Houman Younessi
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Houman Younessi is an Australia
n-American
educator, practitioner, consultant and investigator in information systems, systems and software development process
es, computer science, financial economics, decision science and business strategy. He currently is in charge of Academic Affairs at the Hartford Graduate Campus
of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
in Hartford
, Connecticut
, U.S.A.
. He has previously been associated with Swinburne University of Technology
in Hawthorn, Victoria
, Australia
.
Born in Tehran
, Iran
, Younessi is recognized for his expansive work in the fields of defect management, software and system development processes and is an authority in object-oriented computing. Examples of his work include the OPEN and the SBM methodologies and more recently Recombinant Programming.
A multi-disciplinarian, apart from computer science, and systems and software development, Younessi has formal education and training in finance and has interests in applying concepts of decision science and econometrics to the worlds of financial investment and business economics. Younessi also works in the domain of strategies, models, measures and information systems for sustainable development and management of enterprises. He also did some work in molecular biology, medical genetics and bioinformatics, areas which he no longer pursues. He is known for his activist politics, his support of environmentalist causes, anti-racism initiatives, and civil rights. He has written several books, chapters in books, and dozens of research articles in his various areas of professional interest. He is also a Persian language
poet and essayist.
Australia
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n-American
United States
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educator, practitioner, consultant and investigator in information systems, systems and software development process
Software development process
A software development process, also known as a software development life cycle , is a structure imposed on the development of a software product. Similar terms include software life cycle and software process. It is often considered a subset of systems development life cycle...
es, computer science, financial economics, decision science and business strategy. He currently is in charge of Academic Affairs at the Hartford Graduate Campus
Rensselaer at Hartford
Rensselaer at Hartford is the Hartford, Connecticut branch of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, NY. Until 1997, it was known as the Hartford Graduate Center. The primary focus of the institution is still to offer graduate-level education for working professionals...
of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Stephen Van Rensselaer established the Rensselaer School on November 5, 1824 with a letter to the Rev. Dr. Samuel Blatchford, in which van Rensselaer asked Blatchford to serve as the first president. Within the letter he set down several orders of business. He appointed Amos Eaton as the school's...
in Hartford
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...
, Connecticut
Connecticut
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, U.S.A.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. He has previously been associated with Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne University of Technology is an Australian public dual sector university based in Melbourne, Victoria. The institution was founded by the Honourable George Swinburne in 1908 and achieved university status in June 1992...
in Hawthorn, Victoria
Hawthorn, Victoria
Hawthorn is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Boroondara...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Born in Tehran
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
, Iran
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...
, Younessi is recognized for his expansive work in the fields of defect management, software and system development processes and is an authority in object-oriented computing. Examples of his work include the OPEN and the SBM methodologies and more recently Recombinant Programming.
A multi-disciplinarian, apart from computer science, and systems and software development, Younessi has formal education and training in finance and has interests in applying concepts of decision science and econometrics to the worlds of financial investment and business economics. Younessi also works in the domain of strategies, models, measures and information systems for sustainable development and management of enterprises. He also did some work in molecular biology, medical genetics and bioinformatics, areas which he no longer pursues. He is known for his activist politics, his support of environmentalist causes, anti-racism initiatives, and civil rights. He has written several books, chapters in books, and dozens of research articles in his various areas of professional interest. He is also a Persian language
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
poet and essayist.
See also
- Modern Iranian scientists and engineers