Ashkan Safari

Ph.D. Candidate

a.safari [a t] maastrichtuniversity.nl

About Myself

Ashkan is currently doing his Ph.D. in the project “Rigorous Analysis of Local Search” at Maastricht University under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Tjark Vredeveld and Dr. Lars Rohwedder. His scientific research area is Theoretical Computer Science. Moreover, he received his Master's degree in Computer Science and Bachelor's degree in Information Technology Engineering, from the Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS) in 2021 and 2018, respectively, under the supervision of Dr. Mansoor Davoodi Monfared.

Education

2021 - Present

Ph.D. Candidate

Project: Rigorous Analysis of Local Search

Project Domain: Mathematics/Computer Science

Maastricht University

Maastricht, The Netherlands

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Tjark Vredeveld and Dr. Lars Rohwedder

2018 - 2021

M.Sc. in Computer Science

Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS)

Zanjan, Iran

Supervisor: Dr. Mansoor Davoodi Monfared

2014 - 2018

B.Sc. in Information Technology Engineering

Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS)

Zanjan, Iran

Supervisor: Dr. Mansoor Davoodi Monfared

Publications

- M. Davoodi and A. Safari, Path Planning in a Weighted Planar Subdivision Under the Manhattan Metric, Graphs and Combinatorics 40.1 (2024): 16.

- M. Davoodi, H. Enamzadeh and A. Safari, Path Planning in a Weighted Planar Subdivision Under the Manhattan Metric, In Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, University of Saskatchewan, August 5-7, 2020.

Research Experience

June, 2022

The 15th Workshop on Models and Algorithms for Planning and Scheduling (MAPSP) 2022

The Oropa Sanctuary

Italy

Invited Speakers: Prof. Dr. Alessandro Agnetis, Prof. Dr. Thomas Erlebach, Dr. Lene Monrad Favrholdt and Prof. Dr. Alberto Marchetti Spaccamela

October, 2020

Autumn School on Bilevel Optimization

University of Trier

Trier, Germany

Invited Speakers: Dr. Martine Labbé, Dr. Ivana Ljubic and Dr. Didier Aussel

February, 2019

11th Winter School on Computational Geometry

Amirkabir University of Technology

Tehran, Iran

Invited Speakers: Dr. Kevin Buchin and Dr. Martin Nöllenburg

Programming Skills

Languages: Python, C++, C#, PHP, JavaScript, Erlang

Application Software: MATLAB

Database: SQL, NoSQL

Others: Node.js, Express.js, GIT

Projects

2017 - Present

Avanama

AvaNama is a software for translating text and voice to Persian sign language, with the goal of improving communication between the deaf and hearing.

Website: avanama.org