Danial Hooshyar's Career Resume

This is the career resume of Danial Hooshyar, a research professor at Korea University. He has a PhD from the University of Malaya and a Master's degree from Staffordshire University, UK. He has worked on several projects including the development of college automation system, e-learning framework, and online career guidance system. His research interests include educational technology, multi-agent systems, genetic algorithm, Bayesian network, and more. He has been awarded several grants and has received recognition for his work. He has published several papers in various journals and conferences.

Career Resume
Personal Details
Name: Danial Hooshyar
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Date of Birth: 13.09.1986
Contact: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]; [e-mail]
Educational Qualification
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur [2016]
Master of Software Engineering
Staffordshire University, UK [2013]
Bachelor of Software Engineering
University of Payam-E-Noor, Iran [2010]
Projects Handled
1. Development of College Automation System
2. Development of E-Learning Framework by using IT and Cloud Computing
3. Development of Online Career Guidance System

Work Experience
Duration Position Institution/University
March 2016 till
Present
Research Professor,
Department of Computer
Science and Engineering
Korea University
November 2017 to
December 2017
Visiting Senior Researcher,
Faculty of Education
The University of Hong Kong
March 2015 to
March 2016
Research Assistant,
Computer Science Faculty
University of Malaya (UM)
July 2014 to
January 2015
Research Assistant, Faculty
of Education
University of Malaya (UM)
September 2013 to
June 2014
Research Assistant,
Computer Science Faculty
University of Malaya (UM)
Research Interests and Area of Expertise
 Educational Technology
 Multi Agent Systems
 Genetic Algorithm
 Bayesian Network
 Problem-solving for novice programmer

 Educational Data Mining
 Game-based learning
 Intelligent Tutoring Systems
 Hidden Markov model
 Reinforcement Learning
 Data-driven Approaches in Educational Games
 Support Vector Machine
Grant Awarded
Serial Number Title of Proposal Approved By
1. A Flowchart-based Multi-agent
System for Improving Problem
Solving of Novice Programmers
University of Malaya
2. A flowchart-based Bayesian
Intelligent Tutoring System for
Improving Problem Solving of
Novice Programmers
University of Malaya
3. An Analytic-based Approach for
Automatic Generation of
Programming Feedback for a Self-
Improving Intelligent Tutoring
System
University of Malaya
4. A Data-Driven Language Learning
Game for Enhancing Early English
Reading Skills of Children
Under review by Korea
University.

Awards and Recognition
 Gold Medal and Semi-Grand Award among 16 participant countries at 1st WORLD
INVENTION INNOVATION CONTEST – WiC 2015 in Seoul, Korea
 Gold Medal and chosen as top 5 among 112 participants at NIIDR 2015 which was held
at national level in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Doctoral Symposium
A Framework for Automatic Text-to-Flowchart Conversion: A Novel Teaching Aid for Solving
Computer Programming Problems” presented in 23rd Australasian Software Engineering
Conference (ASWEC), Sydney, Australia. It has been accepted as the fourth paper out of several
papers.
Highlights
 Steering Committee (organizer) of The 1st International conference on Interdisciplinary
researches on Computer Science, Psychology, and Education (ICICPE’ 2018)
 Steering Committee (organizer) of The 1st International conference on Interdisciplinary
researches on Computer Science, Psychology, and Education (ICICPE’ 2017)
 The committee member of the 2015, 2016 International Conference on Science in
Information Technology (ICSITech 2015, 2016) in Indonesia (IEEE indexed)
 The reviewer of the journal of Educational Technology & Society, Wireless Personal
Communications, Visual Language and Computing, Interactive Learning Environments,
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, and Knowledge Management & E-
Learning: An International Journal (KM&EL), International Journal on Advanced
Science, Engineering and Information Technology.

 AN INTERNATIONAL PATENT ATTAINED (Proof Available)
 The editorial board of an International Journal of Advances in Intelligent Informatics
(IJAIN) http://ijain.org
 External Examiner of a PhD candidate at a public university in Malaysia (Proof
Available)
Publications
Num
ber
Paper Title Journal
Name
Status Year Author
Division
Journa
l
Classif
ication
Impact
Factor
1. A Systematic Review of
Empirical Evidence on
Data-driven Approaches
in Game Player Modeling
ACM
Computing
Surveys
Accept/
In press
2017 First author SCI 6.748
2 Development and
Evaluation of a Game
based Bayesian
Intelligent Tutoring
System for Teaching
Programming
Journal of
Educational
Computing
Research
Accept/
In press
2017 First author SSCI 0.678
3 Data-driven Approaches
and Challenges in Player
Modeling of Educational
Games: A Systematic
Artificial
Intelligence
Review
Accept/
In press
2017 First author SCI 2.627

Analysis of the Literature
4 A Data-driven Procedural
Content Generation
Approach for Educational
Games
Computer
Assisted
Learning
Under
Review
2017 First author SCI 2.121
5 Long Term Effects of
Adaptive Customization
on Elderly People
through an Intelligent
Mixed-Initiative UI/UX
Int. J.
Human-
Computer
Studies
Under
Review
2017 First author SSCI 2.863
6 A Procedural Content
Generation-based
Framework for
Educational Games:
Towards a Tailored Data-
Driven Game for
Developing Early English
Reading Skills
Journal of
Educational
Computing
Research
P. 1-18 2017 First author SSCI 0.678
7 Developing a Hybrid
Collaborative Filtering
Recommendation System
with Opinion Mining on
Purchase Review
Journal of
Information
Science
p. 1-14 2017 Second
author
SCI 1.372
8 Early Diagnosis of
Dementia from Clinical
Applied
Science –
P. 1-17 2017 Second
author
SCI 1.679

Data by Machine
Learning Techniques
Computer
Science and
Electrical
Engineering
9 Mining Biometric Data to
Predict Programmer
Expertise and Task
Difficulty
Cluster
Computing
p. 1-11 2017 Second
author
SCI 2.040
10 Modeling and thermo-
economic optimization of
a biomass heat recovery
exchanger operating on
A12O3-water nanofluid
International
Communica
tions in Heat
and Mass
Transfer
p. 63–73 2017 Co-author SCI 3.718
11 A practical multi-
objective design approach
for optimum exhaust heat
recovery from hybrid
stand -alone PV-diesel
power systems
Energy
Conversion
and
Managemen
t
p. 559–
573
2017 Co-author SCI 5.589
12 SITS: A Solution-based
Intelligent Tutoring
System for Students'
Acquisition of Problem
Solving Skills in
Computer Programming
Innovations
in Education
and
Teaching
International
p. 1-11 2016 First author SSCI 0.667

13 Applying an Online
Game-based Formative
Assessment in a
Flowchart based
Intelligent Tutoring
System for Improving
Problem-Solving Skills
Computers
& Education
p. 18-36 2016 First
Author
SSCI
&SCIE
3.819
14 A Solution-based
Intelligent Tutoring
System Integrated with
an Online Game-based
Formative Assessment:
Development and
Evaluation
Educationa
l
Technology
Research
and
Developmen
t
p. 787–
808
2016 First author SSCI 0.725
15 SMAS: A solution-base d
multi-agent system for
improving problem
solving skills in computer
programming
Kuwait
Journal of
Science
p. 58-66 2016 First author SCIE 0.432
16 A flowchart-based
intelligent tutoring
system for improving
problem-solving skills of
novice programmers
Journal of
Computer
Assisted
Learning
p. 345-
361
2015 First author SCI 1.253
17 A Flowchart-based Multi- Malaysian p. 132- 2015 First Author SCIE 0.600

Agent System for
Assisting Novice
Programmers with
Problem Solving
Activities
Journal of
Compute r
Science
151
18 A flowchart-based
programming
environment for
improving problem
solving skills of Cs
minors in computer
programming
Asia Life
Sciences
p. 629-
646
2015 First Author SCIE 0.075
19 Multi-stage thermal-
economical optimization
of compact heat
exchanger s: A new
evolutionary-based
design approach for real-
world problems
Applied
Thermal
Engineering
p. 71-80 2015 Co-author SCI 3.356
20 Flowchart-based
programming
environments for
improving
comprehension and
problem-solving skill of
Internationa
l Journal of
Advanced
Intelligence
Paradigms
p. 24-56 2015 First author SCOU
PS

novice programmers: a
survey
21 A Practical Review on t
he Application of
Constraint Handling
Strategies in Evolutionary
Computation from an
Engineering Point of
View
International
Re view on
Modeling
and
Simulations
p. 75-83 2015 Co-author SCOU
PS
22 Flowchart-based
Programming
Environments Ai med at
Novices
International
Journal of
Innovative
Ideas
p. 52-62 2013 First author
23 Short-term wind speed
forecasting by an
adaptive network-based
fuzzy inference system
(ANFIS ): an attempt
towards an ensemble
forecasting method
International
Journal of
Advances in
Intelligent
Informatics
p. 140-
149
2015 Co-author

Conference
Number Paper Title Journal Name Status Year Author
Division
Journal
Classification
1 A Tailored
Language
Learning Game
for Developing
Early English
Reading Skills
ICBTS 2017
Zurich
Accept/In
press
2017 First
author
2 Comparing
Programming
Language
Comprehension
between
Novice an d
Expert
Programmers
Using EEG
Analysis
Bioinformatics
and
Bioengineerin
g (BIBE) 20
16
p. 350-355 2016 Co-author IEEE
3 A survey on
data-driven
approaches in
education al
games
2nd
International
Conference o n
science in
Information
Technology
p. 291-295 2016 First
author
Scopus/IEEE

(ICSITech),
2016
4 Flowchart-
based Bayesian
Intelligent
Tutoring
System for
computer
programming
International
Conference on
Smart Sensors
and
Application
(IC SSA)
p. 150-154 2015 First
author
IEEE
5 Improving
Web-based
Problem
Solving Skills
of Novice
Programmers
With A Novel
Game-Based
Intelligent
Tutoring
System
The 2015
International
Conference on
Science i n
Information
Technology
(ICS ITech
2015)
p. 63-66 2015 First
author
Scopus/IEEE
6 An artificial
neural network
hybrid with
wavelet
transform for
The 2015
International
Conference on
Science in
Information
p. 95-99 2015 Co-author Scopus/IEEE

short-term
wind speed
forecasting: A
preliminary
case stud y
Technology
(ICS ITech
2015)
7 Innovative
algorithm for
easing VIP's
navigation by
avoiding
obstacles an d
finding safe
routes
The 2015
International
Conference on
Science in
Information
Technology
(ICS ITech
2015)
p. 357-362 2015 Co-author Scopus/IEEE
8 Flowchart-
based
Approach to
Aid Novice
Programmers:
A Novel Frame
work
International
Conference on
Computer and
Information
Sciences
(ICCOINS)
p. 1-5 2014 First
author
IEEE
9 A framework
for automatic
text-to-
flowchart con
version: A
Informatics
and Its
Applications
(IC3INA)
p. 7-12 2014 First
author
IEEE

novel teaching
aid for novice
programmers