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− | ''' Alireza Kashian ''' is an adviser to the representative of Iran in the [[GAC]].<ref name="linkedin">[http://sg.linkedin.com/pub/alireza-kashian/3/853/8 LinkedIn]</ref> | + | '''Alireza Kashian '''is member of ICANN community since 2004 and live in beautiful city of Melbourne in Australia. |
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− | He was the executive secretary of the [[WGIG|Working Group of Internet Governance]] in Iran during the years 2004 and 2005. Alireza has also been an adviser to the Supreme Council of [[ICT]] for [[ICANN]] outreach in Iran, and has been an active member of several committees engaged in the promotion of, and conducting research upon, Internet Governance in Iran. | + | He is senior adviser to deputy minister of ICT and head of ICT Organization of Iran (itc.ir) to develop and enhance policies about internet resources in Iran. |
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− | In 2005, he and his colleagues translated the book called ''Internet Governance: A Grand Collaboration'' into Persian, which was published in September, 2005 in Iran. | + | He is attending ICANN meetings regularly and his first attendance in ICANN meetings was in Kualalumpur (July 2014 ICANN #20). |
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| + | Alireza has background knowledge in electrical engineering and computer science, specially design and implementation of software algorithms and managing IT projects. He has broad range of expertise as a serial entrepreneur, working on some online projects including Tehran Map project (started in 2008). |
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| + | As an active member of Internet Governance community in Iran, Alireza has worked on different research projects including IPv4 stats in Iran (2003), IPv6 Transition (2004), Cybercrime Law (2004-2005), Dispute Resolution Policies inside Iran. Alireza was also the executive secretary of the [[WGIG|Working Group of Internet Governance]] in Iran during the years 2004 and 2005. |
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| + | In 2005, Alireza translated and published the book: ''Internet Governance: A Grand Collaboration ''into Persian. |
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| + | Alireza is currently working on his Phd degree at the University of Melbourne. His research interests are: Volunteered Geographic Information, Human Computer Interaciton, Collaborative Mappping, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cartography. He is also research assistant at the Center for Disaster Management and Public Safety (CDMPS). |
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| == Work == | | == Work == |
− | * Alireza is now CEO of Lilihood Pte. Ltd, a company focused mainly on Local Based Services, collecting databases of local information from people actually living in local areas. | + | * Alireza is currently CEO of Rojina Computer Ltd. which is an Iranian private limited company specialized on location based services and online software development. (since 2004) |
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− | * He is also CEO of [[PicArtia]], whose website uses sophisticated algorithms to automatically generate collages. PicArtia had more than a million users at the end of 2009.<ref name="linkedin"></ref>
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| == Career History == | | == Career History == |
− | * Alireza was director of Hypersystem Ltd in 2001-2002 | + | * Alireza was CEO and Director for IranServers Ltd 2002-2004, Hyper Systen (Farabord System) (2001-2002), Lilihood Pte. Ltd (2007-2011) |
− | * He was Director of IranServers Ltd. in 2000-2003
| + | * Alireza founded several online projects such as:[[PicArtia]], HidePlex, Eventorial, Talkomotion, RoadPlex, WarnWave. |
− | * He was Director of Rojina Ltd from 2005-2008<ref name="linkedin"></ref> | |
| == Publications == | | == Publications == |
− | * In 2010, in conjunction with [[Sona Hassani]] and [[Ehsan Zaery Moghaddam]], Alireza Kashian created the online work “A New Captcha Based on Understanding Harmony Images." | + | * In 2010, Alireza Kashian, [[Sona Hassani]] and [[Ehsan Zaery Moghaddam]], “A New Captcha Based on Understanding Harmony Images." |
− | * In 2007, in co-operation with [[Mahdi Rasouli]], Habib, [[Robert K. L. Gay]] and [[Mir Mohamad Hosseini]], he wrote "Commonsense Measurement Through Gaussian Interpolation of Tags for an Image Labeling Game." | + | * In 2007, Alireza Kashian, [[Mahdi Rasouli]], Habib, [[Robert K. L. Gay]] and [[Mir Mohamad Hosseini]], "Commonsense Measurement Through Gaussian Interpolation of Tags for an Image Labeling Game." |
− | * In 2006, again in cooperation with [[Robert K. L. Gay]] and [[Abdul Karim]], he turned out "Collaborative Concept Tagging for Images Based on Ontological Thinking."<ref>[http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/indices/a-tree/k/Kashian:Alireza.html Informatik.uni-trier.de]</ref> | + | * In 2006, Alireza Kashian [[Robert K. L. Gay]] and [[Abdul Karim]], "Collaborative Concept Tagging for Images Based on Ontological Thinking."<ref>[http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/indices/a-tree/k/Kashian:Alireza.html Informatik.uni-trier.de]</ref> |
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| ==Education== | | ==Education== |
− | Alireza studied at Nanyang Technological University through the years 2005 to 2007. <ref name="linkedin"></ref> | + | Alireza is currently phd student at the University of Melbourne. (Updated November 2015) |
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| + | Alireza received Master of Engineering (By research) at Nanyang Technological University (2005 to 2007) <ref name="linkedin" /> |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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