Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

Name: Maziar Amirhosseini

Email: mazi_lib@yahoo.com

Cell Phone: (0098) 09122958784

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 12 August, 1967

Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran

Citizenship: Iran

Qualification

Education:

Ph.D : Knowledge Technology and Management in Faculty of Information Science and Technology 0f National University of Malaysia (UKM) from 2009.

Dissertation title: Analysis of concept structure and semantic relations based on Graph-independent structural analysis in ontologies.

Research Scholarship: National University of Malaysia (UKM), 2011, 2012

Ph.D: Library and information sciences- Shiraz Univercity, 1999-2007.

Average: 16.22 from 20. (i.e., 3.244)

Dissertation title: Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of effective factor in information storage and retrieval in Persian thesaurus

Dissertation degree: Excellent

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Scholarship: Agricultural Extension, Education and Research Organization, Ministry of Agriculture.

M.Sc.: Library and information sciences- Azad University, 1991-1994,

Average: 18.89 from 20. (i.e., 3.778)

Dissertation title: Establishment project of forest and forestry Persian thesaurus

Dissertation degree: Excellent

B.S.: Library and information sciences- Azad University, 1988-1991

Average: 18.44 from 20. (i.e., 3.688)

University diploma: Librarianship in Tehran University, 1986- 1988.

Average: 18.28 from 20. (i.e., 3.656)

High School Diploma:Humanities, Social-Economic- 1982-1986

Average: 17.78 from 20. (i.e., 3.556)

Awards

* 2008: Distinguished innovator in science, technology and think tank projects in agricultural sector of Iran. The prize was awarded by the Minister of Agriculture.

* 2007: Distinguished designer and manager of the First National E-Conference on Executive Policy of Agricultural Optimum Strategy in Iran has been awarded by the Minister of Agriculture.

* 2007: Distinguished paper on the quantitative evaluation in the thesaurus descriptors network has been awarded in the First National conference on Thesaurus and their Applications in the Electronic Environment.

* 2007: Distinguished researcher on thesaurus construction, development and evaluation has been awarded in the First National conference on Thesaurus and their Applications in the Electronic Environment.

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* 2007: Distinguished speaker for useful comments in AGROVOC e-Conference, May-June 2007 has been awarded by The AGROVOC Conference Moderators.<http://www.dgroups.org/groups/fao/agrovoc-e-conference/index.cfm?op=dsp_showmsg&listname=agrovoc-e-conference&msgid=600913&cat_id=20379>

* 2000: Distinguished national project manager of establishing Agricultural Union Catalog. The prize was awarded by the Minister of Agriculture.

* 1998: Distinctive Services Award in 8thInternational Rain Water Catchments Systems (8th:1998: Tehran, Iran) by the Undersecretary of Extension, Education and research Organization of Agricultural Ministry.

* 1996: Distinctive Services Award in 4th International Conference Muslim Librarian and Information Scientists (COMLIS) (4th: 1996: Tehran, Iran) by the COMLIS Secretary.

* 1995: Distinguished manager of information organizing and documentation in Ministry of Agriculture has been awarded by the Undersecretary of Extension, Education and research Organization of Agricultural Ministry.

* 1994: Distinguished manager of information science and technology unit of Agricultural Ministry in the First Information Science and Technology Exhibition in 7th International book exhibition in Tehran. The prize was awarded by the Minister of Agriculture.

* 1994: Distinguished manager of information science unit in 7th International book exhibition in Tehran has been awarded by the Minister of cultural affairs.

* 1992: Distinguished student in Library and information science in M.Sc. level has been awarded by the Chancellor of Azad University (North of Tehran Branch).

* 1990: Obtaining the first position in M.Sc. level university entrance competition tests in Azad University (Tehran North Branch).

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Employment History

Work History (In the Ministry of Agriculture)

* 2015-Present: Member of Faculty and Scientific Mission in Academic Relations and foreign Affairs, Extension, Education and Research Organization of Agricultural Ministry.

* 2014-2015: Member of Faculty and Scientific Mission in Agricultural Center for Information Science and Technology (ACIST), Extension, Education and Research Organization of Agricultural Ministry.

* 1998 to present: Member of Faculty and Scientific Mission in Extension, Education and Research Organization of Agricultural Ministry.

* 2008: project manager of the Establishing Agricultural Information System in the Soil and Water Research Institute.

* 2006-2008: Member of the Agricultural Think Tank Secretary in Ministry of Agriculture.

* 2006-2008: Project cooperator of the Agricultural Information System of Iran (AISI).

* 2006-2008: Project manager of the Theoretical base of Agricultural Information System of Iran (AISI).

* 2006: Project manager of the Qualitative and Quantitative evaluation of the CAB Thesaurus.

* 2004-2005: Senior editor of the Scientific-Vocational Higher Education Agricultural Institute Union Catalog

* 1996: Cooperating in the agricultural job classification and description of library and information science in the Ministry of Agriculture.

* 1994-1998: Manager of Agricultural Information Organization Office in Agricultural Scientific Information and Documentation Center.

* 1993-1998: project manager of the Centralized Cataloging, Classification and Indexing Project in the Extension, Education and Research Organization of Agricultural Ministry. In this project, the collection of 77 special and educational libraries and information centers were organized.

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* 1993-1998: project manager of Agricultural Union Catalog of libraries and information centers in Extension, Education and Research Organization, Ministry of Agriculture.

* 1993-1994: Manager of Information Science Education Office in Agricultural Scientific Information and Documentation Center.

Work history (Outside the Ministry of Agriculture)

* 2007-2008: Project cooperator and technical adviser of the traditional Iranian Medicine thesaurus in the Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran.

* 2005: Executive Manager of library cataloging and LC classification in the Civil and Architecture Research Center of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.

* 2005-2006: Executive Manager of library cataloging and Dewey Decimal Classification in the Iranian Boys and Girls schools in the Kuwait.

* 2004: Executive Manager of library automation and Senior Editor of card catalogs in Education and psychology Faculty of the Tehran University.

* 2003-2006: Founder, Manager and Lecturer of the First Technical and Vocational Training Center in the field of Library and Information Sciences in Iran. This Training Center depends on Iran Technical & Vocational Training Organization, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

* 2003-2006: Founder, Manager and Lecturer of the Second Technical and Vocational Training Center in the field of Information Technology in Iran. This Training Center depends on Iran Technical & Vocational Training Organization, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

* 1993- 1997: Library Cataloger, LC classifier and Documentalist in the libraries of Islamic Documents and Information Center.

* 2002: Senior Documentalist in indexing journal articles in Documentation Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

* 1996: Library cataloger and LC classifier in the Central Library of International University of Gazvin.

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*1996: Executive manager of library cataloging and LC classification in the Tourism Department of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs.

* 1996: Executive manager in cataloging information resources in the Islamic Consultative Assembly Library (ICALIB)

*1996: Cooperating in the establishing of 4th International Conference Muslim Librarian and Information Scientists (COMLIS) (4th: 1996: Tehran, Iran).

* 1995: Manager of Information Science and Technology Halls in the 8thInternational book exhibition in Tehran.

* 1994: Manager of Information Science and Technology Unit of Extension, Education and research Organization of Agricultural Ministry in the First Information Science and Technology Exhibition in 7th International book exhibition in Tehran.

* 1994: Executive Manager of the library cataloging and LC classification in the Faculty of Metallurgy, Tehran University.

*1992-1994: Executive Manager of the library cataloging and LC classification in the Faculty of Engineering of Tehran University.

* 1993: Executive Manager of the library cataloging and LC classification in the Faculty of Mechanic, Tehran University.

* 1991-1993: Project Cooperator of establishing Database and Bibliography of Addiction and Alcoholism in the Drug Control Headquarters.

* 1991: Library cataloger and LC classifier of books in the Central Library of the AhwazUniversity.

* 1990: Executive manager of the library cataloging and LC classifierin AZADUniversity (Rodehen Branch)

* 1987- 1989: Information resources cataloger, classifier and indexer in the Library and Documentation Center of Agricultural Bank.

* 1986-1987: Library cataloger and Dewey Decimal Classification of books in the library of the Ettelaat Newspaper.

* 1986: Library cataloger and LC classifier of books in the library of the Nutrition institute, National University.

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* 1986: Cataloger of books in establishing of the first International Book Exhibition of Al-Hoda Publication in Tehran.

Researches and Projects

* 2009 to present: OntoAbsolute as a novel method in Graph-independent structural analysis in concept structure and semantic relations in ontology evaluation which was accepted by Knowledge Technology Research Group in Faculty of Information Science and Technology, National University of Malaysia (UKM) in 2009.

* 2008: Job classification and description in agricultural information system in establishing virtual organization of Agricultural Information System of Iran (AISI)/Project manager. Sponsored by Agricultural Think Tank.

* 2008: Qualitative and Quantitative evaluation of the CAB Thesaurus: Research Project/ Project manager which was Sponsored by Extension, Education and Research Organization (EERO), Ministry of Agriculture.

* 2007: Agricultural Information System of Iran (AISI)/ Project cooperator, Sponsored by Agricultural Think Tank.

* 2006: Theoretical base of Agricultural Information System of Iran/Project manager, Sponsored by Agricultural Think Tank.

* 2006: National agricultural knowledge management in Iran/Project manager. Sponsored by National Knowledge Management System Workgroup (NGO)

* 2005: National agricultural scientific information system in the Extension, Education and Research Organization (EERO) (subtitle is “Vefagh or Unity” project)/Project manager. Sponsored by National Knowledge Management System Workgroup (NGO)

* 2005: Establishment of agricultural information system in the base of client-server system and preparation of wheat, maize, rice, corn, pharmaceutical plants and oil seeds database and intranet/ Project manager, Sponsored by Agricultural Think Tank.

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* 2004: National agricultural information system project in Iran/ Project cooperator. Sponsored by National Knowledge Management System Workgroup (NGO)

* 1994: Project of recognition analysis of cultural society from the concept of information and information science in the First Information Science and Technology Exhibition in 7th International book exhibition in Tehran/ Project cooperator. Sponsored by Extension, Education and Research Organization (EERO)

* 1993-1998: Agricultural Union Catalog project: Collection of libraries and information centers in Extension, Education and Research Organization of Agricultural Ministry/ Project manager, Sponsored by Extension, Education and Research Organization (EERO), Ministry of Agriculture.

* 1991-1993: Addiction and Alcoholism Database establishment Project/ Project cooperator. Sponsored by Drug Control Headquarters

Referee process

Referee of Research and projects

*Referee of the project entitled “Establishing the new standards for thesaurus construction” is sponsored by Regional Library of Science and Technology, in 2006.

* Referee of the project entitled “Automatic thesaurus construction” is sponsored by Regional Library of Science and Technology, in 2006.

Referee of the conference articles (Referee of the articles in the First National conference on Thesaurus and their Applications in the Electronic Environment)

*Referee of the article entitled “Thesaurus usage and application in information storage”.

* Referee of the article entitled “Introduction to establishing thesaurus management software of Islamic sciences”.

* Referee of the article entitled “Infrastructural theories for thesaurus construction”.

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* Referee of the article entitled “Adapting of Iranian thesaurus with modern needs in the base of lexical and conceptual models”.

* Referee of the article entitled “Criterion and varieties in thesaurus terms network”.

* Referee of the article entitled “The new approaches in indexing systems and information retrieval in Islamic databases”.

* Referee of the article entitled “Information clustering process usage in web base thesaurus structure”.

* Referee of the article entitled “MESH thesaurus usage in minor and major concepts of search strategies in the MEDLINE databank”.

* Referee of the article entitled “Comparing of Thesaurus ontology with cognitional lexicon”.

* Referee of the article entitled “The roles of documentation in information retrieval in scientometrics databases”.

* Referee of the article entitled “Comparing of the online thesauruses in scientific document and information center with the online thesaurus standards”.

* Referee of the article entitled “Problems of the information extraction indexing”.

* Referee of the article entitled “Challenges analysis and approaches consideration in the selective criterion of single and plural terms in descriptor structure of thesaurus”.

Referee of journal article (Library Philosophy and Practice)

* Referee of a journal article entitled “Overlap in Web Search Results: A Study of Five Search Engines” for Library Philosophy and Practice.http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/rather-lone-shah.pdf

Teaching Activities

* 2007: Teaching the course of the “Multilingual thesaurus management softwares” in 10 hours for thesaurus construction experts in the Islamic Documents and Information Center.

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* 2007: Teaching the course of the “Dialectic approach in thesaurus creation” in 10 hours for thesaurus construction experts in the Islamic Documents and Information Center.

* 2006: Teaching the course of the “Macro thesaurus construction” in 20 hours for thesaurus construction experts in the Islamic Documents and Information Center.

* 2005-2007: Teaching the course of the “theoretical base of Agricultural Information system of Iran” and “Establishing mechanisms of Agricultural Information system of Iran (AISI)” and “Lifecycle of the agricultural knowledge” and “Principals of the knowledge management” and “Cooperative protocols in AISI establishment” in 51 hours in the Agricultural Organizations in the various provinces of Iran, (e.g. Sistan va Balochestan, Kerman, Hamedan, Esphahan etc.)

* 2003-2006: Managing, designing and developing various courses for teaching in the First Technical and Vocational Training Center in the field of Library, Information Sciences and technology and documentation. Some of the designed courses are Information theories, Knowledge Theory, Epistemological thought, Cognition states, Macro and micro ontology, data management, Information management, documentation and indexing, knowledge management, explicit and implicit knowledge, Information system development, Knowledge organizations, Thesaurus construction, Taxonomy and Folksonomy, ontology construction and evaluation etc. These courses are presented in various cumulative packages in 646 hours.

* 2001-2003: Lecturer in Library and Information Science Department in the Shiraz University. Teaching the courses of the “Advanced cataloging and classification” in 51 hours and “Reference theory and work” in 34 hours.

* 1997: Teaching the course of the “Library classification” in 51 hours for librarian and documentalist in Ministry of Agriculture.

* 1996: Teaching the course of the “Library cataloging” in 51 hours in Ministry of Agriculture.

* 1995: Teaching the course of the “Library management” in 34 hours in Ministry of Agriculture.

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* 1994-1995: Teaching the course of the “Information science and technology”, in 34 hours in the first semester in the Educations Center, Ministry of cultural affairs.

* 1993-1994: Teaching the course of the “History and theory of library and librarianship”, in 34 hours in the first semester in Educations Center, Ministry of cultural affairs.

* 1991: Libraries personnel teaching in the Ministry of Education in the course of “Cataloging” in 25 hours.

* 1988-1990: Libraries personnel teaching in the Ministry of cultural affairs in various courses, which are cataloging, classification, documentation, library management, reference work, etc.,

Thesis scientific consultant

*Project of determining and merging the branch location of Iranian traditional medicine in Unified Medicine Language System (UMLS), M.Sc. thesis, Medical Information Science Department, Tehran Medicine Sciences University.

* Comparative studies on theoretical courses in library and information science in various educational levels in Iran and other countries and presentation of recommendation mechanism, M.Sc. Thesis. Medical Information Science Department, Tehran Medicine Sciences University

Professional Qualifications

Certificates

* 2013: Certificate of scientific journal writing basis of ISI journal requirement, workshop, Port Dickson, Seremban, Malaysia.

* 2007: Certificate of Educational Seminar for experts on Solving Problem and Innovations in Organizations in the base of TRIZ theory; TRIZ Keys to Technical Innovation/ Established by Iran institute of innovation and Technology Studies.

* 2006: Certificate of Educational Course on Principles of Think Tank Management, which is established by Sharif University Think Tank.

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* 2006: Certificate of Educational Seminar on “Vision Concept in Future drawing”, which is established by Extension, Education and Research Organization (EERO).

* 2006: Certificate of Educational Course on the “Necessity of systemizing Information”, which is established by Agricultural Think Tank.

Accreditations (Membership in different committees and councils)

* 2006-2008: Member of the Agricultural Think Tank Secretary in Ministry of Agriculture.

* 2005: Member of analyzing and developing council of the scientific mission members’ regulations Extension, Education and Research Organization, Ministry of Agriculture.

*2005: Member of Website Development Council, Agricultural Scientific Information and Documentation Center, Extension, Education and Research Organization, Ministry of Agriculture.

*2005: Scientific advisor of Special Committee on Acquisition, Technical services and Legal Problems in the Scientific-Vocational Higher Education Institute of Extension, Education and Research Organization, , Ministry of Agriculture.

*2004-2005: Member of Research Project Consideration council in Agricultural Scientific Information and Documentation Center, Extension, Education and Research Organization, Ministry of Agriculture.

*2004-2005: Member of Planning council of Information Technology in Agricultural Scientific Information and Documentation Center, Extension, Education and Research Organization, Ministry of Agriculture.

*2004: Secretary of the Council of Development and Application of Information Technology and Communication Projects in Agricultural Scientific Information and Documentation Center.

* 1999: Member of the Planning Group of Agricultural Information Science Sector in the Third Research and Development Plan of Iran.

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* 1996: Member and secretary of National Information System in the Ministry of Agriculture.

* 1996: Member of the New Chart Establishment Council of Agricultural Scientific Information and Documentation Center, Extension, Education and Research Organization, Ministry of Agriculture.

* 1995-1998: Member of the Project and Planning Council of Agricultural Scientific Information and Documentation Center, Extension, Education and Research Organization, Ministry of Agriculture.

* 1994-1998: Member of the Scientific Council of Agricultural Scientific Information and Documentation Center, Extension, Education and Research Organization, Ministry of Agriculture.

* 1994-1998: Member of the Coordination Council of Agricultural Scientific Information and Documentation Center, Extension, Education and Research Organization, Ministry of Agriculture.

* 1994-1998: The head Adviser of Agricultural Scientific Information and Documentation Center, Extension, Education and Research Organization, Ministry of Agriculture.

* 1993-1998: Member of the Activities Evaluation Council in Agricultural Scientific Information and Documentation Center.

*1993: Member of establishment council of Agricultural Scientific Information and Documentation Center in developing the Organizational Chart and Job Description.

Professional membership

* 2008: Scientific and technical advisor in the construction committee of Iranian and Islamic Medical history Thesaurus.

* 2008 to present: Member of e-Agriculture Forum in the CGIAR, Consultative Group International Agricultural Research, Dgroup, FAO

http://www.dgroups.org/groups/cgiar/cgiarscienceforum/index.cfm?op=main&cat_id=22618&start=21&sort=title&d=ASC

* 2008: Reviewer and referee of Library Philosophy and Practice Journal (ISSN 1522-0222), Nebraska Lincoln University.

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* 2008: Contributing participant in the AGROVOC Concept Server Workbench v0.2.1, Verification Phase November 17 – December 12, 2008. ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/aj983e/aj983e00.pdf

* 2007: Secretary of the special round table on critical discussions of Islamic thesauri. Khane-e-Ketab, Ministry of cultural affairs (September 9, 2007).

* 2007: Member of referees’ committee in the First National conference on Thesaurus and their Applications in the Electronic Environment.

* 2007: Scientific advisor of the Articles Compilation Method Workgroup in the First National conference on Thesaurus and their Applications in the Electronic Environment.

* 2005 to present: Member of the Agricultural Information Management Standard (AIMS), Dgroup, FAO.

http://www.dgroups.org/groups/fao/agstandards/index.cfm?op=main&cat_id=7344&start=101&sort=title&d=ASC

* 2005 to present: Member of the INARS, Information and agricultural services- research, innovation, extension, Dgroup, FAO. http://www.dgroups.org/groups/iNARS/index.cfm?op=main&cat_id=1135&start=201&sort=title&d=ASC

* 2005 to present: Scientific advisor of thesaurus construction and evaluation in the Islamic Documents and Information center.

* 2005-2006: Mayor cultural adviser of the Tehran municipality (Zone of 4Dangeh Municipality)

* 2005-2006: Scientific adviser in the Logistic Thesaurus Construction Project.

* 2004 to present: Organizer, secretary and Member of National Knowledge Management System Workgroup (NGO).

http://www.dgroups.org/groups/imarked/WebAGRIS/index.cfm?op=dsp_showmsg&listname=webagris&msgid=341778&cat_id=5401

* 2004 to present: Member of the WEBAGRIS database network, Dgroup, FAO.

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http://www.dgroups.org/groups/imarked/WebAGRIS/index.cfm?op=main&cat_id=5402&start=121&sort=title&d=ASC

Publication

Books

* 2001: Amirhosseini, Maziar, …[et.al.]. Addiction and Alcoholism bibliography. Tehran: the Drug Control Headquarters, 2001. 280p.

* 1996: Shiri, Ali Asghar; Amirhosseini, Maziar. New frontiers in information Sciences” selected papers of the 18thInternational Online Information meeting. Tehran: Scientific and Information Services, 1996. 180p.

Articles as a partial of books

* 2002: Maziar, Amirhosseini. “Thesaurus” In: Encyclopedia of Library and Information sciences. Tehran: National Library of Iran, 2002. p. 214-219.

* 2001: Maziar, Amirhosseini. “Establishment project of forest and forestry Persian thesaurus”. In: JSIS research reports: Compendium of applied research project reports. Tehran: Scientific and Information Services, 2001. p. 17-26.

* 2001: Bonnie Lawlor. “The desktop information revolution: Beyond the push”. Persian translation by Maziar Amirhosseini. In: Superior studies in information sciences: Selected papers of 21th International Online Conference. Tehran: Scientific and Information Services, 2001. p. 115-127.

* 2001: Geoffrey Stephenson; Roger Frampton. “Online virtual reality: Strategy the technologies”. Persian translation by Maziar Amirhosseini. In: Superior studies in information sciences: Selected papers of 21th International Online Conference. Tehran: Scientific and Information Services, 2001. p. 159-177.

* 1997: Martin J. Shio. “Information system in public administration their role in economic and social development”. Persian translation by Maziar Amirhosseini. In: National information system (selected papers). Tehran: Scientific Information Services, 1997. p. 209-220.

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* 1996: Nicolay Romanov. “Current states of affairs and perspective of CD-Rom application in Russian research and development centers, presented in Online Information 94”. Persian translation by Maziar Amirhosseini. In: New frontiers in information selected papers. Tehran: Scientific and Information Services, 1996. p. 9-14.

* 1994: Marcos Silva. “The Internet and PERUSE: McGill's Health Sciences Information Technology for the 21th Century”. Persian translation by Maziar Amirhosseini. In: Selected papers of IFLA conference, Cuba, 1994. Tehran: National Library of Iran: 1994.

Journal articles

National Journals

* 2009: A. Valinejad, A. Horri, F. Azadeh, M. Shams Ardakani, M. Amirhosseini, H. Hassanzadeh. “Demostrating the scheme of concepts of the traditional Iranian Medicine in UMLS” Health Management, vol. 13, no. 41. pp. 53-62.

* 2008: A. Valinejad, F. Azadeh, A. Horri, M. Shams Ardakani, M. Amirhosseini. “Merging the cluster of traditional Iranian Medicine in UMLS”.Journal of paramedical. Medical Science University, vol. 2, no. 3.pp 67-74

* 2008: Maziar Amirhosseini; Roya Mohebi. “Quantitative evaluation of Factoring Ratio in descriptor structure of the Persian Cultural Thesaurus (ASFA) and Islamic thesauri: Analysis of pre-coordinate levels”Faslname-ye Ketab: Library and Information studies. 2008. (In the press)

* 2008: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Quantitative evaluation of connectedness in the semantic relations of Legal principals, Logic, Philosophy, Koran Sciences and Theology thesauri”. In: Proceedings of the First National conference on Thesaurus and their Applications in the Electronic Environment. Qom: Islamic Documents and Information Center, 2008.

* 2008: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Evaluation of Equivalence Ratio in the Islamic thesauri: Analysis of thesaurus entry enrichment”. In: Proceedings of the First National conference on Thesaurus and their Applications in the Electronic Environment. Qom: Islamic Documents and Information Center, 2008.

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* 2008: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Logistic thesaurus establishment in the base of organizational knowledge map”. In: Proceedings of the First National conference on Thesaurus and their Applications in the Electronic Environment. Qom: Islamic Documents and Information Center, 2008.

* 2008: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Establishment project of Islamic macrothesaurus: Movement from plurality to unity”. In: Proceedings of the First National conference on Thesaurus and their Applications in the Electronic Environment. Qom: Islamic Documents and Information Center, 2008.

* 2008: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Establishment of Agricultural Information System of Iran”. Ketab-e Mahe-e Kolliyat Journal on “Information, Communication and Knowlegology. Vol. 11, No, 3, 2008. p. 88-93.

* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Qualitative evaluation of Chemical and Persian Cultural Thesaurus (ASFA): analysis of context, structural, physical and thesaurus administration.”Ketab-e Mahe-e Kolliyat Journal on “Information, Communication and knowlegology. Vol.10, No. 10, 2007, p. 65-72.

* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Qualitative and quantitative evaluating of thesaurus term network”.Ketab-e Mahe-e Kolliyat Journal on “Information, Communication and knowlegology. Vol.10, No. 10, 2007, p. 100-104.

* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Quantitative evaluation of descriptor and non- descriptor size in the Islamic thesaurus”.Ketab-e Mahe-e Kolliyat Journal on “Information, Communication and knowlegology. Vol.10, No. 10, 2007, p. 16-28.

* 2007: A.A. Moazzen; Maziar Amirhosseini. “Research report of Agricultural Information System of Iran (AISI)”. Payam journal: Public affairs journal of Agricultural Ministry. No. 61, (April 2007). P. 20-25.

* 2006: Jafar Mehrad; Maziar Amirhosseini. Quantitative evaluation of Count and Sum concepts of thesaurus relations in CAB thesaurus term network. Faslname-ye Ketab: Library and Information studies: A special issue on Indexing and Abstracting. Vol. 16, No. 4, 2006. p. 13-32.

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* 2005: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Digital libraries education: Conservatism or radicalism”. Ketab-e Mahe-e Kolliyat Journal on “Information, Communication and knowlegology. Vol.8, No. 6-7, 2005, p. 59-67.

* 2005: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Monumentalism in library education of Iran”. Ketab-e Mahe-e Kolliyat Journal on “Information, Communication and knowlegology. Vol.8, No. 6-7, 2005, p.40-43.

* 1997: Maziar Amirhosseini; Mehdi Ameri. “Agricultural Union Catalog: A modern basis for acquisition, organization and dissemination of information”.Information sciences researches journal.Vol.3, No. 3, 1997. p. 6-17.

*1996: Mehdi Taghavi; Maziar Amirhossini. “Project of cultural society recognition analysis from information and information science concepts”.Faslname-ye Ketab: Library and Information studies. Vol. 7, No. 4, 1996. p. 23-42.

*1995: Maziar Amirhosseini; Roya Mohebi. Informative index of Library Journal of Tehran University Central Library. Library Journal of Central Library, Vol. 21-23, 1995. p. 209-249.

* 1994: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Statistical analysis of the folk tale publications Iran”. Library message quarterly. Vol.3, No. 2-3, 1994, p.95-101.

*1992: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Necessity of library management by librarians”. Library message quarterly. Vol.2, No.4, 1992. p. 76-84.

*1992: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Bibliometrics and Informetrics”. Faslname-ye Ketab: Library and Information studies. Vol. 3, No. 1-4, 1992. p. 183-209.

International Journal

* 2015: Maziar Amirhosseini and Juhana Salim. “Quantitative evaluation of the movement from complexity toward simplicity in the structure of thesaurus descriptors”. Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, Vol. 20, no. 3, 2015: 47-62

* 2010: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Theoretical Base of Quantitative Evaluation of Unity in A Thesaurus Term Network Based on Kant's

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Epistemology”. Knowledge Organization. Vol. 37, no. 3, July 2010, pp. 185-202.

* 2008: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Dialectic scheme in thesaurus creation”. Library Philosophy and Practice. February, 2008.

Presentation, lectures and Contribute in conferences

* 2015: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Dialectic Scheme in Thesauri and ontology creation” In: Special Commission on Terminology in the present age in Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (December 20, 2015: Tehran).

* 2015: Maziar Amirhosseini, “Establishment and leadership of Agricultural Knowledge Management System in Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization: The Third Session”. In: Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Agricultural Center for Information Science and Technology, Central Library and Documentation Center of Agriculture (June 21, 2015: Tehran)

* 2015: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Principles and infrastructures on establishing Knowledge Management Systems: The Second Session”. In: Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Agricultural Center for Information Science and Technology, Central Library and Documentation Center of Agriculture (June 15, 2015: Tehran)

* 2015: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Cognition States in Identifying Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom based on Epistemological Thought: The First Session”. In: Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Agricultural Center for Information Science and Technology, Central Library and Documentation Center of Agriculture (June 10, 2015: Tehran)

* 2011: Maziar Amirhosseini; Juhana Salim “OntoAbsolute as an Ontology Evaluation Methodology in Analysis of the Structural Domains in Upper, Middle and Lower Level Ontologies” In: STAIR'11: International Conference on Semantic Technology and Information Retrieval28th to 29th June 2011, Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, pp. 26-33.

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* 2010: Sini, Margherita; Rajbhandari, Sachit; Amirhosseini, Maziar, Johannsen, Gudrun; Morshed, Ahsan; Keizer Johannes.”The AGROVOC Concept Server Workbench System: Empowering management of agricultural vocabularies with semantics” In: IAALD XIIIth World Congress, Scientific and Technical Information and Rural Development IAALD XIIIth World Congress, Montpellier, 26-29 April 2010.

* 2010: Maziar Amirhosseini; JuhanaSalim. “Quantitative Evaluation of Simplicity Invisible Domain in Islamic Knowledge Organizations” In: the first international conference on Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management (CAMP 10) in Shah Alam, Malaysia on 16 – 18 March 2010.Malaysia: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, pp. 119-124. (This paper was nominated as the best conference paper)

* 2008: Contribute participant in AGROVOC Concept Server Workbench v0.2.1Verification Phase November 17 – December 12, 2008 [Online access]:ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/aj983e/aj983e00.pdf

* 2008:Contribute participant in Agricultural Learning Repositories (AgLR 2008) E-Conference24 April – 15 June 2008, http://aglr.aua.gr/econf.php. [Online access]: ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/meeting/014/ai263e.pdf

* 2008:Maziar Amirhosseini as a speaker in the Agricultural Learning Repositories (AgLR, April 24- June 15, 2008) E-Conference, which was organized by Dgroup, FAO. <http://www.dgroups.org/groups/fao/AgLR-TF/index.cfm?op=main&cat_id=23179>

<http://www.dgroups.org/groups/fao/AgLR-TF/attach/AgLR-TF/847564/AgLR2008_eConference_Summary.pdf?ois=no>

* 2008: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Life cycle of knowledge in the project of the Agricultural Information System of Iran (AISI)” In: Provincial Conference of agricultural think tank members and agricultural organization managers in the (May 13, 2008: Esphahan).

* 2008: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Report of the First National E-Conference on Executive Policy of Agricultural Development Optimum Strategy” In:

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6th National conference of Agricultural Think Tank Network (6th: March 27, 2008: Tehran).

* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini as a speaker in the CGIAR Annual General Meeting - Science Forum, November 2007. <http://www.dgroups.org/groups/cgiar/cgiarscienceforum/index.cfm?op=main&cat_id=22617>

* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Quantitative evaluation of connectedness in the semantic relations of the Islamic thesaurus” In: First National conference on Thesaurus and their Applications in the Electronic Environment (1st: October 24, 2007)

* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Principals of establishing Agricultural Information System of Iran (AISI)”In: Provincial Conference of agricultural think tank members and agricultural organization managers in the (October 21, 2007: Kerman)

* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Interlibrary cooperation system: A basis for establishing Agricultural Information System of Iran (AISI)” In: 15th

National Conference of educational organization information centers s in Scientific-Vocational Higher Education Institute (15th: October 8, 2005: Hanedan).

* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini. “The mechanism of establishing e-conference on agricultural sector of Iran” In: 5th National conference of Agricultural Think Tank Network (5th: July, 2007: Tehran).

* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini as a speaker in the AGROVOC E-Conference, May-June, 2007, which organized by FAO. <http://www.dgroups.org/groups/fao/agrovoc-e-conference/index.cfm?op=main&cat_id=20379>

* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Theoretical base of Agricultural Information System of Iran (AISI)” In: Administrative system evolution congress: Modern approach (May, 2007: Hamedan)

* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Establishing of the Agricultural Information System of Iran (AISI)” In: Provincial Conference of agricultural think tank members and agricultural organization managers in the Systan va Balochestan (June, 2007: Sistan va Balochestan, Zahedan)

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* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Cognition states in establishing of Agricultural Information System of Iran (AISI)”. In: 4th National conference of Agricultural Think Tank Network (4th: April, 2007: Tehran).

* 2006: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Primary report of establishing Agricultural Information System of Iran (AISI)” In: Special seminars on expert researches in Agricultural Think Tank (July 23, 2006: Tehran).

* 2005: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Web base Union Catalog of Education Centers: Movement to information integration”. In: 15th National Conference of educational organization information centers s in Scientific-Vocational Higher Education Institute (15th: 2005: Fars, Shiraz)

Reports

In Persian

* 2008: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Reports of the First national E-Conference on executive policy of agricultural development optimum strategy. Payam journal: Public affairs journal of Agricultural Ministry. No. 69, (February 2008). P. 16-17.

* 2004: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Report of information literacy conference”.Ketab-e Mahe-e Kolliyat Journal on “Information, Communication and knowlegology. Vol.7, No. 12, 2004, p. 80-81.

In English

* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini. “The first Agriculture Think Tank conference & workshop on systematic information necessary in the agricultural section of Iran, January, 6-7, 2007, Tehran/ Iran”. Dgroup: Agricultural Information Management Standards Discussion Forum. News date: 2007-01-21, 03:09. [Online].

<http://www.dgroups.org/groups/iNARS/index.cfm?op=dsp_showmsg&listname=inars&msgid=523093&cat_id=1134&cat_id=1134>

<http://www.dgroups.org/groups/fao/agstandards/attach/agstandards/517257/AISInews.doc?ois=no>

* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini. “The First National E-Conference on Executive Policy for Agricultural Development in Iran, 15 September- 22

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October, 2007, Iran.”WEBAGRIS: Information Management Resource Kit. Report date: 2007-09-11, 08:34. [Online].

< http://www.dgroups.org/groups/imarked/WebAGRIS/index.cfm? op=dsp_ShowThread&cat_id=5401&listname=webagris&msgid=635034&subject=The%20First%20National%20E-Conference%20on%20Executive%20Policy%20for%20Agricultural%20Development%20in%20Iran,%2015%20September-%2022%20October,%202007,%20Iran.&s=1&m=100 >

< http://www.ajt.ir/ReferencesFiles/Doc2H15.doc .>

* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Planning Iran's agricultural Information System”. IAALD: Agricultural Information News. February 12, 2007. [Online].

http://74.125.39.104/search?q=cache:CC7iuq1n9JcJ:iaald.blogspot.com/2007/02/planning-irans-agricultural-information.html+maziar+amirhosseini&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6

* 2007: A.A.Moazzen; Maziar Amirhosseini.“Report of the Agricultural Information System of Iran (AISI)”. Dgroup: Agricultural Information Management Standards Discussion Forum. Report Date: 2007-02-12,02:54.[Online]. < http://www.dgroups.org/groups/fao/agstandards/index.cfm? op=dsp_showmsg&listname=agstandards&msgid=525860&cat_id=7343>

* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini. “The First National E-Conference on Executive Policy for Agricultural Development in Iran, 15 September- 22 October, 2007, Iran”.Knowledge Management for Development Journal. Report date: 11 September 2007, 12:39:05. [Online].< http://www.km4dev.org/index.php/articles/879 >

* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini. “The first AGROVOC E-Conference, May-June, 2007: AJT participation”. Dgroup: Information and agricultural services - research, innovation, extension. Report date: 07/09/2007. [Online].<http://www.dgroups.org/groups/iNARS/index.cfm?op=dsp_resource_details&resource_id=41872&cat_id=1136>

<http://www.dgroups.org/groups/iNARS/docs/E-conferenceREPORT2.doc?ois=no>

<http://www.ajt.ir/ReferencesFiles/DocN16.doc.>

* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Establishing an agricultural information system in Iran”. AGRIS/CARIS Magazine. Report date: 7/19/2007. [Online]. <http://www.fao.org/AGRIS/magazine.asp?ID=5201&language=EN>

<http://agrisys.blogspot.com/2007/07/establishing-agricultural-information.html>

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* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini. Primary report of the First National E-Conference on Executive Policy for Agricultural Development in Iran, 15 September- 22 October, 2007, Iran. Dgroup: Agricultural Information Management Standards Discussion Forum. Report date: 2007-12-11, 01:14 [Online]. <http://www.dgroups.org/groups/fao/agstandards/index.cfm?op=dsp_showmsg&listname=agstandards&msgid=721093&cat_id=7343 >

* 2006: Maziar Amirhosseini. “Projects on national information and knowledge systems”. WEBAGRIS: Information Management Resource Kit. Report date: 2006-03-10, 07:52. [Online]. < http://www.dgroups.org/groups/imarked/WebAGRIS/index.cfm? op=dsp_showmsg&listname=webagris&msgid=341778&cat_id=5401>

Interviewee

Televised Reportage

* 2008: Maziar Amirhosseini is being interviewed as an expert in the field of information science for establishing innovative plan on the first e-conference in agricultural sector of Iran. Broadcasted In: News Network: Channel six. June 30, 2008.

Newspaper and journal reportage

* 2008: Maziar Amirhosseini is being interviewed as organizer and moderator in the First National e-Conference on Executive Policy of Optimum Strategy in Iran. Published In: Green Word: The First Weekly Newspaper on Agriculture. Vol.1, No. 20, (September 21, 2008). p.11.

* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini is being interviewed as distinguished speaker for useful comments in AGROVOC e-Conference. Published In: Payam journal: Public affairs journal of Agricultural Ministry. No. 64, (July, 2008). P. 12-13.

Expert and Special Roundtable

TV Roundtable

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* 2008: Expert roundtable on theoretical base of thesaurus creation. Abbas Horri, Maziar Amirhosseini. Broadcasted In: Cultural and Scientific Network: Channel Four. July, 2008.

Journal presentation

* 2008: Maziar Amirhosseini, presented “Ontological and epistemological thought of the Islamic medicine history thesaurus”. In: Special Round table on the establishment mechanism of Islamic medicine history thesaurus in theory and practice. Published In: Ketab-e Mahe-e Kolliyat Journal on “Information, Communication and Knowlegology.

* 2008: Maziar Amirhosseini, presented “Mechanism of Agricultural Information System of Iran” In: Special Round table on National Information system of Iran: Structures and approaches. Published In: Ketab-e Mahe-e Kolliyat Journal on “Information, Communication and Knowlegology. Vol. 11, No, 3, 2008. p. 26-35.

* 2007: Maziar Amirhosseini, presented “Quantitative evaluation of thesaurus descriptor network in Islamic thesauri” In: Special Round table on critical discussions of Islamic thesauri. Published In: Ketab-e Mahe-e Kolliyat Journal on “Information, Communication and knowlegology. Vol.10, No. 10, 2007, p. 51-61.

Interview

* 2008: Interview with A.A. Moazzen on strategic aspects of Agricultural Information System of Iran (AISI). Interviewer Maziar Amirhosseini. Published In: Ketab-e Mahe-e Kolliyat Journal on “Information, Communication and Knowlegology. Vol. 11, No, 3, 2008. p. 11-13.

Interests

-Information classifying and organizing

- Union catalog construction and development

- Cooperative cataloging

- Documentation

- Information storage and retrieval

- Thesaurus construction and development

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- Micro, Macro and Meta-thesaurus construction and development

- Thesaurus Evaluation, Qualitative and Quantitative evaluation

- Information systems development, especially theoretical base of information systems development

- Knowledge management and technology

- Knowledge impact factor

- Knowledge organizations and Taxonomies

- Semiotics and semiology

-Knowledge representation and organizations

- Knowledge theory, especially cognition states in the cycle of Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom

-Ontology evaluation and development

- Semantic relations and concept structure in Ontologies

- Ontology evaluation, especially graph-independent structural analysis

- Theoretical and philosophical aspects of ontologies

- Epistemology, especially knowledge theory of Immanuel Kant

-Oriental, Iranian and western philosophy

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