Babak Amin Farshchian

Date of birth: 27.04.1968
Nationality: Norwegian/Iranian
Status: Single
Languages: Norwegian, English, Persian, Turkish

Current positions:

Ph.D. student at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Institute of Computer Science, Information Systems Group. Supervised by Prof. Arne Sølvberg.
Teaching assistant.
Part-time researcher, SINTEF B.

Employer:

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Computer Science, O.S. Bragstads plass 2F, N-7034, Trondheim, Norway.

Education:

1995: MSc (Siv.Ing), Computer Science, the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH), Trondheim, Norway.

Main fields of competence:

Information systems modeling and design, workflow systems, computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), human-computer interaction, user interface management systems (UIMS).

Work experience:

Teaching: Teaching assistance in information systems modeling, conceptual modeling, CSCW, project and master thesis supervision.
International projects: Participation in ESPRIT project ORCHESTRA (Organizational change and evolution, systems modeling and design) and Aquarius (European Electronic Education/Training and Information Service in the Aquaculture Sector).
National projects: BEST (aims at improving the competitiveness of Norwegian industry by applying advanced IT) and BATMAN (CSCW and applications of ATM networks).

Positions held:

April 1995-present: Part-time researcher and Ph.D. student at NTNU.
September 1994-present: Teaching assistant in various courses taught at IDT, NTNU.
May 1994-August 1994: Programming job at IDT, NTNU.

International scientific conferences:

Organizing chair, 7th International Workshop on Next Generation of CASE Tools (NGCT'96), Crete, Greece.

Workshop and Conference Publications:

Anne Helga Seltveit, Babak Amin Farshchian, eds. “Proceedings of NGCT'96,” Crete, Greece, 1996.
Babak Amin Farshchian, John Krogstie, Arne Sølvberg, "Integration of User Interface and Conceptual Modeling," in Proc. User Interfaces for All, ERCIM Workshop, Heraklion, Greece, 1995.

Reports, project deliverables, etc.:

Babak Amin Farshchian, Per Helge-Carlsen, “Workflow modeling in the Norwegian BEST Pilot,” ORCHESTRA deliverable, 1995.
Steinar Carlsen, Hallvard Trætteberg, Babak Amin Farshchian, Anne Helga Seltveit, Eric Swane, Marit Natvig, “Smatalestøtte for prosjektsamarbeid i desentrale selvstyrte grupper,” BATMAN deliverable, SINTEF report STF33 A95035, 1995.
Babak Amin Farshchian, "UID, An Integrated User Interface Management System for the PPP ICASE Tool," Master's thesis, Norwegian Institute of Technology, 1995.

Ph.D. Courses:

Object oriented systems. Passed 1996
Software process modeling. Passed 1995
Systems engineering 4. Passed 1996.
Management and organization theory. Passed 1995.
Project management. Planned 1997.
Human-computer interaction. Planned 1996.
Office information systems. Planned 1997.
Programming environments. Planned 1997.
Logic for computer science. Planned 1997.

Personal interests:

Human rights activism.
Classical music.
Photography.