News posted by Parsa Kamalipour

September 2026

🍁 Excited to share that I’ve been selected as the Graduate Teaching Assistant for four courses this Fall 2026 semester!

It’s an honor to continue contributing to student learning across multiple areas of computer science and software engineering at Concordia University. 🎓 Courses:

COEN 311 – Computer Organization and Software — Lab Demonstrator

COEN 317 – Microprocessor‑Based Systems — Lab Demonstrator

SOEN 363 – Data Systems for Software Engineers — Tutorial Instructor, Programmer on Duty (POD), and Marker

COMP 339 – Combinatorics — Tutorial Instructor

May 2026

🏆 I am honoured to share that I have received the Dean’s Excellence Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Teaching Assistant, awarded by the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science at Concordia University.

Thank you to my students and to the instructors I have worked alongside across the many courses I have supported since joining Concordia. Teaching has been one of the most rewarding parts of my graduate journey.

February 2026

📄 My paper “Spider Community Detection: Seeded Geodesic Expansion with Modularity-Guided Refinement and Greedy Merge Matching” is now published in the journal Computers, vol. 15, no. 2, article 83, Special Issue: Recent Advances in Social Networks and Social Media.

Read the paper: https://doi.org/10.3390/computers15020083

January 2026

I am pleased to share that my paper “Spider Community Detection: Seeded Geodesic Expansion with Modularity-Guided Refinement and Greedy Merge Matching” has been accepted for publication in the journal Computers, Special Issue: Recent Advances in Social Networks and Social Media.

🍁 Excited to share that I’ve been selected as the Graduate Teaching Assistant for four courses this Winter 2026 semester!

It’s an honor to continue contributing to student learning across multiple areas of computer science and software engineering at Concordia University. 🎓 Courses:

COMP 248 – Object-Oriented Programming I — Lab Demonstrator

SOEN 363 – Data Systems for Software Engineers — Tutorial Instructor and Marker

COEN 311 – Computer Organization and Software — Lab Demonstrator

COEN 317 – Microprocessor‑Based Systems — Lab Demonstrator

December 2025

I am pleased to share that I was awarded the Concordia Conference and Exposition Allowance by Concordia University in 2025, in recognition of conference-related scholarly activities.

November 2025

I am pleased to share that my paper “From Dense Graphs to Meaningful Communities: Assessing Community Quality Using Geodesic Distance Modularity on Metric Backbone-Sparsified Networks” has been accepted for publication and presentation at the
12th International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security (SNAMS 2025).

The paper will be presented in Vienna, Austria, during November 25–28, 2025.

September 2025

🍁 Excited to share that I’ve been selected as the Graduate Teaching Assistant for six courses this Fall 2025 semester!

It’s an honor to continue contributing to student learning across multiple areas of computer science and software engineering at Concordia University. 🎓 Courses:

COMP 233 – Probability and Statistics for Computer Science — Tutorial Instructor

COMP 248 – Object-Oriented Programming I — Lab Demonstrator

COMP 339 – Combinatorics — Tutorial Instructor

COMP 472 – Artificial Intelligence — Lab Demonstrator

SOEN 363 – Data Systems for Software Engineers — Tutorial Instructor

COEN 311 – Computer Organization and Software — Lab Demonstrator

Grateful for the opportunity to teach, guide, and learn alongside so many bright students this term!

#ConcordiaUniversity #TeachingAssistant #ComputerScience #SoftwareEngineering #HigherEducation

July 2025

🎉 Excited to share that I’ve been selected as the Graduate Teaching Assistant for one course in this Second Half of Summer 2025!

COMP 233 [Probability and Statistics for Computer Science] – Tutorial Instructor

Looking forward to engaging with students and contributing to this course. Grateful for the opportunity! 🚀

May 2025

🎉 Excited to share that I’ve been selected as the Graduate Teaching Assistant for two courses in this First Half of Summer 2025!

COMP 335 [Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science] – Marker

COMP 348 [Principles of Programming Languages] – Tutorial Instructor and Marker

Looking forward to engaging with students and contributing to these courses. Grateful for the opportunity! 🚀

January 2025

🎉 Excited to share that I’ve been selected as the Graduate Teaching Assistant for multiple courses in this Winter 2025!

SOEN 363 [Data Systems for Software Engineers] – Tutorial Instructor, Programmer on Duty (POD), & Marker

COMP 465 [Design and Analysis of Algorithms] – Tutorial Instructor

COMP 348 [Principles of Programming Languages] – Tutorial Instructor, Programmer on Duty (POD), & Marker

Looking forward to engaging with students and contributing to these courses. Grateful for the opportunity! 🚀

October 2024

🎉 Excited to share that I have been awarded the DRW Graduate Scholarship in Computer Science, issued by Concordia University and DRW, a Montreal-based company! This opportunity fuels my motivation to continue pushing boundaries in my research and academic journey. Grateful for the recognition and support! 🚀

September 2024

🎉 Thrilled to announce that I’ve been selected as the Graduate Teaching Assistant: Marker for COMP 335 (Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science) for Fall 2024! 📚 Eager to assist students and contribute to the course. Grateful to the department for this opportunity!

🎉 Excited to share that I’ve been appointed as the Graduate Teaching Assistant & Marker for COMP 339 (Combinatorics) for Fall 2024! 📚 Looking forward to supporting students and contributing to the course. Thank you to the department for this opportunity!

August 2024

🌟 Excited to share that I’ve been awarded the Concordia Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science Financial Research Support (FRS) by the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science at Concordia University! 🎓 This support will greatly enhance my research endeavors. A big thank you to the faculty and everyone who has supported me along this journey!

🎓 Honored to receive the Concordia Merit Scholarship (Entrance Scholarship Award) from Concordia University’s School of Graduate Studies! 🌟 This scholarship is a significant boost for my graduate studies journey. A heartfelt thank you to the selection committee and everyone who has supported me!

July 2024

🎉 Thrilled to share that I have been honored with the Distinguished Student Award at Vali-e-Asr University! 🌟 Grateful for this achievement and excited for the future! #Award #AcademicExcellence #ValiEAsrUniversity #Grateful

February 2024

🚀 Thrilled to announce that I’ve been admitted to the Funded Thesis-based Master’s program in Computer Science at Concordia University for Fall 2024! 📚 I’ll be joining the Algorithms & Complexity Lab, working under the guidance of Professor Hovhannes Harutyunyan. Excited for the opportunities ahead and grateful for this incredible chance to dive deeper into my research!

January 2024

🚀 Delighted to announce the acceptance of our paper “Extending Refactoring Detection to Kotlin: A Dataset and Comparative Study” by Iman Hemati Moghadam, Mohammad Mehdi Afkhami, Parsa Kamalipour, Vadim Zaytsev at SANER 2024, in the ERA Track! 📚🚀 #SANER2024 #RefactoringDetection #Kotlin -January, 2024

December 2023

🏆 Excited to share that I have received the Undergraduate Researcher Award at Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, distinguishing myself among fellow undergraduate students from the institution! 🌍🚀 #ResearchAward -December, 2023

November 2023

🏆 Thrilled to announce that I’ve been honored with the Top Researcher Award in Kerman Province, standing out among all undergraduate students across universities in this region! 🌍🚀 #ResearchAward -November 21, 2023

🚀 Exciting news! Just submitted our short paper to SANER 2024 conference with my amazing co-authors. 📑🔍 Fingers crossed for the review process! Grateful for the collaboration and looking forward to sharing our insights! 🌐 #SANER2024 #ResearchCollaboration -November 18, 2023