1. Once upon a time in IRAN Presented by: Pujan Ziaie

2. Outlines: Iran Iran –Iran History and borders –Persian literature –Persian ancient art About myself About myself –Education –Research interests –Hobbies

3. Iran Location

4. History Iran Before Arabs attack (Islam distribution) Iran Before Arabs attack (Islam distribution) Iran after Arabs attack and before Mongolian conquest Iran after Arabs attack and before Mongolian conquest Iran in the current century Iran in the current century

5. Founding of Iran (Persia) Cyrus The Great ( 550 BCE) Cyrus The Great ( 550 BCE) 550 Founded PersiaFounded Persia Declared the first known Charter of Human Rights.Declared the first known Charter of Human Rights. Iran and Roma 2 great empires Iran and Roma 2 great empires

6. Borders First Empire: The Achaemenid Empire, 550 - 330 BCE First Empire: The Achaemenid Empire, 550 - 330 BCEThe Achaemenid Empire, 550 - 330 BCEThe Achaemenid Empire, 550 - 330 BCE The Sassanid Empire (last empire before Arabs attack) 550 - 330 BCE The Sassanid Empire (last empire before Arabs attack) 550 - 330 BCE The Sassanid Empire (last empire before Arabs attack) 550 - 330 BCE The Sassanid Empire (last empire before Arabs attack) 550 - 330 BCE

7. Islamic conquest ( 636 CE ) Sassanid empire was toppled

8. Mongolian conquest ( 13th century )

9. We were not the only one

10. Iran in the current century Pahlavi era (1920-1978) Pahlavi era (1920-1978) Islamic Revolution (from Imperial to Islamic Republic) Islamic Revolution (from Imperial to Islamic Republic)

11. Persian literature  Persian language One of the most powerful languages One of the most powerful languages Language of poem Language of poem  Persian handwriting Different from Arabic Different from Arabic

12. Persian Arts CarpetCarpet MiniatureMiniature HandcraftHandcraft

13. Iran sightseeing places  Persepolis  Yazd  Abyaaneh

14. Iran sightseeing places  and many more..

15. Iran - Isfehan

16. Isfehan – Khaaju bridge

17. Iranian New year ceremony  Last Wednesday’s ceremony  new year table  13 th getting-rid-of-bad-luck day

18. Last Wednesday’s ceremony  Lots of fireworks & Roman candles  Making fire on the streets or roofs  Your Redness for me, My Yellowness yours  Eavesdropping: (Covertly listening)

19. Iranian new year ceremony  Cleaning up the whole house before new year  Setting the new year Table 7 S-beginning things 7 S-beginning things Red fish Red fish grain plant grain plant Bread Bread Qoran-Hafez Qoran-Hafez Mirror,…. Mirror,….

20. 13 th removing-bad-luck day  Bad-luck day (1 st April)  People go outside to nature  Throwing the grain plant in river Girls tie the stems to find husband! Girls tie the stems to find husband!  Throwing gravels in river and make some wishes

21. Iran: Marriage process process of marriage:  Friendship (Not necessary!)  KhaastGaari (asking)  Bale-borun (dealing!) Mahriye Mahriye Shirbahaa (cost of feed) Shirbahaa (cost of feed) Jaheez Jaheez  Engagement (ring)  Aghd (Religiously husband and wife)  Marriage (living together) No intimate relationship please!

22. About myself Education Research plans Hobbies Birthday: 1982 – 03 - 13

23. Education 174’th among 450,000 participant >> approved for Computer Engineering at Sharif University of Technology (2000) NOW : Participant of YSEP (one year) Future: applying for Master and PHD.

24. Research plans and Interests Fuzzy Based Applications (less mathematic) Final undergraduate project : Developing a Fuzzy Controller for a Planar Biped Robot using Active Learning Method

25. Experiences AICTC (Advanced Information and Communication Technology Center) Low-level Developer (Java & J2EE) High-level Developer Assistant Software Test Manager Database Designer (Oracle 9i DB) Manager (Software Team)

26. My interests for future Developing a pure Active Learning Method using fuzzy logic, GA and N-N and … Researching on Human way of thinking and inference

27. Interests Sport Rock-climbing, football, … Music Violin, guitar, daf Drinking & Dancing

28. Conclusion Iran is a great, ancient country I’m a very cool guy!