Personal Information

First Name

Maryam

Classification

Students

Title

Graduate Research Assistant

Email Address

maryam.nafari@ou.edu

Phone Number

(405) 325-3131

Campus Location

2PP Suite 180

Education

Ph.D., (2009 August - 2014 August) Computer Science, University of Oklahoma, USA
M.Sc., (2006 Sep-2008 June) Industrial Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
B.Sc., (2001 Sep- 2006 June) Applied Mathematics, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Research Interests

Visualization
Natural Language Generation
Narrative
Data mining

Current Research

I work on generating a query-to-question user interface to translate interactive visualization states during visual analysis. The goal is to make visualizations with complex combinations of coordinated multiple views more understandable. By providing query-to-question translation, we hope to increase usability and help users recall past queries and share results. The interface might help new users find out how a particular tool can be used for their analytic tasks; for professional users, it might facilitate and accelerate the analysis process.

Teaching Experience

Teacher Assistant, University of Oklahoma, Human computer Interaction, Spring 2010 and Fall 2010.
Teacher Assistent, Amirkabir University of Technology, Multivariate Analysis, Spring 2009

Grants & Awards

2009-2013 Awarded Graduate Fellowship by University of Oklahoma
2008 Awarded Student Fellowship by Amirkabir University of Technology

Conference Presentations & Papers

Maryam Nafari and Chris Weaver. “Poster: Translating Cross-Filtered Queries into Questions”. IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology 2010, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2010.

Chris Weaver and Maryam Nafari. "Capturing Connotation in Interactive Visualization". Workshop on Analytic Provenance: Process + Interaction + Insight, Vancouver, BC, May 2011.
Maryam Nafari and Jamal Shahrabi."A Data Mining Approach for Finding Optimal Discount of Retail Assortments". IEEE International Workshop on Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence in conjunction with 11th IEEE International Conference on Computer Information Technology(ICCIT 2008)

Maryam Nafari and Jamal Shahrabi. "Discovering Multiple-Level Association Rules from Transactional Databases with consideration of Temporal Characteristics of Products Discount Rates". The 2008 International Conference on Advanced Computer Theory and Engineering (ICACTE 2008) (Accepted and Presented)

Maryam and Jamal Shahrabi. "Discovering Multiple-Level Temporal Association Rules in Market Basket with consideration of Products Discount". The 2nd Iran Data Mining Conference (IDMC2008) (Accepted and Presented)

Publications

Maryam Nafari and Jamal Shahrabi."A Temporal Data Mining Approach for Shelf-Space Allocation with Consideration of Product Price".International Journal of Expert Systems with Applications(Accepted 2009)

Professional Development & Synergistic Activities

Reviewer 2011 IEEE International Conference of Information Visualization
Reviewer 2008 International Conference on Advanced Computer Theory and Engineering

2012-2013 Graduate Student Senator, University of Oklahoma
2010-2011 Vice President, Iranian Student Association

Personal Interests

Painting
Weaving Carpet