Siavash Shahshahani
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Siavash Mirshams Shahshahani (Persian: سیاوش میرشمس شهشهانی) (born 1942) is an Iran
ian mathematician
. He is a professor of mathematics and head of Mathematical Sciences Department at Sharif University of Technology
. He headed up the IRNIC registry for the .ir
ccTLD until his retirement from that position in late 2008. He has also served as a Director of APTLD (the Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association) between 2007 and his retirement from that position in February 2009.
at the University of California at Berkeley in 1969. He has since devoted a substantial part of his career to mathematical education.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
. He is a professor of mathematics and head of Mathematical Sciences Department at Sharif University of Technology
Sharif University of Technology
Sharif University of Technology is a university of higher education in technology, engineering and physical sciences in Tehran. Sharif University of Technology is one of the most prestigious universities in the country, and is considered Iran's MIT...
. He headed up the IRNIC registry for the .ir
.ir
.ir is the Internet country code top-level domain for Iran. It is managed by the Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics.- Second-level domains :* .ir – public...
ccTLD until his retirement from that position in late 2008. He has also served as a Director of APTLD (the Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association) between 2007 and his retirement from that position in February 2009.
Education
Shahshahani completed his PhD. under the supervision of Stephen SmaleStephen Smale
Steven Smale a.k.a. Steve Smale, Stephen Smale is an American mathematician from Flint, Michigan. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1966, and spent more than three decades on the mathematics faculty of the University of California, Berkeley .-Education and career:He entered the University of...
at the University of California at Berkeley in 1969. He has since devoted a substantial part of his career to mathematical education.
External links
- Siavash Shahshahani at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Siavash Shahshahani at ICANNWiki
- http://www.aptld.org, APTLD homepage]