I graduated from University of Amirkabir (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran, as a Computer Engineer (B.Eng. in Hardware) in 1998. In 2002 I was awarded the M.Eng. degree in electrical engineering (Robotics and Machine Intelligence) for the results of the examinations and the final research project undertaken at University of Tehran, Iran. My thesis related to the design and implementation of a human-machine interface for people with spinal cord injury. After a rigorous process, I was selected as a team member for RoboFesta 2001, Partner Robot Games competition in Yokohama, Japan. My team (Virtual Wheelchair Trainer) won the second place among 7 teams from 6 countries.

I held a position as a PhD/research student at the Hamilton Institute from April 2003 to September 2006 and completed the PhD in Continuous Gestural Interaction with Mobile Devices in October 2006. The title of my thesis is "Making Sense of Interaction Using a Model-Based Approach". My supervisor was Prof. Roderick Murray-Smith and my external examiner was Professor Harold Thimbleby from the Future Interaction Technologies Laboratory, Swansea University of Wales.

Since March 2007, I have been employed as a lecturer at Computer Science Department, Swansea University of Wales, and I am collaborating with the Future Interaction Technology lab in this department. I am also collaborating with School of Engineering (Swansea), Welsh Department (Swansea), Psychology Department (Swansea), School of Social Science (Cardiff), Bristol University (Robotics Lab), Kingston University (Faculty of Law & Business), UCLIC and Dynamics and Interaction group in Hamilton Institute and Glasgow University.

My research interests are sensor-based interaction with mobile and medical devices, multimodal interaction in document and pedestrain navigation, and nudge-based interaction toward a healthy lifestyle. I have several successful research grants from EPSRC, Welsh Crucible, Welsh Assembly and Bridging the Gaps. I actively seek interdisciplinary collaboration and research funding.

As a director of MEng programme in the department I have strong connections with industry. A few of my MEng students have been absorbed to the industry for example, Awen ID and Red Hat in Swansea. I also collaborate with Funky Medics in Cardiff/India.

I actively engage with public through media (interviews with BBC and Wester Mail) and publishing in magazines such as Computer Science for Fun (CS4Fun). For more information please see here.

Other Interests

• Gadgets: For more information about gadgets and programming on handheld devices please see my personal weblog here.

• Yoga

  • Yoga Union, Yoga Point

• Climbing

• Love To Climb, One week-end with Katherine Schirrmacher
• Dynamic Rock Climbing Centre

• Flying

  • Gower Flight Centre

• Dance

  • Tango
  • Salsa