Omid Ardakanian, PhD
/o-meed ahr-dæ-ka-ni-an/
Pronouns: He/Him
Personal Website: https://sites.ualberta.ca/~oardakan/
Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Science - Computing Science
- ardakanian@ualberta.ca
- Address
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7-264 University Commons
11308 - 89 Ave NWEdmonton ABT6G 2N8
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Cyber-Physical Systems Internet of Things Sustainability Security and Privacy
About
Academic Employment
- Associate Professor, University of Alberta, Canada
- Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, Canada
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California at Berkeley, USA
Education
- Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada
- M.Math, Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada
- B.Sc., Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Research
My research addresses systems challenges in different domains, from sensor networks and data centres to energy systems. Specifically, I use optimization, control, and machine learning techniques to enhance the design and operation of networked, embedded, and cyber-physical systems.
Courses
CMPUT 379 - Operating System Concepts
Introduction to the structure, components, and concepts behind modern general-purpose operating systems. Processes: process state transitions; operations on processes; interrupt processing; multiprocessor considerations; resource allocation; synchronization; critical sections and events; semaphores; deadlock: avoidance, detection, and recovery; memory management; virtual memory; paging and segmentation; page replacement strategies; working sets; demand paging; process scheduling; scheduling algorithms; file system functions; file organization; space allocation; virtual machines. Prerequisites: CMPUT 201 and 204, or 275; one of CMPUT 229, E E 380 or ECE 212.
CMPUT 497 - Topics in Computing Science
This topics course is designed for new course offerings that may be offered in a given term. Prerequisites are determined by the instructor in the course outline. See Note (3) above.
CMPUT 644 - Topics in Computing Science
Research Students
Currently accepting undergraduate students for research project supervision.