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Distributed Systems Embedded Systems Wireless Sensor Networks Middleware Engineering Software Engineering Component-based Software Development Context-aware/Reconfigurable/Adaptive Systems Mobile/Wireless Computing Programming Paradigms Internet/Web Engineering Enterprise Architectures & Patterns

Journals
1.	Optimizing Sensor Network Reprogramming via In-situ Reconfigurable Components, Amir Taherkordi, Frederic Loiret, Romain Rouvoy and Frank Eliassen, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2013. PDF
2.	A Generic Component-based Approach for Programming, Composing and Tuning Sensor Software, Amir Taherkordi, Frederic Loiret, Romain Rouvoy and Frank Eliassen, in the Computer Journal, Oxford University Press, Vol. 54, Issue 9, 2011. PDF
3.	The DigiHome Service-Oriented Platform, Daniel Romero, Gabriel Hermosillo, Amir Taherkordi, Russel Nzekwa, Romain Rouvoy and Frank Eliassen, in Software: Practice & Experience, Wiley. Accepted. PDF
4.	Providing internet connectivity and mobility management for MANETs, Quan Le-Trung, Paal E. Engelstad, Vinh Pham, Tor Skeie, Amir Taherkordi and Frank Eliassen, in International Journal of Web Information Systems, Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2009. PDF
5.	Dependability Considerations in Wireless Sensor Networks Applications, Amir Taherkordi, Majid Alkaee Taleghan and Mohsen Sharifi, in Journal of Networks (JNW), Vol. 1, Issue 6, 2006. PDF
Book Chapters
6.	RESTful Service Development for Resource-constrained Environments, Amir Taherkordi, Daniel Romero, Romain Rouvoy and Frank Eliassen, in "REST: From Research to Practice", Springer, 2011. PDF
7.	Mobility Management for All-IP Mobile Networks, Quan Le-Trung, Paal E. Engelstad, Tor Skeie, Frank Eliassen and Amir Taherkordi, in "Emerging Wireless Networks: Concepts, Techniques and Applications", CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, US, 2011. PDF
Conferences and Workshops
8.	Adaptable Service Composition for Very-Large-Scale Internet of Things Systems, Kashif Sana Dar, Amir Taherkordi, Romain Rouvoy and Frank Eliassen, Doctoral Symposium in the 12th ACM/IFIP/USENIX International Middleware Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, Dec. 2011.
9.	A Component-based Approach for Service Distribution in Sensor Networks, Amir Taherkordi, Romain Rouvoy and Frank Eliassen, in 5th international workshop on Middleware Tools, Services and Run-Time Support for Sensor Networks (MidSens), co-located with ACM/IFIP/USENEX 11th Middleware Conference, Bangalore, India, Dec. 2010. PDF
10.	An Event-driven Approach to Address Reflectivity in Sensornets, Amir Taherkordi and Frank Eliassen, in 9th Workshop on Adaptive and Reflective Middleware (ARM’10), co-located with ACM/IFIP/USENEX 11th Middleware Conference, Bangalore, India, Dec. 2010. PDF
11.	Programming Sensor Networks Using REMORA Component Model, Amir Taherkordi, Frederic Loiret, Romain Rouvoy, Azadeh Abdolrazaghi, Quan Le-Trung and Frank Eliassen, in 6th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), Santa Barbara, California, USA, June 2010. PDF
12.	RESTful Integration of Heterogeneous Devices in Pervasive Environments, Daniel Romero, Gabriel Hermosillo, Amir Taherkordi, Russel Nzekwa, Romain Rouvoy and Frank Eliassen, in 10th IFIP International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems (DAIS), Amsterdam, Netherlands. June 2010. PDF
13.	WiSeKit: A Distributed Middleware to Support Application-level Adaptation in Sensor Networks, Daniel Romero, Gabriel Hermosillo, Amir Taherkordi, Russel Nzekwa, Romain Rouvoy and Frank Eliassen, in 9th IFIP international conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems (DAIS), pp. 44–58, Springer-Verlag, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2009. PDF
14.	Information Storage, Reduction, and Dissemination in Sensor Networks: A Survey, Quan Le-Trung, Amir Taherkordi, Tor Skeie, Hai N. Pham and Paal E. Engelstad, in IEEE Workshop on Information Retrieval in Sensor Networks (IRSN), pp. 898-905, IEEE Computer Society Press, Las Vegas, US, Jan 2009. PDF
15.	A Self-Adaptive Context Processing Framework for Wireless Sensor Networks, Amir Taherkordi, Romain Rouvoy, Quan Le-Trung and Frank Eliassen, in third ACM/IFIP/USENIX workshop on Middleware for Sensor Networks (MidSens) colocated with Middleware'08, pp. 7-12, ACM Press, Leuven, Belgium, Dec 2008. PDF
16.	A Communication-Efficient Distributed Clustering Algorithm for Sensor Networks, Amir Taherkordi, Reza Mohammadi and Frank Eliassen, in First IEEE International Workshop on Applications of Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (AASNET), colocated with AINA'08, pp. 634-638, IEEE Computer Society Press, Okinawa, Japan, March 2008. PDF
17.	A Survey of System Software for Wireless Sensor Networks, Majid Alkaee Taleghan, Amir Taherkordi, Mohsen Sharifi and Tai-Hoon Kim, in International Workshop on Wireless Ad Hoc, Mesh and Sensor Networks (WAMSNet), colocated with FGCN'07, pp. 402-407, IEEE Computer Society Press, Korea, December 2007. PDF
18.	A Publish-Subscribe Middleware for Real-Time Wireless Sensor Networks, Majid Alkaee Taleghan, Amir Taherkordi and Mohsen Sharifi, in International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS) pp. 981-984, Springer-Verlag, Reading, UK, May 2006.
19.	Achieving Availability and Reliability in Wireless Sensor Networks Applications, Amir Taherkordi, Majid Alkaee Taleghan and Mohsen Sharifi, in First International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security(ARES), Vienna, Austria, April 2006.
20.	A Middleware Layer Mechanism for QoS Support in Wireless Sensor Networks, Mohsen Sharifi, Majid Alkaee Taleghan and Amir Taherkordi, in 4th IEEE International Conference on Networking (ICN), Mauritius, April 2006.
21.	Supporting QoS in Wireless Sensor Networks Middleware, Majid Alkaee Taleghan, Amir Taherkordi and Mohsen Sharifi, in 11th International Computer Society of Iran Computer Conference (CSICC), Tehran, Iran, Jan 2006.
Theses
22.	Programming Wireless Sensor Networks: From Static to Adaptive Models, Amir Taherkordi, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, September 2011. PDF
23.	Event-Driven Software Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks Applications, Amir Taherkordi , M.Sc. Thesis, Computer Engineering Department, IUST, Tehran, Iran, April 2006.
24.	E-Pizza Store on Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), Amir Taherkordi, B.Sc. Thesis, Computer Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, September 2001.

	I am a postdoctoral research fellow in the Networks and Distributed Systems group (ND) at the Department of informatics, University of Oslo, where I work with Prof. Frank Eliassen.
	My current work is focused on programming abstractions, service distribution, and adaptation middleware for Internet of Things (IoT) systems. My research interests lie broadly in the area of distributed computing, software engineering, middleware engineering, embedded systems, WSNs and Internet/Web engineering.
	I received my Ph.D. degree from the Informatics Department, University of Oslo. My advisor was Prof. Frank Eliassen and my thesis title was Programming Wireless Sensor Networks: From Static to Adaptive Models. I obtained my M. Sc. degree in Information Technology Engineering (Software Engineering) from Iran University of Science and Technology. My B.Sc. was done at the Computer Engineering Department of Sharif University of Technology.

	Dec. 10, 2010: A paper in the Oxford Computer journal! title: A Generic Component-based Approach for Programming, Composing and Tuning Sensor Software
	Sep. 15, 2010: A MidSens paper! title: A Component-based Approach for Service Distribution in Sensor Networks
	March 28, 2010: Our DCOSS submission accepted! Paper title: Programming Sensor Networks Using REMORA Component Model
	Feb. 21, 2010: Remora 1.0 is released! Remora is a new component-based approach for high-level programming in WSNs. more
	Jan. 20, 2009: I have been granted a Visiting Researcher opportunity from INRIA,the leading computer science institute in Europe, to continue my research on context-processing frameworks for RFID-based Systems and WSNs under the supervision of Romain Rouvoy (Associate Professor-University of Lille, France). Duration: 4.5 months, Starting time: March 1st, 2009

Ph.D. in Networks and Distributed Systems, Informatics Department, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Sep. 2007 - Sep. 2011. Thesis Title: Programming Wireless Sensor Networks: From Static to Adaptive Models Supervisor: Prof. Frank Eliassen M.Sc. in Information Technology Engineering (Software Engineering), Computer Engineering Department, IUST, Tehran, Iran, Oct. 2003 - Feb. 2006. Thesis Title: An Event-Driven Software Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks Applications Supervisor: Dr. Mohsen Sharifi B.Sc. in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, Sep.1997 - Sep. 2001. Thesis Title: E-Pizza Store on Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Supervisor: Dr. Rasool Jalili

	Granted a Visiting Researcher opportunity from the French National Institute for Research in Computer and Control Sciences (INRIA), Lille, France, 2009
	Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Oslo, Norway, 2007-Present
	Selected for Graduate Research Assistantship, University of Houston, Texas, USA, 2007
	Awarded distinguished postgraduate student, IUST, 2006
	Paper selected for journal publication, the First International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES'06), Vienna, Austria, 2006
	Ranked 2nd among all IT graduates, entered in 2003 in M.Sc. Program, Computer Engineering Department, IUST, 2006
	Ranked 16th in Iran's National University Entrance Exam, 1997

Senior Embedded Software Engineer&Researcher, Sonitor Technologies, Oslo, Norway, May 2011 - Present   - Resource-efficient software programming/distribution models   - Low-power embedded systems and sensor networks for healthcare/homecare applications   - Indoor localization: equipment/patient/... tracking   - Ultrasound/RF Communications   - Over the Air Reprogramming of embedded systems   - Programming system-on-chip (SoC) architectures and microcontrollers (Intel, Atmel and Texas Instruments) Visiting Researcher, ADAM project, INRIA Lille-Nord Europe, Lille, France, March 2009 - Present I have been granted a Visiting Researcher opportunity from INRIA, the leading computer science institute in Europe, to continue my research on context-processing frameworks for RFID-based Systems and WSNs under the supervision of Dr. Romain Rouvoy (Associate Professor-University of Lille, France). Two main areas in which I have been involved include: software-level integration of RFID and WSNs, and distribution of WSNs adaptation services based on the principles of REST architectural style. Research Assistant, Operating Systems Laboratory, Computer Engineering Department, IUST, February 2004 - August 2007 I worked on middleware, dependability issues and application architectures for WSNs. Specifically, I worked on how we can satisfy software related issues in WSNs with event-driven architecture and publish/subscribe scheme. Considering QoS and fault-tolerance in WSNs was another field of my research. System Designer and Developer, GamElectronics Co., Tehran, Iran, October 2004 - August 2007 I was involved in a large-scale Office Automation system. Specifically, I worked on design and development of three sub-systems including Workflow, Secretariat, and Archive. The technology platform for development was J2EE and a rich set of open source solutions were exploited as well. These technologies and tools include EJB (SB), JAXP, JTA, JavaScripts, Ajax, Struts, Hibernate, Velocity, JasperReport, Dom4J, DisplayTag, Log4J, JUnit, Oracle JDeveloper, Oracle Application Server, iReport. System Architect and Design Consultant, Mobile Messaging Projects (VMS, SMSC, MMSC), PeykAsa Group Messaging Products & Services, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, February 2006 - August 2007 I was partly involved in two industrial projects supervised by Dr. Jalili in PeykAsa Group Messaging Products & Services, namely VMSC (Voice Mail Service Center) and SMSC (Short Message Service Center). Architect, Designer and Developer, Nebras Informatics Co., Tehran, Iran, 2003 - 2005 I worked on two projects (Online Office and Document Management System) as a senior Java Architect/Designer/Developer. The development solution was based on Sun distribution architecture, namely J2EE. The following technologies were used for designing and implementing the target system: Java(Java Servlets, JavaBeans, RMI, JSP, JAXP, JTA, Swing), EJB(SB, EB, MDB), Object Oriented Design Patterns and XML. Research Assistant, Electronic Research Center, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2001 - 2003 I worked on evaluating Sun solutions for distributed systems and security issues.

Mathematics (Discrete, Geometry and Puzzle) Art (Water Painting, Oil Painting, Miniature and Calligraphy) Sport (Swimming and Soccer)

Operating Systems: Windows 9x/2000/XP, Linux: Ubuntu, RedHat Mobile Messaging: VMSC (Voice Message Service Center), SMSC (Short Message Service Center), Messaging Gateway Integrated Development Environment: IntelliJ IDEA, JDeveloper, JBuilder, Together Database Management Systems: Oracle, MS SQL Server Programming Languages/Markup/Scripts Languages: Java, C, C++, Pascal, XML, WML, HTML, JavaScript Java: J2SE, J2EE, J2ME, JAXP, JAAS, Swing, JNDI, JTA, EJB, Servlet, JSP, RMI Open Source: Tomcat, Struts, Hibernate, Log4j, JUnit, JMeter, iText, JProbe, XDoclet, Jasper Report, Ant, Cocoon, Xalan, JDOM Enterprise Application Development Environment: J2EE, CORBA Portal Servers: Jakarta JetSpeed, Liferay Portal Server Business Process Management: BEA WebLogic Integration, Danet Workflow Engine Case Tools: Borland Together, Rational Rose, Power Designer Methodologies & Software Development Processes: eXtreme Programming (XP), UML Notation Simulators: Mobile Devices, Wireless Networks and Sensor Networks

Seminar on Dependable and Adaptive Distributed Systems, Teaching Assistantship, Department of Infomratics, University of Oslo, Norway, Spring 2010 Open Distributed Computing, Teaching Assistantship, Department of Infomratics, University of Oslo, Norway, Fall 2009 Open Distributed Computing, Teaching Assistantship, Department of Infomratics, University of Oslo, Norway, Fall 2008 Advanced Programming with Java, Computer Engineering Department, IUST Core Java, APTECH International IT Education, Tehran, Iran Distributed Programming, APTECH International IT Education, Tehran, Iran

Technical Program Committee Member  The 3rd IEEE Int. Conference on Networked Embedded Systems for Enterprise Applications (NESEA'12) The 2nd IEEE Int. Conference on Networked Embedded Systems for Enterprise Applications (NESEA'11)   Review Activities  The he 33rd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'13) The 12th IFIP international conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems (DAIS'12) Science of Computer Programming Journal, Elsevier (SCP Elsevier) The 11th ACM/IFIP/USENIX International Middleware Conference (Middleware'10) The first workshop on Software Engineering for Sensor Network Applications (SESENA'10) The 8th Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture (WICSA'09) The 10th ACM/IFIP/USENIX International Middleware Conference (Middleware'09) The 4th International Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware (COMSWARE'09) The 9th IFIP international conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems (DAIS'09) The 7th Workshop on Adaptive and Reflective Middleware (ARM'08) The 9th ACM/IFIP/USENIX International Middleware Conference (Middleware'08) IEEE Communications Letters, 2007 The 5th IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC'07)

Contant Info: Cell phone: (+47) 97 50 29 22 Office phone: (+47) 22 84 05 84 E-Mail: amirhost at ifi.uio.no Postal Address: Department of Informatics PO Box 1080 Blindern N-0316 Oslo Norway Street Address: Department of Informatics Informatics Building Gaustadalleen 23 N-0371 Oslo Norway

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