Negin Malekian

About Me

I am Negin Malekian (نگین ملکیان in Persian). I was born in April 1990, Ahvaz, Iran. Now, I am a research assistant at the Computer Engineering Department of Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. I have done my M.Sc. degree at this department under the supervision of Prof. Jafar Habibi . The M.Sc. thesis is entitled "Modeling of Cancer Progression by Using Evolutionary Game Theory", and I have done a research in this regard. Before that, I had done my B.Sc. at the Computer Engineering Department of Shahid Chamran University (Jondishapour University), Ahvaz, Iran. Generally, I'm interested in puzzle solving and see the world as a series of interconnecting puzzles. I think computer science is a new powerful tool to solve puzzles and make changes using knowledge behind puzzles. I hope I'll figure out more about the world and make positive changes in it by using computer science :)

• 2013-2015: M.Sc. in Computer Engineering (Software), Department of Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.


• 2008-2012: B.Sc. Computer Engineering (Software), Department of Computer Engineering, Shahid Chamran University (Jondishapour University), Ahvaz, Iran.


• 2004-2008: High School Diploma in Farzanegan High School (a branch of NODET: National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents), Ahvaz, Iran.

• Teaching Assistant (Fall 2014), Theory of Languages and Automata, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.


• Teaching Assistant (Fall 2014), Decision Support Systems, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

• Malekian, N., Habibi, J., Zangooei, M. H., & Aghakhani, H. (2016). Integrating Evolutionary Game Theory into an Agent-Based Model of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ: Role of Gap Junctions in Cancer Progression. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine.

• Ranked 36th in the nationwide University Entrance Exam for M.Sc. among 30,000 participants (top 0.01%) and admission to Sharif University of Technology, Iran, 2013
  Sharif University of Technology is the university of choice for the top ranking students and known as the most prestigious university of Iran.


• Recognized as talented student in Entrance Exam of NODET, 2001 & 2004
  NODET stands for National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (Iran), and is for selection of top and talented students for secondary school and high school.

• Tumour Growth Modelling
• Game Theory
• Reinforcement Learning
• Agent-based Modelling
• Systems Biology
• Bioinformatics