Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D Student in Computer Science, University of Waterloo, 2030 (expected)
• M.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics (interdisciplinary program), University of Calgary, 2025
• B.Sc. in Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2022

Research

• Graduate Research Assistant at the Departments of Computer Science, and Mathematics & Statistics, University of Calgary
  • Master’s thesis: “Automated Explicit Formula Generation for Hyperelliptic Curve Jacobian Arithmetic”
    • Developing software to automatically generate “explicit formulas” to improve the divisor class arithmetic of hyperelliptic curves; outputting customized efficient formulas, explicit at the level of base field operations
  • Supervisors: Dr. Michael John Jacobson, Jr. and Dr. Renate Scheidler
• Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Department of Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
  • Bachelor’s thesis (in Persian): “On the solutions of biased data problem in recommendation systems using uniform data”
  • Supervisors: Dr. Seyed Abbas Hosseini and Dr. Hamid Reza Rabiee

Publications

Computer Generation of Explicit Formulas for Hyperelliptic Curve Divisor Arithmetic

Asgari, A.A., He, H., Jacobson, M.J., Scheidler, R. (2027). Computer Generation of Explicit Formulas for Hyperelliptic Curve Divisor Arithmetic. In: Boulier, F., Mou, C., Sadykov, T.M., Uncu, A.K. (eds) Computer Algebra in Scientific Computing. CASC 2026. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 16844. Springer, Cham.

On the periodicity problem for residual \(r\)-Fubini sequences

Asgari, Amir Abbas and Jahangiri, Majid. On the periodicity problem for residual $r$-Fubini sequences. J. Integer Seq., vol. 21 (2018), no. 4, Art. 18.4.5, 16 pp.

Honors and Awards

2024

• Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES)

2022

• Departmental research assistantship award of the Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary
• Ranked top 20\% of bachelor’s class (qualified for direct admission to the master’s program with the entrance exam requirements waived)
• Ranked 20th in Iran universities national entrance exam for master’s degree in mathematics major

2018

• Ranked 111th among more than 140000 attendees in Iran universities national entrance exam (aka Konkur)

2016

• Ranked 3rd at the 18th National Khwarizmi Youth Award (the top comprehensive annual research competition in Iran for high school and university students and scholars) in the mathematics field, without 1st and 2nd places awarded

Teaching

Discrete Mathematics

Introduction to Cryptography

Applied Cryptography

Introduction to Cryptography

Discrete Structures

Data Structures and Algorithms

8th Grade Geometry

Talks

Computer Generation of Explicit Formulas for Hyperelliptic Curve Divisor Arithmetic

September 04, 2026

Talk at 28 International Workshop on Computer Algebra in Scientific Computing (CASC 2026), Bath, UK (delivered online)

Automation of generating explicit formulas for the divisor class arithmetic of hyperelliptic curves

May 03, 2025

Talk at Alberta Number Theory Days XVI, Banff, AB, Canada

Service, leadership, and industry

2024-2025

• Refereeing a paper submission to the Journal of Integer Sequences
• Graduate Student Representative of the Research, Innovation and Scholarship Committee, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary

2023-2024

• Vice-President Academic of the Computer Science Graduate Society (CSGS)
• Departmental Representative at the Graduate Representative Council (GRC) of Graduate Students’ Association, University of Calgary

2021-2022

• Data Science Intern at Pegah Tech Co. (aka Tapsell)
  • Duties includes: Updates and improvements to template
  • Supervisors: Dr. Seyed Abbas Hosseini, Dr. Ali Khodadadi