CV - Department of Electrical Engineering

Morteza Ashraphijuo
Contact
Information
Address: 500 W. 120th St. CEPSR 820 (Schapiro), Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia
University, New York, NY 10027
E-mail: ma3429@columbia.edu
Homepage: www.columbia.edu/∼ma3429
Tel.: (646)737-3388
Education
Columbia University, New York, NY
Major: Optimization Theory
• M.Sc./Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Communications
Jan 2015 – Present
Sep 2010 – Jan 2015
• Minor in Pure Mathematics
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Internship in Biomedical Imaging Group.
Supervisor: Prof. M. Unser.
http://bigwww.epfl.ch/people.html
Jun 2013-Sep 2013
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Internship in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
Supervisor: Prof. S. Zhang.
Jun 2012-Sep 2012
Young Scholars Club (YSC), Tehran, Iran
• One Year Program in National and International Mathematical
Olympiad Preparation (Including Discrete Mathematics,
Graph Theory, Real Mathematical Analysis, Geometry)
Jul 2009 – Aug 2010
• Three Month Program in National Olympiad in Informatics
Preparation (Including Group Theory, C++ Programming,
Probability and Statistics)
Jul 2008 – Aug 2008
School for the Talented and Gifted, Tehran, Iran
Diploma in Mathematics and Physics.
Honours and
Awards
Sep 2006 – Jun 2009
Silver Medalist of the International Mathematical Olympiad, Astana, Kazakhstan
http://www.imo-official.org/participant r.aspx?id=19619
July 2010
Gold medalist of the National Mathematical Olympiad, Tehran, Iran
Aug 2009
Bronze medalist of the National Olympiad in Informatics, Tehran, Iran
Aug 2008
Awarded to participate in ITCSC-INC 2013 Winter School,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
http://www.itcsc.cuhk.edu.hk/Winter School/Winter School 2013/
Jan 2013
Awarded to participate in ITCSC-INC 2012 Winter School,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
http://www.itcsc.cuhk.edu.hk/Winter School/Winter School 2012/
Jan 2012
1st prize winner from National Elite Foundation
Sep 2010
Scholarship of B.Sc. degree in Sharif University of Technology Because of GOLD Medal of Iran
National Mathematics Olympiad
2010
Identified as an Exceptional Talent in Sharif University of Technology and Accepted for Passing
Double Major Program
Sep 2011
Research
Interests
Convex Optimization
Signal Processing
Graph Theory
Publications
Journal papers:
1. Ramtin Madani, Morteza Ashraphijuo, Javad Lavaei, “Promises of Conic Relaxation for
Contingency-Constrained Optimal Power Flow Problem”, Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Power
Systems.
2. Morteza Ashraphijuo, Julien Fageot, Michael Unser, “Multiresolution Analysis of Compound
Poisson and Brownian Processes”, To be submitted to IEEE Transaction on Signal Processing.
Conference papers:
1. Ramtin Madani, Morteza Ashraphijuo, Javad Lavaei, “Promises of Conic Relaxation for
Contingency-Constrained Optimal Power Flow Problem”, in Proceedings of 52nd Annual Allerton
Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton), October 2014, Illinois.(Invited
Paper)
2. Pouya Pezeshkpour, Hamid Behrouzi, Morteza Ashraphijuo, “Optimal Tradeoff between Source
and State Distortions over a Gaussian Channel Using Single and Hybrid Digital Analog Codes”, in
Proceedings of 7th International Symposium on Telecommunications (IST 2014), September 2014.
Research
Experience
Research assistant at the Laboratory for Control, Optimization, and Power at Columbia
University
Jan 2015 – Present
Advisor: Prof. Javad Lavaei.
• Optimization Theory.
Research assistant at the EPFL Biomedical Imaging Group at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de
Lausanne
Jun 2013 – Sep 2013
Advisor: Prof. Michael Unser.
• Compound Poisson Noise.
Research assistant at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Chinese
University of Hong Kong
Jun 2012 – Sep 2012
Advisor: Prof. Shengyu Zhang.
• Nash equilibrium and Game theory.
Mathematical
Background
Linear Algebra
Graph Theory
Mathematical Analysis
Combinatorics
Selected
Courses
Digital Signal Processing (19.5/20)
C++ Programming (20/20)
Gen. Math 1 (Credited)
Gen. Math 2 (20/20)
Differential Equations (19.5/20)
Engineering Mathematics (20/20)
Numerical Calculus (20/20)
Mathematical Analysis (20/20)
Statistics and Probability (19/20)
Algebra I (20/20)
Signals and Systems (18/20)
Convex Optimization (Audited)
Discrete Mathematics
Stochastic Processes
Computational Complexity
Linear Control System
Communication Systems
Complex Functions
Electromagnetics
Electronics II
Energy Conversion
Circuits Theory
Logic Circuits
Microprocessors
Discrete Math
Information Theory
Developed
Software
OPF Solver: This solver aims to solve a convex relaxation for a large-scale Optimal Power Flow
(OPF) Problem and then recover a near-global solution.
www.ee.columbia.edu/∼lavaei/Software.html
Teaching
Experience
Prof. Javad Lavaei’s Teaching Assistant for the Power Systems Analysis course, Columbia University,
Spring 2015.
Prof. Arash Amini’s Teaching Assistant for the Signals and Systems course, Sharif University of
Technology, Fall 2013.
Prof. Amin Aminzadeh Gohari’s Lab Assistant for the Analog Circuit Design and Lab course, Sharif
University of Technology, Fall 2013.
Prof. Saeed Mashhadi’s Teaching Assistant for the Digital Signal Processing course, Sharif University
of Technology, Fall 2013.
Prof. Mohammad Mobed’s Teaching Assistant for the Engineering Mathematics course, Sharif University of Technology, Fall 2011.
Teaching mathematics in preparation courses for national mathematics Olympiad, 2008.
Private tutor of General Math 1 and 2.
Skills
• Programming Language: Java, C/C++.
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux, DOS.
• Electrical Engineering and Mathematics Software: MATLAB, Mathematica, DXP, Verilog, Code vision AVR, AutoCAD, LATEX.
• Web Design: HTML, Java Script, CSS, ASP.
• Simulation Software: HTML, Orcad, MathCAD, Apple iWork (Pages, Keynote, Numbers),
Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Power Point).