Mehdi Maasoumy

PhD Candidate
University of California, Berkeley

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Mehdi Maasoumy is a PhD candidate at UC Berkeley, advised by Prof. Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli. He received his MSc degree in 2010 from Mechanical Engineering Department at UC Berkeley with major in Controls and minor in Optimization with Designated Emphasis in Energy Systems and Technology (DEEST). He graduated form Sharif University of Technology in 2008 with a BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Research interests: Control Theory, Machine Learning, Statistics, Probability and Optimization with applications in Energy systems such as Green Buildings, Smart Grid, Electric Power Systems and Vehicle Load Management Systems. [ Read More...]

• Best Student Paper Award (ICCPS, April 2013)
  (ACM/IEEE 4^th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems)
  
  
• Outstanding Preliminary Examination Award (UC Berkeley, Aug 2009)
  (1^st rank in Controls, Dynamics & Heat Transfer)
  
  
• Ranked 1^st among more than 350,000 competitors (Iran, Jun 2004)
  (National Entrance Exam of Azad University)
  
  
• Ranked 22^nd among more than 400,000 competitors (Iran, Jun 2004)
  (National Entrance Exam of Universities)
  
  
• Exempted from military service (Iran, Oct 2004)
  (1^st rank in nationwide entrance exam of Azad University)
  
  
• “Sharif STARS” Award (Sharif University of Technology, May 2005)
  (Outstanding performance at university)
  
  
• TOYOTA Scholarship (U of Waterloo, Aug 2008)
  (Declined)
  
  
• Gartshore Entrance Fellowship (UBC, Aug 2008)
  (Declined)
  
  

News:

• I won the BEST PAPER AWARD at the ACM/IEEE ICCPS 2013. [more...]
• I will introduce the new Center for Research in Energy Systems Transformation (CREST) in the BEARS event (Feb 14, 2013) in UC Berkeley.[more...] [YouTube link]
• I will attend the CPS week (April 8-11, 2013) in Philadelphia to present my paper in ICCPS'13. [more...]
• I will attend DSC conference (Oct 17-19, 2012) in Fort Lauderdale, FL to present my paper in DSCC'12. [more...]
• I will be in Singapore (Summer 2012) as a visiting scholar through the SinBerBEST project. [more...]
• I will attend DSC conference (Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2011) in Arlington, VA to present my paper in DSCC'11. [more...]
• I will be in Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Summer 2011) in Berkeley, CA as a Research Assistant. [more...]