who am I ?
My name is Saeid. I am a research student in Information Technology. Born in Khorram Abad in Lorestan province in the west of Iran, I grew up and went to school since 1979 in Borujerd - a fantastic cultural city in Lorestan. I studied in Resalat, Imam Hasan-e Asgari and Ferdowsi primary schools, Imam Mohammad-e Bagher and Aboozar secondary schools and Imam Khomeini high school. I got my High School Diploma in 1991. From 1992 to 2004 I have been studying and working in Iran. I received my Bachelor in Medical Library Science from Kerman Medical University. Mirzadeh, Talebian, Khoshroo, Agha Abbasi and Parsamian were my main teachers. I had many lovely friends and classmates among them I can refer to Arabpoor, Moosa Akbari, Divband, Fatehi, Amiri, Yoonespur, Sabuhi, Boloorian, Alemzadeh and Mohammadi. In 1996 I could to take a place in Iran University of Medical Sciences in Teheran and I continued my studies as a postgraduate student of Medical Library and Information Sciences. I received my Master degree in 1999. My supervisors were Dr. Fatemeh Sabokrooh and Dr. Alireza Hoveida. Also I was taught by Dr. Ali Beyg, Dr. F. Asadi and Ms F. Raha Doost. Vakili, Shalviri and Naghdi were my classmates. I awarded a scholarship from Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) and  now I am a research student in the Data and Knowledge Engineering Group (DKE), School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (ITEE), The university of Queensland (UQ) in Brisbane the capital of Queensland state of Australia. Other related sponsored PhD students are Jamali in UCL and Mansourian in Sheffield both of them in UK, Nouruzi in University of Paul Cezanne in France, Sarrafzadeh in RMIT, Australia and Sanatjoo in Royal LIS School of Denmark.

what I have already done?

Since 1997 I started to work in some organizations and among them, working in Khavaran Public Library in Farhangsara-ye Javan in Teheran was my long-term experience. Starting as a Periodicals' librarian, I continued my work in this library as a Reference librarian and later I was manager of the library from 2001 to April 2004. I have worked and taught in different organizations related in library and information work in Iran.  After my PhD is finished I will be a faculty member in a university in Tehran. For a detailed list of my previous employments, studies and publications see my profile.
 

what am I doing?

As a research student I am working on location-based Web search methods. My PhD research is about finding a reliable way to rank the results of general search engines e.g. Google based on a geographical view. In this case, it is assumed that people should be aware about the location of services they seek on the Web. Some studies show that one-third of all queries on Web search engines have a geospatial direction. As a result we need to improve search tools for location-based or geographical uses.

what I like to do?
A. Information Technology:  location-based search, geographical information systems (GIS), geographical information retrieval (GIR), geographical ontology, geospatial data, personalized and customized search, ranking and rank aggregation for meta-search, webpage structure, links, HTML and visual segmentation analysis

B. Library and Information Science: effectiveness, efficiency and productivity of information retrieval systems, costs and cost-benefit analysis of databases and information resources, information retrieval in biomedical fields, library building and interior design

C. Cultural Studies: social aspects of reading, publications, and public libraries; history, geography and tourism attractions of Iran; Borujerd city and Borujerdi dialect and traditions