, M., "Interpretation and Generation of Expressions of Positional Adverbs in Natural Language Processing", Proceedings of the 14th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE2006), Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, May 16-18, 2006.
Shamsinejad Babaki, P., and Palhang, M., "A New Method in Generating Test Experiments for Logic Circuits using Genetic Algorithms", Proceedings of the 12th International Computer Society of Iran Computer Conference (CSICC'2007), Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, February 20-22, 2007.
Sabeti, V., Mahoor, Z., and Palhang, M., "Part of Speech Tagger for Farsi Language with Probabilistic and Variation-based Approaches", Proceedings of the 15th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE2007), Iran Telecom Research Center, Tehran, Iran, May 15-17, 2007.
Oftadeh, R., Javadi, H., Ziaei-Rad, S., Palhang, M., Sabbaghpourfard, A., "Fabrication of a Biped Robot and Optimization of its Kinematics Trajectories Based on Relative Coordinates and Bezier Splines," Proceedings of the second International Conference about Optimization of the Robots and Manipulators (OPTIROB 2007), University Politehnica of Bucharest, Predeal, Romania, May 24-27, 2007.
Pirmooradian, Z., Palhang, M., “A Persian Spell Correcting Software”, Proceedings of the 3^rd Conference on Information and Knowledge Technology (IKT2007), Ferdoosi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran, Nov. 27-29, 2007.
Tavakoli Naeini, A., Palhang, M., “Evolving a Multiagent Coordination Strategy using Genetic Network Programming for Pursuit Domain“, Proceedings of IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI2008), Hong Kong, June 1-6, 2008.
Faraki, M., Karmi, N., and Palhang, M. “Electronic Marker”, Proceedings of the 2^nd Iranian Data Mining Conference (IDMC' 07), 20-21 Nov.2007, Amir Kabir University, Tehran, Iran.
Faraki, M., Karimi, N., and Palhang, M., “Recognizing Farsi Letters in Markerless Whiteboard”, Proceedings of the 2^nd Iranian Data Mining Conference (IDMC' 07), 20-21 Nov.2007, Amir Kabir University, Tehran, Iran.

Journal Papers:

Palhang, M. "The Basics of Machine Vision", Ofogh, The journal of computer science and engineering, 1991.
Shanbeh, M., Gharehaghaji, A.A., and Palhang, M., “Using the Artificial Neural Networks Algorithms in Predicting the Characteristics of Core Spun Yarns”, Esteghlal, Vol. 24, No. 2, March 2006, pp. 241-251.
Tavanai, H., Palhang, M., Hosseini, S. A., and Moghareabed, M., "Identification of Printed Pattern Repeat and its Dimensions by Image Analysis", Journal of Textile Institute, Vol. 97, No. 1, 2006, pp. 71-78.
Tavanai, H., Palhang, M., Hosseini, S. A., and Mollahosseini, H., "Image Analysis Identification of Color Displacement in Fabric Printing", Journal of Textile Institute, Vol. 97, No. 4, 2006, pp. 333-339.

· Ajallouian, F., Tavanai, H., Palhang, M., Hosseini, S. A., Sadri, S., and Matin, K., "A Novel Method for the Identification of Weave Repeat Through Image Processing", Journal of Textile Institute, Vol. 100, No. 3, 2009, pp. 195-206.

· Gharehaghaji, A. A., Shanbeh, M., and Palhang, M., "Analysis of Two Modeling Methodologies for Predicting the Tensile Properties of cotton-covered Nylon Core Yarns", Textile Research Journal, Vol. 77(B) , 2007, pp. 565-571.

· Behzad, M., Asghari, K., Eazia, M., and Palhang, M., “Generalization Performance of Support Vector Machines and Neural Networks in Runoff Modeling”, Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 36, no. 4, May 2009, pp. 7624-7629, Elsevier.