Once upon a timeOnce upon a time inin
IRANIRANPresented by:Pujan Ziaie
Outlines:Outlines:
IranIran– Iran History and bordersIran History and borders– Persian literaturePersian literature– Persian ancient artPersian ancient art
About myselfAbout myself– EducationEducation– Research interests Research interests – HobbiesHobbies
Iran LocationIran Location
HistoryHistory
IranIran Before Arabs attack (Islam Before Arabs attack (Islam distribution)distribution)
IranIran after Arabs attack and before after Arabs attack and before Mongolian conquestMongolian conquest
IranIran in the current century in the current century
Founding of Iran (Persia)Founding of Iran (Persia) Cyrus The Great (Cyrus The Great (550550 BCE) BCE)
• Founded Persia Founded Persia • Declared the first known Charter of Human Declared the first known Charter of Human
RightsRights.. Iran and Roma 2 great empiresIran and Roma 2 great empires
BordersBorders First Empire: First Empire: The Achaemenid Empire, 550 - 330 BCEThe Achaemenid Empire, 550 - 330 BCE The Sassanid Empire (last empire before ArThe Sassanid Empire (last empire before Ar
abs attack) 550 - 330 BCEabs attack) 550 - 330 BCE
Islamic conquest (Islamic conquest (636 CE636 CE))
Sassanid empire was toppled
Mongolian conquest (Mongolian conquest (13th century13th century ))
We were not the only oneWe were not the only one
Iran in the current centuryIran in the current century
Pahlavi era (1920-1978)Pahlavi era (1920-1978) Islamic Revolution Islamic Revolution (from (from
ImperialImperial to to Islamic RepublicIslamic Republic))
Persian literaturePersian literature
Persian languagePersian language One of the most powerful languagesOne of the most powerful languages Language of poemLanguage of poem
Persian handwritingPersian handwriting Different from ArabicDifferent from Arabic
Persian ArtsPersian Arts
• CarpetCarpet
• MiniatureMiniature
• HandcraftHandcraft
Iran sightseeing placesIran sightseeing places
PersepolisPersepolis YazdYazd AbyaanehAbyaaneh
Iran sightseeing placesIran sightseeing places
and many more..and many more..
Iran - IsfehanIran - Isfehan
Isfehan – Khaaju bridgeIsfehan – Khaaju bridge
Iranian New year ceremonyIranian New year ceremony
Last Wednesday’s ceremonyLast Wednesday’s ceremony new year tablenew year table 1313thth getting-rid-of-bad-luck day getting-rid-of-bad-luck day
Last Wednesday’s ceremonyLast Wednesday’s ceremony
Lots of fireworks & Roman candlesLots of fireworks & Roman candles Making fire on the streets or roofsMaking fire on the streets or roofs Your Redness for meYour Redness for me, , My Yellowness yoursMy Yellowness yours
Eavesdropping: Eavesdropping: (Covertly listening)(Covertly listening)
Iranian new year ceremonyIranian new year ceremony
Cleaning up the whole Cleaning up the whole house before new yearhouse before new year
Setting the new year TableSetting the new year Table 7 S-beginning things7 S-beginning things Red fishRed fish grain plantgrain plant BreadBread Qoran-HafezQoran-Hafez Mirror,….Mirror,….
1313thth removing-bad-luck day removing-bad-luck day
Bad-luck day (1Bad-luck day (1stst April) April) People go outside to People go outside to
naturenature Throwing the grain plant Throwing the grain plant
in riverin river Girls tie the stems to find Girls tie the stems to find
husband!husband!
Throwing gravels in Throwing gravels in river and make some river and make some wisheswishes
Iran: Marriage processIran: Marriage process
process of marriage:process of marriage: Friendship Friendship (Not necessary!)(Not necessary!)
KhaastGaari (asking)KhaastGaari (asking) Bale-borun (dealing!)Bale-borun (dealing!)
MahriyeMahriye Shirbahaa (cost of feed)Shirbahaa (cost of feed) JaheezJaheez
Engagement (ring)Engagement (ring) Aghd Aghd (Religiously husband and (Religiously husband and
wife)wife)
Marriage Marriage (living together)(living together)
No intimate relationship please!
About myself
Education Research plans Hobbies
Birthday:
1982 – 03 - 13
Education
174’th among 450,000 participant >> approved for Computer Engineering at Sharif University of Technology (2000)
NOW : Participant of YSEP (one year) Future: applying for Master and PHD.
Research plans and Interests
Fuzzy Based Applications (less mathematic)
Final undergraduate project : Developing a Fuzzy Controller for a Planar Biped Robot
using Active Learning Method
Figure 1: Spring Flamingo
Experiences
AICTC (Advanced Information and Communication Technology Center)
Low-level Developer (Java & J2EE)
High-level DeveloperAssistant Software Test Manager Database Designer (Oracle 9i DB)Manager (Software Team)
My interests for future
Developing a pure Active Learning Method using fuzzy logic, GA and N-N and …
Researching on Human way of thinking and inference
Interests
Sport Rock-climbing,
football, … Music
Violin, guitar, daf Drinking & Dancing
Conclusion
Iran is a great, ancient countryI’m a very cool guy!