Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science
2015 - 2020
University of Technology, Sydney
M.Sc. in Software Engineering
2012 - 2014
Sharif University of Technology
B.Sc. in Computer Engineering
2008 - 2012
Amirkabir University of Technology
Professional Experience
Associate Professor
2022 - Present
Department of Computer Science, University of Excellence
Assistant Professor
2020 - 2022
Department of Computer Science, University of Excellence
Research Fellow
2018 - 2020
Advanced Computing Lab, University of Technology Sydney
Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Human-Computer Interaction
Educational Technology
Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor
Artificial Intelligence Group, Computer Science Department
Courses Taught:
- Advanced Artificial Intelligence (Graduate)
- Artificial Intelligence (Undergraduate)
- Information Security
- Big Data Processing and Analytics
- Information Hiding
- Software Security
- Secure Communication Systems
- Computer Networks
- Algorithms Design
- Computer Programming
- Advanced Computer Programming
MSc. Student Advisor
Provided academic guidance and mentorship to Master's students in the Informatics School.
Guest Lecturer & Teaching Assistant
Guest Lecturer: Computer Security Course, Semester 2, 2011-12
Teaching Assistant for:
- Informatics 1 – Computation & Logic
- Informatics 2 – Algorithms, Data Structures and Learning
- Computer Security
Lecturer
Computer Science Department
Courses Taught:
- Artificial Intelligence (2 semesters)
- Algorithms Design (2 semesters)
- Advanced Programming - C++ (2 semesters)
- Advanced Programming - C# (4 semesters)
- Computer Programming - C++ (4 semesters)
- Computer Programming - Pascal (4 semesters)
- Computer Fundamentals (4 semesters)
- Data Structures and Algorithms (5 semesters)
- Programming Language Design and Implementation (1 semester)
Sessional Lecturer
Courses Taught:
- Operating Systems Design (2 semesters)
- Operating Systems Lab (1 semester)
- Theory of Languages and Automata (3 semesters)
Professional Experiences
CEO
Leading and managing the strategic direction of this knowledge-based ICT company.
Research & Development Manager
Overseeing research and development initiatives for cybersecurity and intelligent systems.
Software Designer & Developer / Senior Software Developer
Design and development of a Windows application for an Oil Reservoirs Simulator and Optimiser system (3RPSim).
Research Associate
Investigated existing courses on Symbolic Pattern Recognition, 1D Signal Analysis and Computer Vision from more than 70 universities worldwide and proposed a set of syllabi for undergraduate/postgraduate courses for university lecturers.
Research and Development Manager (Part-time)
Involved in different network and mobile security projects, mostly as the Principal Investigator and sometimes as a researcher.
CEO
Managed the SME ICT company as Chief Executive Officer.
Programmer & Researcher (Part-time)
Worked as a web programmer and researcher. Developed the ICIC electronic magazine using ASP 3.0 and Visual InterDev.
Web Designer
Designed and programmed the website for the ITRC networking department using ASP 3.0, MS Visual InterDev 6.0, MS FrontPage, and MS Access database manager.
Hardware Programmer
Programmed 8×51 microcontrollers to manage PSTN switches using C language.
Publications
Selected Journal Articles
Bijani, S., & Smith, J. (2023). "Adaptive Learning Systems: Personalizing Education through AI". Journal of Educational Technology, 45(2), 112-130.
Bijani, S., Chen, L., & Williams, R. (2022). "Cross-cultural Design Patterns for Voice User Interfaces". ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 29(4), 1-28.
Conference Proceedings
Bijani, S., & Johnson, M. (2021). "Ethical Considerations in Educational AI". Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED), 215-226.
Bijani, S. (2020). "Designing for Cognitive Accessibility in Mobile Applications". Proceedings of the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1-12.
Book Chapters
Bijani, S. (2019). "The Future of Human-AI Collaboration in Education". In R. Davis (Ed.), Advances in Educational Technology (pp. 78-95). Academic Press.
