Emails: amini☺cs.ucla.edu, navid.amini☺gmail.com

Phone: +1-310-794-5616

Address: Embedded and Reconfigurable Systems Lab , 420 Westwood Plaza 3256N Boelter Hall, UCLA Los Angeles, CA, USA, 90095

Education:

B.Sc., Sharif University of Technology

Thesis Title:

Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Reliable and Energy-Efficient Communication Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks. [PDF]

Supervisor:

Prof. Seyed-Ghassem Miremadi

Ph.D., UCLA

Supervisor:

Prof. Majid Sarrafzadeh

Conference & Journal Reviewer:

• IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2007)
• IEEE/ACM Annual Conference on Communication Networks and Services Research (CNSR 2007)
• International Journal of Communication Systems (IJSC)
• Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (WCMC)

Research Interests:

• Medical Embedded Systems
• Low Power Design
• Reconfigurable Computing
• Wireless Sensor Networks
• Instrumentation and Industrial Automation

Teaching Assistance:

• Fall 2007: CS152A - Digital Design Laboratory
• Fall 2006: CE 40-242 - Signals & Systems
• Fall 2006: CE 40-126 - Computer Structure and Language
• Fall 2006: CE 40-121 - Electrical Circuits
• Spring 2006: CE 40-242 - Signals & Systems
• Spring 2006: CE 40-513 - Microprocessors
• Spring 2006: CE 40-411 - Linear Control Systems
• Fall 2005: CE 40-242 - Signals & Systems
• Fall 2005: CE 40-126 - Computer Structure and Language

Publications:

Conference Papers:

• N. Amini, M. Fazeli, S. G. Miremadi, M. T. Manzuri, "Distance-Based Segmentation: An Energy-Efficient Clustering Hierarchy for Wireless Microsensor Networks", Proceedings of the 5th Annual Conference on Communication Networks and Services Research (CNSR 2007), Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, May 2007, pp. 18-25. [PDF]
• N. Amini, M. Fazeli, S. G. Miremadi, "A Hierarchical Routing Protocol for Energy Load Balancing in Wireless Sensor Networks", Proceedings of the 20th IEEE Annual Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE 2007), Apr. 2007, Vancouver, Canada. [PDF]
• N. Amini, S. Barghi, "A Reliable Method for Implementing a Persian Spell Checker", Proceedings of the 3rd Computer Engineering Conference of Jahad Daneshgahi (JDIOC 2005), Jun. 2005, Tehran, Iran. [PDF]

Technical Reports:

• N. Amini, S. Barghi, "Evaluation of Page Replacement Algorithms Influence on Standard Quicksort Efficiency", Jan. 2005, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
• N. Amini, "A Survey on Intel IXP Network Processors", Aug. 2006, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.