Esmail Bonakdarian

Dr. Esmail Bonakdarian
Lead Faculty
Division of Computer and Information Sciences
bonakdae@franklin.edu


 

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Ph.D. University of Iowa, 2001, Computer Science
M.S. University of Iowa, 1987, Computer Science
B.S. University of Iowa, 1984, Computer Science, Economics, and Political Science
2007-2008 St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY), Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science
2004-2007 Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH), Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science.
2001-2004 Mercer University (Macon, GA), Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science.
1995-2000 Gerald P. Weeg Computing Center - University of Iowa, Research Assistant/Consultant, Advanced Research Computing Services and Visualization Laboratory.
1990-1994 Mount Mercy College (Cedar Rapids, IA), Instructor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science.
1987-1990 International Monetary Fund, Bureau of Computing Services, Washington, D.C.
2005-2009 National Science Foundation Course (NSF), Curriculum and Laboratory Improvements (CCLI) Program Review Panel, Washington, DC 
2007 Reviewer for SIGCSE and the South Eastern CCSC
2007 Media Computation workshop at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
2005 Case Studies in Sciences Workshop, SUNY, Buffalo, NY
2004 Pyro Robotics Workshop, Bryn Mawr
2003 Software Development in Microsoft.Net Workshop, Lake Forest, IL
2010 Selection of Minimal Variable Subsets with the Help of Genetic Algorithms in Economic Analysis, E. Bonakdarian, H. Czap, and N. Ovchinnikova, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, London, UK in JIE 21/4, 2010
2009 Merging Worlds: When Virtual meets Physical - An Experiment with Hybrid Learning, E. Bonakdarian, T. Whittaker, and D Bell, The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 2009
2004 Evolutionary Computing: A short-attention span introduction to Nature's way of finding the best solution, Ohio Speaker's Circuit, Denison University
2003 Robocode Throughout the Curriculum, 17th Annual Southeastern Conference, Consortium for Computer Sciences in Colleges, Atlanta, GA.
1998 E. Bonakdarian, J. Cremer, J. Kearney, and P. Willemsen, Generation of Ambient Traffic for Real-time Driving Simulation, Proceedings of 1998 Image Conference.
1997 O. Alloyer, E. Bonakdarian, J. Cremer, J. Kearney, and P. Willemsen, Embedding Scenarios in Ambient Traffic, Proceedings of DSC 97 (Driving Simulation Conference, Lyon, France.
  Association for Computing Machinery & SIGCSE
  Iowa City Crisis Center and Food Bank, Volunteer
  Oberlin Community Services, Volunteer

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