Pooya Esfandiar

Software Developer & Data Analyst

pesfandiar@gmail.com
+1 778-redacted
http://www.pesfandiar.com
Vancouver, BC
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Welcome!

I live and work in Vancouver, BC as a software developer and data analyst.

I have experience and interest in different areas including but not limited to data mining and machine learning, software development from low level C/C++ programming to front-end Javascript hacking, business intelligence, and data analysis.

My hobbies include working out, hiking, and self studying different subjects such as finance, operations management, entrepreneurial business administration, etc.

If you live or work near Downtown Vancouver and any of those subjects interests you, I'd like to meet you over a cup of coffee or during the lunch break.

Work Experience

Ayogo Games Inc. Vancouver, BC, Canada

Software Developer and Data Analyst

Jan 2012 Present

Developing an in-house social games analytics framework.
Investigating and implementing appropriate big-data technologies.
Analyzing clients' data for marketing/publishing purposes.
Developing a data visualization library for mobile apps.

Simba Technologies Inc. Vancouver, BC, Canada

Computer Scientist

Mar 2011 Dec 2011

Worked on data connectivity solutions and development kits written in C/C++ and Java, complying with ODBC and JDBC standards.
Designed efficient algorithms for data type conversion and SQL query optimization.
Co-operated with engineers from leading business intelligence database vendors.

Auphan Software Corp. Vancouver, BC, Canada

Software Developer

Jul 2010 Mar 2011

Worked on web-based point of sale / business intelligence applications (PHP, SQL, DHTML).
Worked on algorithmic staff scheduling problems using integer programming.

University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada

Research Assistant

May 2009 Aug 2010

Worked on large social networks data analysis and numerical linear algebraic methods at "Data Management and Mining Lab".

Farabi Public Hospital Tehran, Iran

Summer Intern

May 2007 Aug 2007

Worked on an automation project.
Was exposed to C#.Net, MS SQL Server, and Crystal Reports.

Sharif University of Technology Tehran, Iran

Programmer

Jan 2006 Jun 2006

Worked as a software designer and developer in a rescue robots simulation team (Linux, C/C++, socket programming).
Facilitated co-operation of 5 programmers in the team.

Sharif University of Technology Tehran, Iran

Member of Student Council

Sep 2004 Aug 2005

An elected position; responsible for organizing student activities and representation of students.

Education

University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada

M.Sc. in Computer Science

Sep 2008 Aug 2010

GPA: 87%.

Coursework: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms for Bioinformatics, Machine Learning (AUD), Fundamentals of Algorithm Design and Analysis, Empirical Algorithmics, Multiagent Systems, Numerical Computation (AUD), Social Networks.

Worked at "Data Management and Mining Lab" under supervision of Prof. Laks Lakshmanan. The thesis title is "Efficient Approximation of Social Relatedness Over Large Social Networks and Application to Query-Enabled Recommender Systems".

Sharif University of Technology Tehran, Iran

B.Sc. in Computer Engineering (specialized in software)

Sep 2004 Jul 2008

GPA: 17.1/20.

Some coursework: Data Structures and Algorithms, Design of Algorithms, Theory of Machines and Languages, Artificial Intelligence, Compiler Design, Operating Systems, Computer Networks, Numerical Computation, Programming Languages, Database Design, Expert Systems, Computer Simulation, Computer Graphics, Linear Algebra.

Honours thesis under supervision of Prof. Mohammad Ghodsi, entitled "Online Auctions Analysis Using Evolutionary Simulation".

Technical Skills

Software Engineering: C/C++; Java; PHP; SQL; Python; Ruby on Rails; C#; Perl; Shell scripting
Web/Mobile Development: HTML5; CSS3; JavaScript; Node.js; jQuery; backbone.js; knockout.js; d3.js; socket.io; Phonegap
Web Analytics / Data Analysis: Matlab / Octave; R language; Pentaho; MongoDB; Piwik; Google Analytics; Flurry
Others: LaTeX; Git; Perforce; GNU Make; ANT

Publication

Francesco Bonchi, Pooya Esfandiar, David F. Gleich, Chen Greif, Laks V. S. Lakshmanan: Fast Matrix Computations for Pairwise and Columnwise Commute Times and Katz Scores. Internet Mathematics 8(1-2): 73-112 (2012).
Francesco Bonchi, Pooya Esfandiar, David F. Gleich, Chen Greif, Laks V. S. Lakshmanan: Fast matrix computations for pair-wise and column-wise commute times and Katz scores, CoRR abs/1104.3791: (2011).
Pooya Esfandiar, Francesco Bonchi, David F. Gleich, Chen Greif, Laks V. S. Lakshmanan, Byung-Won On: Fast Katz and Commuters: Efficient Estimation of Social Relatedness in Large Networks. WAW 2010: 132-145.
Ramin Halavati, Saeed Bagheri Shouraki, Sima Lotfi, Pooya Esfandiar: Symbiotic Evolution of Rule Based Classifier Systems. International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools 18(1): 1-16 (2009).
Ramin Halavati, Saeed Bagheri Shouraki, Pooya Esfandiar, Sima Lotfi: Rule Based Classifier Generation Using Symbiotic Evolutionary Algorithm. ICTAI (1) 2007: 458-464.

Honors & Awards

International Partial Tuition Scholarship, UBC, (2008-2010)
4^th place, The ACM Asia Programming Contest, Tehran, Iran (2006)
3^rd place, Rescue Robots Simulation, The national Urban Robots Contest, Iran (2006)
6^th place, Robocup Rescue Simulation League, Bremen, Germany (2006)
3^rd place, The National Programming Contest, Mazandaran University of Science and Technology (2005)
31^st place, The Nationwide University Entrance Exam with about 500,000 participants (2004)
Silver Medal, Iran National Olympiad in Informatics (2003)