Looking for: Postdoctoral position in US, Canada or Europe.
CV: http://cs.ucsb.edu.~pegah/kamousi.pdf
Research Statement: http://cs.ucsb.edu.~pegah/sor.pdf

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E-Mail: EMAIL OBFUSCATED

Phone: 8057082700

Placement in an academic position (i.e., faculty, postdoctoral, or
research scientist) that allows for advanced research in distributed
complex adaptive systems (i.e., modeling, analysis, design, and
verification) with a particular focus on the control of engineered
agents (e.g., for communications, control, software, and electronics
applications) and the analysis of biological phenomena (e.g.,
self-organization, ecological rationality)

• More information and auxiliary documents can be found at http://www.tedpavlic.com/facjobsearch/

SECURITY CLEARANCE

Department of Defense Top Secret SCI with polygraph (expired:
2002)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Agent-based modeling, hybrid systems, distributed algorithms, amorphous
computing, autonomous systems and vehicles, control theory,
communication theory, behavioral ecology, cooperation theory,
optimization, game theory, parallel computation, robotics, engineering
education, bio-mimicry and bio-inspiration

EDUCATION

The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio USA

• Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, August 2010
  • Thesis Topic: Design and Analysis of Optimal Task-Processing Agents
  • Thesis Proposal: Cooperative Task Processing
  • Candidacy: Research Problems in Distributed Control for Energy Systems
  • Adviser: Professor Kevin M. Passino
  • Area of Study: Control Engineering
• M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, August 2007
  • Thesis Topic: Optimal Foraging Theory Revisited
  • Adviser: Professor Kevin M. Passino
  • Area of Study: Control Engineering
• B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, June 2004
  • Magna cum Laude, With Honors in Engineering
  • Electrical specialization (emphasis on electromagnetics and digital computers)
  • Minor in Computer and Information Systems (programming and
    algorithms)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Postdoctoral Researcher, September 2010 – present

• Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University
  • National Science Foundation Cyber-Physical Systems (ENG, ECCS)
    • Autonomous Driving in Mixed-Traffic Urban Environments (grant #0931669)
    • Supervisor (co-PI): Professor Paolo A. G.
      Sivilotti

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

• Pavlic, T.P., and K.M. Passino. Generalizing foraging theory
  for analysis and design. The International Journal of
  Robotics Research [Special Issue on Stochasticity in Robotics
  and Bio-Systems Part 1]. 30(5):505–523. 2011.
  doi:10.1177/0278364910396551
• Pavlic, T.P., and K.M. Passino. The sunk-cost effect as an
  optimal rate-maximizing behavior. Acta Biotheoretica,
  59(1):53–66. 2011.
  doi:10.1007/s10441-010-9107-8
• Pavlic, T.P., and K.M. Passino. When rate maximization is
  impulsive. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology,
  64(8):1255–1265. August 2010.
  doi:10.1007/s00265-010-0940-1
• Pavlic, T.P., and K.M. Passino. Foraging theory for autonomous
  vehicle speed choice. Engineering Applications of
  Artificial Intelligence, 22(3):482–489, April 2009.
  doi:10.1016/j.engappai.2008.10.017

SUBMITTED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

• Pavlic, T.P., and K.M. Passino. Cooperative task
  processing. IEEE Transactions of Automatic Control. 2010.
  Submitted.

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

• Pavlic, T.P. Stigmergic memory for real-time primal-space
  distributed optimization under constraints.
  In: Proceedings of the 50th IEEE Conference on Decision
  and Control and European Control Conference (CDC-ECC 2011),
  December 12–15, 2011. Submitted.
• Pavlic, T.P., and K.M. Passino. Cooperative task-processing
  networks. In: Proceedings of the Second International
  Workshop on Networks of Cooperating Objects (CONET 2011),
  April 11, 2011.
• Pavlic, T.P., and K.M. Passino. Cooperative task
  processing. In: Proceedings of the ICAM 2009 Symposium:
  Emergence in Physical, Biological, and Social Systems IV,
  November 13, 2009. Poster abstract.
• Freuler, R.J., M.J. Hoffmann, T.P. Pavlic, J.M. Beams,
  J.P. Radigan, P.K. Dutta, J.T. Demel, and E.D. Justen.
  Experiences with a Comprehensive Freshman Hands-On Course –
  Designing, Building, and Testing Small Autonomous Robots. In:
  Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering
  Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2003.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

• Pavlic, T.P., P.A.G. Sivilotti, A.D. Weide, and B.W. Weide.
  Comments on ‘Adaptive Cruise Control: Hybrid, Distributed,
  and Now Formally Verified’. Tech. report OSU-CISRC-7/11-TR22,
  The Ohio State University, 2011.
• Pavlic, T.P., and K.M. Passino. Cooperative Task-processing
  Networks: Parallel Computation of Non-trivial Volunteering
  Equilibria. Tech. report OSU-CISRC-3/11-TR05, The Ohio State
  University, 2011.
• Pavlic, T.P. Design and Analysis of Optimal
  Task-Processing Agents. PhD thesis, The Ohio State University,
  Columbus, OH, 2010.
• Pavlic, T.P. Optimal Foraging Theory Revisited.
  Master’s thesis, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH,
  2007.

BOOKS IN PREPARATION

• Pavlic, T.P., B.W. Andrews, K.M. Passino, and T.A. Waite.
  Foraging Theory for Engineering.

PAPERS IN PREPARATION

• Pavlic, T.P., K.M. Passino. Distributed optimization under
  constraints: Pareto-optimal intelligent lighting.
• Pavlic, T.P. The ideal free distribution as degenerate form of
  nutrient-constrained optimization.

REFEREE SERVICE

• 49th Annual Conference on Decision and Control
• Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
• Behavioral Ecology
• IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
• The International Journal of Robotics Research
• Swarm and Evolutionary Computation
• IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

CONFERENCE SERVICE

• Organizer/Associate Editor for invited session: “Correctness by
  Verification and Design”, 14th IEEE Conference on Intelligent
  Transportation Systems (ITSC 2011), Washington, DC, October 5–7,
  2011.

AWARDS

National Science Foundation

• GK-12 Fellowship, 2006–2007
• Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2005

The Ohio State University

• Dean’s Distinguished University Fellowship, 2004–2010
• Electrical and Computer Engineering Bradshaw Scholarship, 2002–2004
• Electrical and Computer Engineering Shafstall Scholarship, 2001–2003
• University Scholarship, 1999–2003

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio USA

• Teaching Assistant, September 2007 – August 2009
  (sample graded material and student evaluations available upon request)
  • Instructor for ECE 327: Electronic Devices and Circuits Laboratory I
    • Autumn 2007, Winter 2008 (2 sections), Spring 2008 (2 sections), Winter 2009 (2 sections), and Summer 2009
      • Sample student evaluations available upon request
      • Responsible for 1 hour lecture and supervision of
        3 hour laboratory where junior and senior undergraduate
        students design and implement infrared modem and speaker
        driver for analog electronic audio signals
      • Developed hundreds of pages of supplementary course
        material, including a course web page archived at
        http://www.tedpavlic.com/teaching/osu/ece327
  • Grader for ECE 481 Ethics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
    • Autumn 2007 and Autumn 2008
  • Instructor for ECE 209: Circuits and Electronics Laboratory
    • Autumn 2008
      • Sample student evaluations available upon request
      • Responsible for 0.5 hour lecture and supervision of
        3.5 hour laboratory where sophomore undergraduate
        students learn learn how to use basic laboratory
        equipment to study properties of electronic circuits
      • Developed supplementary course material, including a
        course web page archived at
        http://www.tedpavlic.com/teaching/osu/ece209
  • Instructor for ECE 557: Control, Signals, and Systems Laboratory
    • Summer 2008 (2 sections) and Summer 2009
      • Sample student evaluations available upon request
      • Responsible for 0.5 hour lecture and supervision of
        3.5 hour laboratory where senior undergraduate students
        combine Simulink with dSPACE RTI1104 real-time control
        hardware and software to do analysis and control
        implementation for linear systems
      • Developed supplementary course
        material, including a course web page archived at
        http://www.tedpavlic.com/teaching/osu/ece557
  • Lab Instructor for ECE 758: Control Systems Implementation Laboratory
    • Spring 2009 (2 sections)
      • Sample student evaluations available upon request
      • Responsible for 0.5 hour lecture and supervision of
        3.5 hour laboratory where graduate students and senior
        undergraduate students combine Simulink dSPACE RTI1104
        real-time control hardware and software to do analysis
        and advanced control implementation for linear and
        non-linear systems
      • Developed supplementary course material, including a
        course web page archived at
        http://www.tedpavlic.com/teaching/osu/ece758
• National Science Foundation GK-12 Fellow, September 2006 – October 2007
  • Developed, implemented, and evaluated daily inquiry-based
    fourth-grade science lessons for a local inner-city public
    school class.
• Instructor, March 2002 – June 2004
  • Member of Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors instructional team.
    • Special graduate teaching appointment as undergraduate.
    • Lectured weekly engineering laboratory for ENG H191, H192,
      and H193.
    • Trained in-class undergraduate teaching assistants in laboratory procedure.
    • Graded weekly lab reports and provided laboratory
      exams.
• Teaching Assistant, September 2000 – March 2002
  • Assisted Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors instructional team.
    • Provided in-class support to first-year engineering students
      (ENG H191, H192, and H193).
    • Graded daily assignments on programming and drafting.
    • Developed on-line journal submission and report system for Physics
      Education Research Group (PERG).
• Undergraduate Researcher, September 2000 – March 2002
  • Participated in the Europa Undergraduate Research Forum,
    a part of the Reusable Software Research Group.
  • Studied component-based software engineering undergraduate
    pedagogy.
  • Researched changes to RESOLVE/C++ implementation for ANSI
    compliance.
• Grader, September–December 2001
  • Graded daily electromagnetics assignments (ECE
    311).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

National Instruments, Austin, Texas USA

• Analog Hardware R&D Intern for Multifunction DAQ, June–September 2003
  • Designed final verification testing fixture for use with STC2 MIO products.
  • Designed and executed study of the effect of varying burn-in time on long-term drift of common industry voltage references.

• Analog Hardware R&D Intern for Multifunction DAQ, June–September 2002
  • Designed and performed validation tests on new 16-bit 800 kHz NI-6120 SMIO DAQ board.
  • Designed high quality filter/amplifier source for use with NI-5411 arbitrary function generator.

IBM Network Storage, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina USA

• Core Systems Software Developer for FlexNAS, June–September 2001
  • Designed and implemented high-availability, redundant multihop communications subsystem.
  • Participated in software development of various vital box services.

CallTech Communications, Columbus, Ohio USA

• Information Technology Systems Engineer, June 1997 – May 2001
  • Responsible for the acquisition, setup, maintenance, and
    administration of all Internet hardware and software supporting
    NetWalk Internet service and web presence provider.
  • Designed and implemented state of the art open source
    high-availability load balancing system supporting thousands of
    virtual servers.
  • Developed software call center support software for clients such
    as CompuServe, AOL, and Priceline.

MegaLinx Communications, Dublin, Ohio USA

• Web Developer and Support Representative, June 1995 – May 1997
  • Produced web content for commercial clients.
  • Assisted in administration of UltraSPARC, x86, 68020, 68030, and
    PowerPC systems running Sun Solaris, Linux, Microsoft DOS,
    Microsoft Windows NT, and Apple Macintosh operating systems.
  • Developed multi-platform open source file sharing solution.
  • Provided technical support for Internet and web presence
    customers.

SERVICE

Recent contributor to several open-source software projects, including:

• Vim-LaTeX suite
• Vimperator and Pentadactyl Firefox extensions
• Git distributed version control system
• Mercurial distributed version control system
• Personal projects archived at http://hg.tedpavlic.com/

Frequent contributor to Wikipedia.

• Significant contributions to articles on control theory,
  electronics, and signals and systems.

OSU FIRST Robotics Team, The Ohio State University, 2000–2004

• Introduced middle school and high school students to science and
  technology by participating with them in national robotics
  competitions.
• Led 2002 team to regional silver medal Engineering Inspiration Award.
• Lead Team Mentor, 2002–2004
• Component Design Team Lead Mentor, 2001–2002

Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Member, 2002–present

• IEEE Control Systems Society (2004–present)
• IEEE Computer Society (2009–present)
• IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (2011–present)
• IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (2011–present)
• IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
  (2011–present)

Animal Behavior Society, Member, 2011–present

Director of Computers, Engineers’ Council, The Ohio State University, 2002

Linux Virtual Server Project, 1999–2000

• Early member of the team that formed the open-source project that
  is now an important load balancing solution for the Linux
  software platform.

Greater Columbus Free-Net, 1995–1997

• Provided technical support services.

CompuTeen Bulletin Board System, 1993–1995

• Administrated dial-up bulletin board system.
• Founded and administrated TeenLiNK, an international electronic
  mail network that spread through the United States, Canada, and
  Australia and delivered mail over a series of electronic dial-up
  drop offs.

APPLICATION AREAS

Autonomous/Unmanned Vehicles, Flexible Manufacturing Systems,
Distributed Power Generation, Intelligent Lighting, Power Demand
Response, Microgrids, Smart Grids

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SKILLS

Analog and Digital Electronics:

• Bipolar and FET implementations of continuous and switched
  amplifiers, modulators, converters, and filters
• Computer-Aided Design Tools: Cadence OrCAD, NI Multisim, SPICE,
  pst-circ

Embedded and Real-time Systems:

• Software and hardware development with several MCU and
  DSP platforms (e.g., Motorola MCU’s, Texas Instruments DSP’s, Atmel
  ATmega MCU’s, Microchip PIC MCU’s, and others)

Instrumentation, Control, Data Acquisition, Test, and Measurement:

• dSPACE hardware (e.g., RTI1104) and Control Desk software,
  Simulink, LabVIEW and other National Instruments
  control and data acquisition hardware and software (e.g., MIO,
  SMIO, DSA, DMM, and others), Hewlett-Packard and Agilent
  bench-top equipment

Computer Programming:

• C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Lisp, UNIX
  shell scripting (including POSIX.2), GNU make, AppleScript, SQL,
  MySQL, Matlab, Maple, Mathematica, and others

Version Control and Software Configuration Management:

• DVCS (Mercurial/MQ, Git/StGit), VCS (RCS, CVS, SVN, SCCS), and
  others

Matlab skill set:

• Linear algebra, Fourier transforms, Monte Carlo analysis,
  nonlinear numerical methods, polynomials, statistics,
  N-dimensional filters, visualization

• Toolboxes: communications, control system, filter design,
  genetic algorithm and direct search, signal processing, system
  identification

Software Verification:

• KeY, PRISM, KeYmaera

Information/Internet Technology:

• Networking (UDP, TCP, ARP, DNS, Dynamic routing),
  Services (Apache, SQL, MediaWiki, POP, IMAP, SMTP,
  application-specific daemon design)

Productivity Applications:

• TeX (LaTeX, BibTeX, PSTricks), Vim,
  most common productivity packages (for Windows, OS X, and Linux
  platforms)

Operating Systems:

• Microsoft Windows family, Apple OS X, IBM OS/2, Linux, BSD,
  IRIX, AIX, Solaris, and other UNIX variants

Mathematics:

• Applied Mathematics, Real and Complex Analysis, Measure
  Theory, Differential Geometry, Game Theory, Graph Theory,
  Combinatorics

Control Theory and Engineering:

• Linear and Nonlinear Systems Theory, Feedback, Variable
  Structure Systems and Sliding Modes, Distributed and Intelligent
  Control, Dynamic Optimization, Bio-mimicry, Bio-inspiration,
  Hybrid and CyberPhysical Systems

Communications and Signal Processing:

• Probability, Random Variables, Stochastic Processes,
  Information Theory, Estimation, Networks

Computer Science and Engineering:

• Model Checking (automated, distributed, hybrid,
  probabilistic), Hybrid Automata, Software Verification,
  Component-Based Reusable Software

Natural Sciences (Biology, Neuroscience, Psychology, Anthropology):

• Behavioral Ecology, Foraging Theory, Cooperation/Altruism,
  Impulsiveness, Evolution

REFERENCES AVAILABLE TO CONTACT

Dr. Kevin M. Passino (e-mail: pass...@osu.edu; phone: +1-614-312-2472)

• Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University
• 205 Dreese Laboratories, 2015 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210
• Dr. Passino was my graduate adviser.

Dr. Bruce W. Weide (e-mail: weid...@osu.edu; phone: +1-614-292-1517)

• Professor and Associate Chair, Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University
• 395 Dreese Laboratories, 2015 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210
• Dr. Weide is a co-PI on the NSF grant that funds my current postdoctoral position.

Dr. Ian M. Hamilton (e-mail: hami...@osu.edu; phone: +1-614-292-9147)

• Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
  • Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
  • Mathematics
• 300 Aronoff Laboratory, 318 W. 12th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210
• Dr. Hamilton has been a valuable interdisciplinary resource to
  me.

Dr. Andrea Serrani (e-mail: serr...@osu.edu; phone: +1-614-292-4976)

• Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University
• 205 Dreese Laboratories, 2015 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210
• Dr. Serrani wsa a member of my doctoral committee.

Dr. Paolo A. G. Sivilotti (e-mail: sivi...@osu.edu; phone: +1-614-292-5835)

• Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University
• 395 Dreese Laboratories, 2015 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210
• Dr. Sivilotti is a co-PI on the NSF grant that funds my current
  postdoctoral position.

Dr. Richard J. Freuler (e-mail: freu...@osu.edu; phone: +1-614-688-0499)

• Professor of Practice, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University
• 244 Hitchcock Hall, 2070 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210
• Dr. Freuler coordinates the Fundamental of Engineering for Honors
  program in which I served as an instructor early in my academic
  career.

Dr. George H. Staab (e-mail: staa...@osu.edu; phone: +1-614-292-7920)

• Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University
• W192 Scott Laboratory, 201 W. 19th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210
• Dr. Staab is the faculty adviser for the OSU FIRST robotics and
  engineering outreach group of which I was a four-year member and team
  leader.

Dr. Clayton Daigle (e-mail: Clay...@silabs.com; phone: +1-512-532-5935)

• Mixed-Signal Engineer, Silicon Laboratories, Austin, TX
• Dr. Daigle was my direct supervisor when I worked for National
  Instruments as an analog hardware R&D engineer.

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2) Intelligent Transportations System (Traffic management using Inter-Vehicular Communications)

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Tensor-valued images such as Hyperspectral Imagery and Diffusion Weighted MR images
Compressive Sensing
Image Registration
Image Segmentation
Image Classification
PDE methods for image processing.

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