Saeid Balaneshin

(Saeid Balaneshinkordan)

saeid@wayne.edu

I am currently a PhD candidate at the Wayne State University conducting research in Information Retrieval, Clinical Decision Support Systems and Deep Learning. I have received my Master's degree in Electrical Engineering specializing in Telecommunication Systems with a minor in Signal Processing.

Publications

  • S. Balaneshin and A. Kotov "Attentive Neural Architecture for Ad-hoc Structured Document Retrieval." In Proceedings of CIKM'18.   Paper
  • S. Balaneshin and A. Kotov "Deep Neural Architecture for Multi-Modal Retrieval." Master Thesis.   Thesis
  • S. Balaneshin and A. Kotov "Deep Neural Architecture for Multi-Modal Retrieval based on Joint Embedding Space for Text and Images." In Proceedings of WSDM'18.   Paper
  • S. Balaneshin and A. Kotov "Embedding-based Query Expansion for Weighted Sequential Dependence Retrieval Model." In Proceedings of SIGIR'17.   Paper   Code
  • S. Balaneshin and A. Kotov "Sequential query expansion using concept graph." In Proceedings of CIKM'16.   Paper   Slides   Code   Blog
  • S. Balaneshin and A. Kotov "Optimization method for weighting explicit and latent concepts in clinical decision support queries." In Proceedings of ICTIR'16.   Paper   Slides   Poster   Code
  • S. Balaneshin and A. Kotov "A Study of Document Expansion using Translation Models and Dimensionality Reduction Methods." In Proceedings of ICTIR'16.   Paper   Poster
  • S. Balaneshin and A. Kotov "WSU-IR at TREC 2015 Clinical Decision Support Track: Joint Weighting of Explicit and Latent Medical Query Concepts from Diverse Sources." In TREC'16.   Paper   Code
  • S. Balaneshin and A. Kotov "An Empirical Comparison of Term Association and Knowledge Graphs for Query Expansion." In Proceedings of ECIR'16.   Paper   Poster
  • S. Balaneshin, A. Tajer, H. Vincent Poor "Finite-horizon quickest search in correlated high-dimensional data." In Proceedings of ISCCSP'14.   Paper
  • A. Jalili, M. C. Amirani, S. Balaneshin "A Blind Carrier Frequency Offset Estimation Scheme for OFDM Systems via Hybrid-ICA algorithm." In IJECE'14.   Paper
  • A. Mahram, M. G. Shayesteh, S. Balaneshin "A novel wideband spectrum sensing algorithm for cognitive radio networks based on DOA estimation model." In Proceedings of IST'12.   Paper
  • S. E. Mahmoodi, S. Balaneshin, B. Abolhassani "A new algorithm for joint sensing and power allocation in multiuser cognitive radio networks." In Proceedings of WPMC'11.
  • S. Balaneshin, B. Abolhassani "Blind spectrum sensing for cognitive radio based on complexity measurement." In Proceedings of ICEE'11.   Paper
  • S. Balaneshin, B. Abolhassani "A Novel Blind Spectrum Sensing Algorithm for Cognitive Radio Systems Based on Algorithmic Information Theory." In IJICT'11.   Paper
  • S. Balaneshin, V. T. Vakili, B. Abolhassani "A new fast algorithm for carrier frequency offset estimation in SISO-OFDM systems." In Proceedings of IST'10.   Paper

Awards

  • Arshia Sioshansi's Merit Award (Summer 2017).
  • Andrzej Olbrot Travel Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Research 2016-2017 (Fall 2016).
  • SIGIR Student Travel Grant to attend CIKM'16 (Summer 2016).
  • SIGIR Student Travel Grant to attend ICTIR'16 (Spring 2016).
  • First-place award at the Task A-Manual of Text REtrieval Conference (TREC) Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Track held by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (Summer 2015).
  • First-place award at the Task A-Automatic of Text REtrieval Conference (TREC) Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Track held by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (Summer 2015).
  • Second-place award at the Task B-Automatic of Text REtrieval Conference (TREC) Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Track held by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (Summer 2015).
  • Distinguished MSc thesis Award from Iran Telecommunication Research Center (Fall 2011).
  • Patent: An Economically Efficient Telemetry System for Rural Water Networks (Iranian National Patent) (Winter 2010).

Experiences

Instructor and Teacher Assistant, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
  • • Senior Project (Capstone Course) and Computer Ethics (Winter 2017).
  • • Information Retrieval Systems (2015-2016).
  • • Computer Science I and II (2014-2016).
  • • Operating Systems (2015-2017).
  • • Web Design (Summer School 2014).
  • • Introduction to C++ programming Language (Spring 2014).
  • • Linear Networks and System Analysis (2014).
Research Assistant, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
  • • Deep Neural Networks in Multimodal Retrieval Systems.
  • • Neural Networks in Textual Information Retrieval Systems (2 papers published in SIGIR'17 and ICTIR'16).
  • • Sequential Detection in Concept Graphs (1 paper published in CIKM'16).
  • • Optimization Frameworks in Information Retrieval Systems (1 paper published in ICTIR'16).
  • • Topic Modeling in Information Retrieval Systems (1 paper published in ICTIR'16).
  • • Knowledge-based Query Expansion in Clinical Decision Support Systems (won three competitions in TREC-CDS'15).
  • • Sequential Detection, Quickest Search and Change Point Detection Algorithms in Cognitive Radio Networks and Social Media (1 paper accepted in ISCCSP'14 and 1 workshop in ITA'14).
Research Intern, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
  • • Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis with MATLAB and Simulink.
  • • Doubly Fed Induction Generator Systems for Wind Turbines.
Teacher Assistant, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
  • • Telecommunications I (Fall 2010).
  • • Introduction to MATLAB (Winter 2011).
Co-founder and Technical Director, Basamad Pardaz System Co (Startup Company), Urmia, Iran
  • • Project Management.
  • • Design, development and installation of telemetry systems for water distribution networks.
  • • Atmel AVR, GSM and RF transceivers.
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