Note 1: The exact and final time of the lectures will be posted a few days before the talk. Most of the talks are in the afternoon. If you want to attend a session contact Neda Nazmi ( neda AT i-aim DOT org). You will be considered registered ONLY if you receive a confirmation email from Neda.

Note 2: Although most of the slides are in English, the presentations will be delivered in Farsi.

Visiting Lecturer Program (27)

Speaker: Farman Amin Moayed
PhD candidate in Occupational Safety and Health Engineering, Industrial Engineering, University of Cincinnati

Local Organizer: Emad Zamanzadeh

Title: The Role of Occupational Safety and Health Engineering in Business

Time: Monday, Dec. 24, 2007, from 14:00 till 16:00

Location: Industrial Engineering Department, Amir Kabir University, Tehran

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Visiting Lecturer Program (26)

Speaker: Farman Amin Moayed
PhD candidate in Occupational Safety and Health Engineering, Industrial Engineering, University of Cincinnati

Local Organizer: Keyvan Vakili

Title: Mechanism to Commercialize Iranian Inventions which are Patent Protected in the United States

Time: Saturday, Dec. 22, 2007, from 13:30 till 15:00 

Location: School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

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Visiting Lecturer Program (25) 

Speaker: Ahmad Anvari

Lead Analyst, Advertising.com R&D

Local Organizer: Keyvan Vakili

Title: Latest Developments and Trends in Online Advertising Business 

Time: Monday, Oct. 29, 2007, 13:30 till 15:00

Location: School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

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Visiting Lecturer Program (20)

Speaker: Dr. Yousef Padganeh
PhD, Business Management, Banking, Preston University, USA, Ajman Campus, UAE

Local Organizer: Keyvan Vakili

Title: Basel II and Banking Industry

Time: Saturday, 20 Oct, 2007, 17:00 till 19:00
Location: School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

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Visiting Lecturer Program (24)

Speaker:  Raha Akhavan Tabatabaei
PhD student at North Carolina State University

Local Organizer: Sina Tarighi

Title: Stochastic Modeling for Serial-Batching Workstations with Heterogeneous Machines

Time: Monday, Oct.1, 2007, 15:00 till 16:00
Location: School of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

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Visiting Lecturer Program (19)

 Speaker: Iman Hajizadeh
PhD candidate, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Canada

Local Organizer: Keyvan Vakili

Title: Portfolio Selection with Bounded Loss

Time: Saturday, Aug 25, 2007, 10:00-11:30
Location: School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

Visiting Lecturer Program (18)

 Speaker:  Baabak Ashuri
Doctoral Student and Tennenbaum Fellow in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Local Organizer: Keyvan Vakili

Title: A Real Options Approach to Investment Decisions in Competitive, Dynamic Retail Markets

Time: Wednesday, Aug 22, 2007, 18:00-19:30

Location: Department of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

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Visiting Lecturer Program (17)

Speaker: Sanam Ebrahim  
Master’s degree in Executive Management of Business Administration, Tehran, Iran /Royal Roads University, Victoria, Canada

Local Organizer: Keyvan Vakili

Title: Government Research Funding System

Time: Monday, Aug 20, 2007, 18:00-19:30
Location: School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

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Visiting Lecturer Program (16)

Speaker: Dr. Amir Farmanesh
PhD in Policy Studies, candidate International Development Concentration University of Maryland, School of Public Policy College Park, USA

Co-organized by Knowledge Diffusion Network

Local Organizer: Keyvan Vakili

Title: Econometrics approach to international development studies

Time: August 18, 10:00-11:30
Location: School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

Visiting Lecturer Program

Speaker: Hamed Ghoddusi 
PhD student of finance at the Vienna Graduate School of Finance (VGSF)

Local Organizer: Saeed Eslami 

Title: Game Theory in Finance

Time: Aug. 2007
Location: School of Management, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran

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Visiting Lecturer Program (15)

Speaker: Shuan SadreGhazi  
PhD Student on Innovation Studies and Development at United Nations University – MERIT

Co-organized by Knowledge Diffusion Network

Local Organizer: Keyvan Vakili

Title: Developing Business Strategies for Serving Low-income Markets

Time: Wednesday, Aug 15, 2007, 13:00-14:15
Location: School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

Abstract:(more)

Visiting Lecturer Program (14) 

Speaker: Prof. Ali Hessami
Professor of Systems Assurance,
City University, London, UK

Local Organizer: Sina Tarighi

Title: Assurance of Safety and Reliability in Industrial Systems

Time: Sunday, Feb 4, 2007
Location: Department of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

Abstract: (more…)

Speaker: Prof. Hazhir Rahmandad
Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Virginia Tech, VA, USA

Local Organizer: Keyvan Vakili

Title: Impact of Delays on Organizational Learning

Time: Monday, Dec 25, 2006
Location: School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

Abstract: (more…)

Speakers: Jan Chipchase
Principal Engineer, Nokia Inc., Japan
Dr. Ramin Vatanparast
Senior Research Manager, Nokia Inc., US

Local Organizer: Prof. Khodadadeh

Title: Design Research, From Field Research Study to New Service, Application and Products

Time: Sunday, Oct 29, 2006
Location: Design Department, University of Tehran, Tehran

Speaker: Mostafa Beshkar
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University
Local Organizer: Mazdak Mohtasham and Navid Ghaffarzadegan

Title: Dispute Resolution in the World Trade Organization

Time: July 2006
Location: School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

Abstract: (more…)

Speaker: Dr. Ramin Vatanparast
Dr. degree in Technology
Senior Research Management, Nokia Inc., US.

Local Organizer: Navid Ghaffarzadegan

Title: Virtual Organizations, A Must in the 21st Century

Time: Monday, Apr 24, 2006
Location: School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

Abstract: (more…)

Visiting Lecturer Program (8)

Speaker: Kazem Yaghootkar
Ph.D. Candidate
Manchester Business School, UK

Local Organizer: Armin Nourbakhsh

Title: Project Management, prospects and challenges

Time: Tuesday, Dec 27, 2005
Location: Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

Visiting Lecturer Program (7)

Speaker: Maral Shamloo
Ph.D. Candidate
London School of Economics (LSE), London, UK

Local Organizer: Navid Ghaffarzadegan

Title: Are Oil Prices a Suitable Monetary Policy Anchor for the GCC Countries?

Time: Sunday, Dec 18, 2005
Location: School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

Abstract: (more…)

 

Visiting Lecturer Program (6)

Speaker: Ali Zuashkiani
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Title: Iran job market: characteristics, opportunities, limitations, and considerations

Time: Wednesday, Oct 19, 2005
Location: GCC (Graduate Community Center) Nairobi Room, Stanford University, CA

This talk is co-organized by Persian Students Association of Stanford University

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Visiting Lecturer Program (5)

Speaker: Masoud Talebian
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University, New York, USA

Title: Revenue Management: Callable and Flexible Tickets

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Local organizer: Ms. Katayoun Salamati

Time: Aug, 2005
Location: Department of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

2
Local organizer: Mr. Hamid Akbari

Time: Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Location: School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

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Visiting Lecturer Program (4)

Speaker: Leila Tahouri
M.Sc.
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Local Organizer: Katayoun Salamati

Title: ELFORSPOT: An Equilibrium Model of the Combined Forward Market and Spot Market for Electricity, Using Complementarity Programming
Time: Monday, May 2, 2005
Location: Industrial Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

Abstract: (more…)

Visiting Lecturer Program (3)

Speaker: Somayeh Sadat
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada

Local Organizer: Mohammad Bahar Nemati

Title: Applied Simulation in Health Care
Time: Sunday, Dec 26, 2005
Location: Industrial Engineering Department, Sharif Univeristy of Technology, Tehran

Abstract: (more…)

Visiting Lecturer Program (2)

Speaker: Neda Salehirad
M.A.Sc.
Dept. of Wood Science, University of British Coloumbia, Canada

Local Organizers : Alireza Mohammadi and Mohammad Bahar Nemati

Title (First talk): Efficiency Analysis of Primary Wood Producers in British Columbia, 1990-2002, using Dynamic DEA
Time: Tuesday, Dec 21, 2004 at 2:00 pm

Title (Second talk): Introduction to the Centre for Operations Excellence
Time: Tuesday, Dec 21, 2004 at 3:00 pm

Location: Industrial Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

Abstract : (more…)

 

Visiting Lecturer Program (1) 

 

Speaker: Ali Zuashkiani
Ph.D. candidate
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto

Local Organizer : Mohammad Baharnemati

General Talk:
Title: A survey on different tools applied in Condition Based Maintenance
Time: Sunday, Sep 19, 2004 at 4 pm
Location: Department of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

Specialized talk:
Title : Incorporating expert knowledge in the estimation of parameters of a Condition Based Maintenance ModelTime : Sunday, Sep 19, 2004 at 5 pm
Location : Department of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran

Abstract: (more…)