Mehdi Jazayeri
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Mehdi Jazayeri is the founding dean of the faculty of informatics of the Università della Svizzera italiana
(University of Lugano) in Lugano
, Switzerland
, and author of several textbooks on computer software.
Jazayeri received his BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts
in 1971, MS in Computer Engineering (1973) and PhD
in Computer Science (1975) from Case Western Reserve University
in Cleveland, Ohio
. The faculty of informatics in Lugano was established in 2004 with bachelor, master, and PhD programs in computer science. There are currently around 150 students, faculty and researchers at the faculty. Mehdi Jazayeri was an assistant professor of computer science at the Computer Science Department of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, North Carolina
from 1975 to 1980. From 1980 to 1984 he worked at several Silicon Valley
start-up companies. From 1984 to 1994, he was a researcher at the Hewlett-Packard
Research Laboratories in Palo Alto, California
. In 1994, he moved to Vienna
as professor of computer science at the Technical University of Vienna, where he led a group of researchers at the Distributed Systems Group. He was named a Fellow of the IEEE in 2007.
Jazayeri has been a keynote presenter at several conferences, including Automated Software Engineering 2004, IWPSE 2005: International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution, and Software Engineering 06, and has acted as session chair at conferences such as the 27th International Conference on Software Engineering, in May 2005.
Università della Svizzera italiana
Università della Svizzera italiana is a public university located in Lugano, Switzerland, founded in 1996...
(University of Lugano) in Lugano
Lugano
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, Switzerland
Switzerland
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, and author of several textbooks on computer software.
Jazayeri received his BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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(MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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in 1971, MS in Computer Engineering (1973) and PhD
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in Computer Science (1975) from Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...
in Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
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. The faculty of informatics in Lugano was established in 2004 with bachelor, master, and PhD programs in computer science. There are currently around 150 students, faculty and researchers at the faculty. Mehdi Jazayeri was an assistant professor of computer science at the Computer Science Department of the University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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at Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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from 1975 to 1980. From 1980 to 1984 he worked at several Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
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start-up companies. From 1984 to 1994, he was a researcher at the Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard
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Research Laboratories in Palo Alto, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. In 1994, he moved to Vienna
Vienna
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as professor of computer science at the Technical University of Vienna, where he led a group of researchers at the Distributed Systems Group. He was named a Fellow of the IEEE in 2007.
Jazayeri has been a keynote presenter at several conferences, including Automated Software Engineering 2004, IWPSE 2005: International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution, and Software Engineering 06, and has acted as session chair at conferences such as the 27th International Conference on Software Engineering, in May 2005.
Books by Mehdi Jazayeri
- Software Engineering Education in the Modern Age (Springer Verlag, 2007)
- Fundamentals of Software Engineering (Prentice HallPrentice HallPrentice Hall is a major educational publisher. It is an imprint of Pearson Education, Inc., based in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA. Prentice Hall publishes print and digital content for the 6-12 and higher-education market. Prentice Hall distributes its technical titles through the Safari...
, 1991, 2002 - Programming Language Concepts (John WileyJohn Wiley & SonsJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc., also referred to as Wiley, is a global publishing company that specializes in academic publishing and markets its products to professionals and consumers, students and instructors in higher education, and researchers and practitioners in scientific, technical, medical, and...
, 1982, 1987, 1998) - Software Architecture for Product Families: Principles and Practice (Addison-WesleyAddison-WesleyAddison-Wesley was a book publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, best known for its textbooks and computer literature. As well as publishing books, Addison-Wesley also distributed its technical titles through the Safari Books Online e-reference service...
, 2000) - The Proceedings of an International Seminar on Generic Programming (Springer Verlag, 2000)
- Process-Centered Software Engineering Environments (IEEE Computer Society Press, 1995)
External links
- Mehdi Jazayeri at Scientific Commons
- Mehdi Jazayeri personal homepage at the Università della Svizzera italianaUniversità della Svizzera italianaUniversità della Svizzera italiana is a public university located in Lugano, Switzerland, founded in 1996...