Mathematical Sciences

Professional Experience
Personal information:
-Name: Massoud Amini
-DOB: February 1966
-Address: Home : Unit 8, No 55, North Sindokht St., West Fatemi Ave., Tehran, Iran,
Work : Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University,
Tehran 14115-134, Iran
-Phone: Home: (98)(21)8833-9549Work: (98)(21)8288-3416 Fax: (98)(21)8288-3493, (98)(21)8288-5644
-E-mail: mamini@modares.ac.ir
Education:
-post-doctorate: Mathematics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, 2001
-Ph.D.: Mathematics, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA, 1998
-M.Sc.: Mathematics, Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran, 1991
-B.Sc.: Mathematics, Mashhad University, Mashhad, Iran, 1988
Honors and Prizes:
-Rank two in National Mathematics Olympiad, Iranian Mathematical Society, 1987
-Rank one among graduates of the Faculty of Science, Mashhad University, 1988
-Rank three in the National Exam for Studying Abroad, MCHE, 1991
-Scholarship, Government of Australia (not used), 1991-95
-Scholarship, University of Sydney (not used), 1991-95
-Rank one among PhD students in the Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta, 1992-94
-Fellowship, University of Alberta, 1992-94
-Research fellowship, Fields Institute, 1995-96
-Research fellowship, University of Illinois, 1996-97
-Chen Prize for best Ph.D. thesis, University of Illinois, 1997
-Distinguished researcher, Tarbiat Modares University, 2004
-Distinguished lecturer, Faculty of Science, Tarbiat Modares University, 2005
-Distinguished researcher, Tarbiat Modares University, 2008
-Hashtroodi Prize, for best geometry paper, Iranian Math. Society, 2014
Work Experience:
-Head of the Department of Mathematics, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran , 1990-92
-Acting Vice President in Programming, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran, 1991-92
-Member of the University Education Committee , Shahed University, 1990-92
-Teaching Assistant, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1992-94
-Research Fellow, Fields Institute, Waterloo, Canada, 1995-96
-Research Assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA, 1996-98
-Member of NCG Research Group, IPM, Tehran, Iran, 1998-99
-Member of Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran , 1999-2001
-Member of Doctoral Program Committee, Iranian Mathematical Society, Tehran, Iran, 1999-2000
-Member of Seminar Committee, Iranian Mathematical Society, Tehran, Iran, 1999-2000
-Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, 1998-2002
-Visiting Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, 2000-2002
-Sessional Lecturer, St. Peter's College, Munster, Canada, 2000-2002
-Visiting Professor, University of Calgary, Canada, 2003
-Visiting Professor, Seoul National University, South Korea, 2004
-Visiting Professor, University of Bordeaux, France, 2005
-Assistant Professor, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, 2003-2005
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-Visiting Professor, University of Malaya, Malaysia, 2007
-Visiting Professor, Queen Mary College, London, 2009
-Visiting Professor, University of Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, 2010
-Visiting Professor, Hausdor Institute, Bonn, Germany, 2012
-Managing Editor, Bulletin of Iranian Mathematical Society, 2005-2008
-Editor, Bulletin of Iranian Mathematical Society, 2011-now
-Chief Editor, Journal of Iranian Mathematical Society, to be launched
-Associate Professor, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, 2005-2014
-Professor, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, 2014-now
-Head of Department of Mathematics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, 2006-2009
-Dean of Research, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, 2011-
2014
-Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Researches in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran, 2011-
now
-Dean, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, 2014-now
Teaching Experience:
-Mashhad University, assistant lecturer, 1988
-Teacher Training University, assistant lecturer, 1990
-Shahed University, lecturer, 1989-92
-University of Alberta, assistant lecturer, 1992-94
-University of Illinois, lecturer, 1996-97
-Shahid Beheshti University, assistant professor, 1998-2000
-University of Saskatchewan, sessional lecturer, 2001-2002
-St. Peter's College, sessional lecturer, 2001-2002
-University of Calgary, sessional lecturer, 2003
-Tarbiat Modares University, assistant professor 2003-2005; associate professor 2005-2014, professor
2014-now,
Research Projects:
-Non commutative topology, Research Group, Institute for Researches in Theoretical Physics and Math-
ematics, Tehran, 1998-99
-Amenability of inverse semigroup Banach algebras, Research Project (joint with Professor Medghalchi),
Institute for Researches in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, Tehran, 1999
-Fourier algebras on semigroups, Research Project, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, 2000
-Tensor hypergroups, Research Project, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, 2001
-Universal groiupoids, Research Project (joint with Professor Khoshkam), University of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, summer 2002
-Spectrum of Fourier and Fourier-Stieltjes algebras on semigroups, Research Project (joint with Profes-
sor Medghalchi), Teacher Training University, Tehran, 2003
-Harmonic analysis on right topological (left) groups, Research Project (joint with Professor Medghalchi),
Teacher Training Univerity, Tehran, 2003
-Harmonic analysis on compact groupoids, Research Project, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, 2004
-Quantum computation on nite hypergroups, Research Project, Institute for Researches in Theoretical
Physics and Mathematics, Tehran, 2005
-C-algebras on groupoids, Institute for Researches in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, Tehran,
2007
-Amenability of hypergroup algebras, Research Project (joint with Professor Medghalchi), Teacher
Training University, Tehran, 2009
-Jordan triples and hyper-symmetric spaces, Research Project, Institute for Researches in Theoretical
Physics and Mathematics, Tehran, 2010
-Module amenability, Research Project, Institute for Researches in Theoretical Physics and Mathemat-
ics, Tehran, 2011
-Lie hypergroups, Azad University, Tehran, 2011
-Fukui conjecture for nanotubes and nanocones, Iran National Science Foundation, Tehran, 2012
-Representations of quantum groups and semigroups, Research Project, Institute for Researches in
Fundamental Sciences, Tehran, 2012
-Tannaka Krein duality for compact hypergroups, Iran National Science Foundation, Tehran, 2013
-Lie hyperalgebras, Azad University, Tehran, 2013
-C-algebras of 2-groupoids, Research Project, Institute for Researches in Fundamental Sciences, Tehran,
2013
-Discretization of topological spaces, Research Project, Institute for Researches in Fundamental Sci-
ences, Tehran, 2014
-Finite dimensional approximation properties of operator algebras and modules, Research Project, In-
stitute for Researches in Fundamental Sciences, Tehran, 2015
Conference Participation:
-Annual Iranian Mathematical Society Conferences (1985-1991, 1999-2007)
-Analysis Seminar, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, 1989; Isfehan University (invited speaker), Isfe-
han, 2002; IUST (invited speaker), Tehran, 2004, University of Maragheh (invited speaker), Maragheh,
2012
-First National Conference in Applied Math, IUST, Tehran , 1990
-First National Congregation of Graduate Students, Zahedan, 1990
-International Conference on Logic , IPM, Tehran, 1991
-Canadian Mathematical Society Conference, Edmonton, 1994
-The one year program on K-theory of Operator Algebras, Fields Institute, 1994-95
-Workshop on the Baum-Connes Conjecture , Fields Institute, 1994
-Workshop on Dynamical Systems and C*-algebras , Fields Institute, 1994
-Workshop on Classications of C*-algebras , Fields Institute, 1994 (wrote one of proceeding papers)
-Workshop on Free Products and Random Matrices , Fields Institute, 1995
-Workshop on Subfactors , Fields Institute, 1995
-Workshop on Low Dimensional Topology , Fields Institute, 1995
-Workshop on Quantum Groups , Fields Institute, 1995
-23'rd Canadian Annual Symposium on Operator Algebras, Waterloo, 1995
-Wabash Mini Conferences, Wabash, 1997-98
-Fifth Iran-France Joint Seminar, IPM, Tehran, 1998
-International Workshop on Theoretical Computer Sciences, IPM, Tehran, 2000
-International Workshop on Group Theory, IASAS, Zanjan, 2000
-Balticon01, Banach Algebra 2001, invited lecturer, Odense, 2001 (couldn't participate)
-Canada-China Mathematics Congregation, regular talk in Operator Algebra session, Vancouver, 2001
-Aspects of Symmetry, Ban, 2001
-ICM 2002, Beijing, 2002 (couldn't participate)
-Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, Calgary, 2003
-Banach algebra 2003, invited lecturer, Edmonton, 2003 (lecture delivered by co-author)
-Workshop on Nano Technology, AKUT, Tehran, 2003
-Workshop on Neural Networks, IPM, Tehran, 2003
-International Conference in Logic and Arithmetics, invited, IPM, Tehran, 2003
-Workshop on Information Technology, AKUT, Tehran, 2004
-International conference on Information Management, Sharif University, Tehran, 2004
-International Conference on Dynamical systems and Related Topics, invited speaker, Daejon, South
Korea, 2004
-Workshop on Quantum Entanglement, Decoherence, Information, and Geometrical Phases in Complex
Systems, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 2004
-Banach algebra 2005, invited lecturer, Bordeaux, France, 2005
-International school on noncommutative geometry (NCG2005), IPM, Tehran, 2005
-CIMPA China school on Dierential Geometry and its Applications, invited speaker, Shanghai, China,
2006
-C-algebras and their invariants, contributed paper, Barcelona, Spain, 2007
-Operator algebras and their applications, Marrakech, Morocco, 2008
-EQUALS2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2009
-ICM, International Congress of Mathematicians, Banglore, Bombay, India, 2010
-ICA11, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011
-6GTS, Bonab, Iran, 2011
-Operator Algebras and their Applications, RIMS, Kyoto, 2011-12
-Poisson'12, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 2012
-Harmonic Analysis, Convolution Algebras and Special Functions, Technische Universitat Muenchen,
Germany, 2012
-Classication of non simple purely innite C-algebras, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2013
-Banach algebras and its applications, Goteborg, Sweden, 2013
-ICM, International Congress of Mathematicians, Seoul, Korea, 2014
-ICM Satellite on Operator Algebras and Applications, Cheongpung, Korea, 2014
-International Conference on Mathematics, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea, 2015
Conference Organization:
-(jointly with Jean Blissard) Fifth Iran-France Joint Seminar, IPM, Tehran, 1998
-(jointly with Masoud Khalkhali) International School on Noncommutative Geometry (NCG2005), IPM,
Tehran, 2005
-(jointly with Ebrahim Samei) Workshop on Operator Structure of Fourier Algebras, IPM, Tehran, 2013
-(jointly with Ebrahim Samei) 2nd Seminar on Harmonic Analysis and its Applications, IPM, Tehran,
2014
-(jointly with Masoud Khalkhali, Giovanni Landi) International School on Noncommutative Geometry
(NCG2015), IPM, Tehran, 2015
-(jointly with Ansgar Schneider) International Workshop on Operator Algebras, IPM, Tehran, 2015
-(jointly with Sven Raum) International Workshop on C*-dynamics, IPM, Tehran, 2016
Conference Presentations:
-Degree theory and periodic solutions of PDE's, First national congregation of graduate students, Za-
hedan, 1990
-Non standard Analysis and Rolle's theorem, Tehran University, 1990
-On the functional analytic Proof of the existence of Haar measure, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, 1993
-Lectures on Kac algebras, Fields Institute, Waterloo, 1995
-A characterization of multipliers of Pedersen's ideal of C*-algebras, Univ. of Illinois, 1997
-Five lectures on operator algebras, Fifth joint Iran-France seminar, IPM, Tehran , 1998
-Non commutative Mathematics, Iranian Math. Soc. annual conference, Tehran, 1998
-(invited Colloquium lecturer) Non commutative geometry , Sharif University, Tehran, Iran, 1999
-(invited lecturer) Quantum groups, IHU, Tehran, 1999
-(invited addressee) Groupoid C*-algebras, IASAS, Zanjan, 2000
-(invited lecturer) Groupoid C*-dynamical systems (not presented), Mashad University, Mashad, 2001
-(invited lecturer) Fourier Algebra on *-semigroups (not presented), BALTICON 2001, Odense, 2001
-Locally compact Pro-C*-algebras, Canada-China Mathematics Congregation, Vancouver, 2001
-(Colloquium lecturer) Module amenability of semigroup algebras, University of Saskatchewan, Saska-
toon, 2002
-(invited lecturer) Crossed products by groupoids and inverse semigroups (not presented), Mashad
University, Mashad, 2003
-Module amenability of semigroup algebras, 13th Analysis Seminar, Isfehan, Iran, 2003
-(presented by A. Medghalchi) On tensor hypergroups, Banach Algebra 03, Edmonton, 2003
-(presented by A. Medghalchi) Analysis on double coset spaces, 34th IMS Conference, STU, Shahrood,
2003
-On dual Sidon sets, 14th Analysis Seminar, IUST, Tehran, 2004
-(Colloquium lecturer) Inverse semigroup dynamical systems, Seoul National University, Seoul, South
Korea, 2004
-(invited lecturer) Dynamical Systems over Algebraic Structures, International Conference on Dynam-
ical systems and Related Topics, Daejon, South Korea, 2004
- C-algebras on groupoids and inverse semigroups, Banach Algebra 05, Bordeaux, 2005
-(invited speaker) On metric geometry, CIMPA-China school on Dierential Geometry and its Appli-
cations, Shanghai, China, 2006
-(contributed paper) On nuclearity of semigroup C-algebras, C-algebras and its invariants, CRM,
Barcelona, Spain, 2007
-(invited speaker) Towards Tannaka-Krein duality for compact groupoids, ICOAA08, Marrakech, Mo-
rocco, 2008
-Hidden subhypergroup problem, EQUALS2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2009
-Operator amenability of Fourier algebras on inverse semigroups, ICM, International Congress of Math-
ematicians, Banglore, Bombay, India, 2010
-Hermit polynomial solutions of Fredholm equations, ICA11, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011
-Connes amenability of multiplier algebras, Banach Algebra Seminar, Damghan University, Damghan,
2012
-Harmonic functions on hypergroups, 20'th Analysis Seminar, Maragheh, 2012
-Amenability of compact hypergroup algebras, Harmonic Analysis, Convolution Algebras and Special
Functions, Technische Universitat Muenchen, Germany, 2012
-Lie theories on group-like structures, Frontier in Mathematical Sciences, Sharif University of Technol-
ogy, Tehran, 2012
-(Colloquium lecturer) Symmetries of symmetries, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences
(IPM), Tehran, 2013
-(invited lecturer) C-algebras of 2-groupoids, Banach algebras and its applications, Goteborg, Sweden,
2013
-(joint with M. Shahparasti, M. Mohamadian, A. Yazdian Varjani) A novel single loop control structure
for standalone inverter with multi loop harmonic compensation, Power Electronics, Drive Systems and
Technologies Conference (PEDSTC), Feb. 2013
-(contributed lecture) From quantum groups to quantum semigroups and vice-versa, International Con-
gress of Mathematicians, Satellite Conference on Operator Algebras, Cheongpung, Korea, 2014
-(contributed lecture) Descretization of topological and quantum spaces, International Congress of
Mathematicians, Seoul, Korea, 2014
-(contributed lecture) From quantum semigroups to quantum groups and vice versa, ICM Satellite on
Operator Algebras and Applications, Cheongpung, Korea, 2014
-(invited lecturer) Dynamics and ordered diagrams, International Conference on Mathematics, Chung-
nam National University, Daejeon, Korea, 2015
Books:
- (joint with George Elliott) Lectures on Operator Theory, Fields Institute Monographs, 13, George A.
Elliott, Peter A. Fillmore, and B. V. Rajarama Bhat (Editors), American Mathematical Society and
Fields Institute, 1999. ISBN-10: 0821808214, ISBN-13: 978-0821808214. Chapters 24-25.
-(joint with Mehrdad Kalantar, Hassan Myrnouri and Mahmood M. Roozbahani) Fourier transform
on group-like structures, a chapter in: Fourier Transforms, Approach to Scientic Principles, Goran
Nikolic (Editor), InTech, 2011, ISBN 978-953-307-231-9. Chapter 18.
-(joint with Alireza Medghalchi, Masumeh Cheraqi, Zahra Razavi, Ali Memar Hamedani) Amenability
and Compactication of Semigroups, TMU, 2015
-(joint with Nafya Hameed Mohammad) Gabor-Fourier Analysis, a chapter in: Fourier Transform, ISBN
978-953-51-4166-2 Salih Salih (Editor), InTech, 2015.