Amir Akhavan Masoumi

Assistant Teaching Professor

Computer & Information Science

Curriculum Vitae

Contact

508-910-6895

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Education

2015

Computer Sciences, University of Science Malaysia

PhD

2009

Computer Sciences, University of Science Malaysia

MSc

2004

Civil Engineering, Urmia Azad University

BSc

Teaching

CIS 568/DSC 530: Data Visualization
EGR 111: Intro Engineering & Computing

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

CIS 323: Fund of Computer Systems

Introduction of Design and Organization of Computing Systems. This course introduces fundamental concepts of computing systems, such as circuit design, boolean equations, binary arithmetic and data representation, the operation of memory, as well as design of a processor. This course also covers the use of VHDL in designing circuits. The course has design, implementation, and analytical components.
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Research

Research activities

Modeling the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases
Climate Change and Extreme Events Patterns
Cryptanalysis of Chaos-Baded Cryptography Systems
Adverse Events Analytics using Clinical Data

Research

Research interests

Complex Systems
Cognitive Science
Cryptography
Chaos Theory
Data Science

Select publications

See curriculum vitae for more publications

Joseph Norman, Amir Akhavan, Chen Shen, David Aron, Luci Leykum, Yaneer Bar-Yam (2020).
Toward Prevention of Adverse Events Using Anticipatory Analytics
Progress in Preventive Medicine, 5, e0029.
Azam Majooni, Mona Masood, Amir Akhavan (2018).
An eye-tracking study on the effect of infographic structures on viewer’s comprehension and cognitive load
Information Visualization, 17, 257-266.
Amir Akhavan, Azman Samsudin, Afshin Akhshani (2017).
Cryptanalysis of an image encryption algorithm based on DNA encoding
Optics & Laser Technology, 95, 94-99.