Mr Adham Atyabi

Position/s:PhD Candidate
School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics
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Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Biography

Adham Atyabi received his B.Sc in Computer-Engineering from Azad University of Mashad-Iran in 2002. His B.Sc thesis title was "Imitating human speech".
He received his M.Sc by research from the faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology at Multimedia University in Malaysia in 2009. His M.Sc thesis title was "Navigating agents in uncertain environment using Particle Swarm Optimization".
Currently, he is studying his PhD under Prof. Powers' supervision at CSEM, Flinders University.

Qualifications

M.Sc: Master of IT (by research) in Multimedia university of Malaysia (MMU), from 2/2007 till 04/2009
B.Sc: Bachelor of Computer Engineering (Software) in Azad university of Mashad- Iran, form 06/1997 till 2/2003

Human Communication Science Network (HCSNet) SummerFest 2009, University of New South Wales, Sydney
3-day SPM workshop,supported by the ARC Network in Human Communication Science (HCSNet), University of Queensland, Brisban, 2009

Honours, awards and grants

Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (EIPRS), 2009-2013.
PhD Student representative of Flinders at Australian Computer Society (ACS) 2010-2011.
University Relation Manager of Young IT SA 2011.
Member of Magician team (one of the top 5 teams in the world in the Magic2010 competition) in Flinders University, 2009-2010.
Participate in ROBOCOP (Simulation of FIFA) team member selection in Azad University of Mashad-Iran in 2002.

Research and supervision

Research interests

  1. Brain Computer Interfacing.
  2. Machine Learning
  3. Transfer Learning
  4. Evolutionary Computation
  5. Swarm Robotics.

Publications

Book chapters
Atyabi, A., Luerssen, M., Fitzgibbon, S. and Powers, D. (2012). The use of Evolutionary Algorithm-based methods in EEG based BCI systems. In Girolamo Fornarelli and Luciano Mescia, ed. Swarm Intelligence for Electric and Electronic Engineering. Hershey, USA: IGI Global, pp. 326-344.
Anderson, T.A.F., Chen, Z.-H., Wen, Y.-F., Milne, M., Atyabi, A., Treharne, K., et al. (2012). Thinking Head MulSeMedia: A Storytelling Environment for Embodied Language Learning. In George Ghinea, Frederic Andres and Stephen Gulliver, ed. Multiple Sensorial Media Advances and Applications: New Developments in MulSeMedia. Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global, pp. 182-203. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-821-7.ch009.
Atyabi, A. and Samadzadegan, S. (2011). Particle Swarm Optimization: A Survey. In Louis P. Walters, ed. Applications of Swarm Intelligence. Hauppauge, USA: Nova Publishers, pp. 167-178.
Refereed journal articles
Atyabi, A., Luerssen, M. and Powers, D. (2013). PSO-Based Dimension Reduction of EEG Recordings: Implications for Subject Transfer in BCI. Neurocomputing.
Refereed conference papers
Atyabi, A. and Powers, D. (2013). Cooperative Area Extension of PSO Transfer Learning vs. Uncertainty in a simulated Swarm Robotics. In 10th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO). 10th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO).
Atyabi, A., Luerssen, M., Fitzgibbon, S. and Powers, D. (2012). The Impact of PSO based Dimension Reduction on EEG classification. In FM Zanzotto, S Tsumoto, N Taatgen & Y Yao, ed. Brain Informatics International Conference Proceedings. Brain Informatics 2012. pp. 220-231. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35139-6_21.
Atyabi, A., Luerssen, M., Fitzgibbon, S. and Powers, D. (2012). Evolutionary feature selection and electrode reduction for EEG classification. In A Abbass, D Essam & R Sarker, ed. Proceedings of the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation. IEEE CEC 2012. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2012.6256130.
Atyabi, A., Luerssen, M., Fitzgibbon, S. and Powers, D. (2012). Adapting Subject-Independent Task-Specific EEG Feature Masks using PSO. In A Abbass, D Essam & R Sarker, ed. Proceedings of the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation. IEEE CEC 2012. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2012.6256488.
Atyabi, A., Fitzgibbon, S. and Powers, D. (2012). Multiplication of EEG samples through Replicating, Biasing, and Overlapping. In FM Zanzotto, S Tsumoto, N Taatgen & Y Yao, ed. Brain Informatics International Conference Proceedings. Brain Informatics 2012. pp. 209-219. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35139-6_20.
Atyabi, A., Luerssen, M., Fitzgibbon, S. and Powers, D. (2012). Dimension Reduction in EEG Data using Particle Swarm Optimization. In A Abbass, D Essam & R Sarker, ed. Proceedings of the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation. IEEE CEC 2012. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2012.6256487.

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Book chapters
Atyabi, A., Luerssen, M., Fitzgibbon, S. and Powers, D. (2012). The use of Evolutionary Algorithm-based methods in EEG based BCI systems. In Girolamo Fornarelli and Luciano Mescia, ed. Swarm Intelligence for Electric and Electronic Engineering. Hershey, USA: IGI Global, pp. 326-344.
Anderson, T.A.F., Chen, Z.-H., Wen, Y.-F., Milne, M., Atyabi, A., Treharne, K., et al. (2012). Thinking Head MulSeMedia: A Storytelling Environment for Embodied Language Learning. In George Ghinea, Frederic Andres and Stephen Gulliver, ed. Multiple Sensorial Media Advances and Applications: New Developments in MulSeMedia. Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global, pp. 182-203. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-821-7.ch009.
Atyabi, A. and Samadzadegan, S. (2011). Particle Swarm Optimization: A Survey. In Louis P. Walters, ed. Applications of Swarm Intelligence. Hauppauge, USA: Nova Publishers, pp. 167-178.
Refereed journal articles
Atyabi, A., Luerssen, M. and Powers, D. (2013). PSO-Based Dimension Reduction of EEG Recordings: Implications for Subject Transfer in BCI. Neurocomputing.
Refereed conference papers
Atyabi, A. and Powers, D. (2013). Cooperative Area Extension of PSO Transfer Learning vs. Uncertainty in a simulated Swarm Robotics. In 10th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO). 10th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO).
Atyabi, A., Luerssen, M., Fitzgibbon, S. and Powers, D. (2012). Adapting Subject-Independent Task-Specific EEG Feature Masks using PSO. In A Abbass, D Essam & R Sarker, ed. Proceedings of the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation. IEEE CEC 2012. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2012.6256488.
Atyabi, A., Luerssen, M., Fitzgibbon, S. and Powers, D. (2012). Dimension Reduction in EEG Data using Particle Swarm Optimization. In A Abbass, D Essam & R Sarker, ed. Proceedings of the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation. IEEE CEC 2012. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2012.6256487.
Atyabi, A., Luerssen, M., Fitzgibbon, S. and Powers, D. (2012). Evolutionary feature selection and electrode reduction for EEG classification. In A Abbass, D Essam & R Sarker, ed. Proceedings of the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation. IEEE CEC 2012. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2012.6256130.
Atyabi, A., Luerssen, M., Fitzgibbon, S. and Powers, D. (2012). The Impact of PSO based Dimension Reduction on EEG classification. In FM Zanzotto, S Tsumoto, N Taatgen & Y Yao, ed. Brain Informatics International Conference Proceedings. Brain Informatics 2012. pp. 220-231. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35139-6_21.
Powers, D.M. and Atyabi, A. (2012). The Problem of Cross-Validation: Averaging and Bias, Repetition and Significance. In Spring World Congress on Engineering and Technology: Proceedings. SCET2012. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SCET.2012.6342143.
Atyabi, A., Fitzgibbon, S. and Powers, D. (2012). Multiplication of EEG samples through Replicating, Biasing, and Overlapping. In FM Zanzotto, S Tsumoto, N Taatgen & Y Yao, ed. Brain Informatics International Conference Proceedings. Brain Informatics 2012. pp. 209-219. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35139-6_20.
Powers, D.M., Atyabi, A. and Anderson, T. (2012). MAGIC Robots - Resilient Communications: A Guaranteed Redundant Expansible Mesh Built on Unreliable Media. In Spring World Congress on Engineering and Technology: Proceedings. SCET2012. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SCET.2012.6342003.
Atyabi, A. and Powers, D.M. (2012). The impact of segmentation and replication on non-overlapping windows: An EEG study. In Proceedings of 2012 IEEE International Conference on Information Science and Technology. ICIST 2012. pp. 668-674. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICIST.2012.6221730.
Atyabi, A., Fitzgibbon, S. and Powers, D. (2012). Biasing the Overlapping and Non-Overlapping Sub-Windows of EEG recording. In A Abbass, D Essam & R Sarker, ed. Proceedings of the 2012 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks. IJCNN2012. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IJCNN.2012.6252465.
Atyabi, A., Fitzgibbon, S.P. and Powers, D. (2011). Multiplying the Mileage of Your Dataset with Subwindowing. In Hu, Bin and Liu, Jiming and Chen, Lin and Zhong, Ning, ed. Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, Vol 6889. Brain Informatics 2011. pp. 173-184. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23605-1_19.
Atyabi, A. and Powers, D.M. (2010). The Use of Area Extended Particle Swarm Optimization (AEPSO) in Swarm Robotics. In Eleventh International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV 2010). Eleventh International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV 2010). [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICARCV.2010.5707854.
Conference publications
Atyabi, A., Anderson, T.A.F., Treharne, K. and Powers, D.M. (2011). Magician Simulator. In Eleventh International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV 2010). Eleventh International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV 2010).

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Professional and community engagement


  • Member of the editorial board of The International Journal of ComputationalScience, Information Technology and Control Engineering (IJCSITCE).
  • Member of the editorial board of The Current Advances in Artificial Intelligence (CAAI).
  • Member of organizing committee of OzCHI 2013 conference.
  • Casual review for IEEE Journal of Signal Processing Letters.
  • Casual review for IEEE Transaction on Evolutionary Computation.
  • Casual review for Scientific Research and Essays.
  • Review of Swarm Intelligence for Electric and Electronic Engineering book.
  • Project manager and supervisor of simulation team of Flinders robotic team (Magician) in Magic 2010 competition.
  • PhD student Representative of Flinders in Australian Computer Society (ACS) 2010-2012.
  • University Relation Manager of Young IT (YIT-ACS) in South Australia 2011.
  • Student Member of IEEE.



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