Director of the working group and information advisor to the head of the “Medical Encyclopedia of Islam and Iran” at the Academy of Medical Sciences of the Islamic Republic of IRAN, since 2018 until now

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Responsible for Chastity and Hijab of the Council for Promotion of Good, and Prohibition of Evil in Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC), since 2022 until now

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Director of the Department of Scientific Resources Evaluation & Development in Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC), since 2022 until 2023

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Director of the Collection Development Unit in Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC), since 2023 until now

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Director of the ISC Written Heritage Treasure Unit and head of the working group to design the ISC Written Heritage Database, since 2020 until now.

Achieving the first rank of master's degree, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2010

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 Achieving the first rank of PhD, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2016

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The scientific elite at the Sixth Young Scientists Festival (YSF) in the “Ideator section” for presenting an idea entitled "Design and Implementation of an Augmented Reality Application for Libraries and Information Centers and Archives", Jamili Science and Technology Foundation, February, 2023

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Achieving the first rank as the Top Researcher at the “Morteza Motahhari Prize‏- ‏Academic Book and Thesis Festival‏ ‏(special approach: knowledge-based economics)‏” for the research project entitled “Creating a Comprehensive Database of the Written Heritage of Science and Technology- Phase One: Manuscripts”, Farzanegan Danesh Publishing, February 24, 2023

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Achieving the first rank as the 2022 Top Researcher in the Faculty Members section by the Iranian Library and Information Science Association - the South Region Branch, January 5, 2022, Shiraz

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Achieving Top Rank at “the 11th National Research and Technology Festival of the National Library and Archives of I.R. Iran” for the research project entitled "Designing the Metadata Ontology Model for Semantic Modeling and Representation of Scholarly Journal Articles in the RICeST system”, January 13, 2021, Tehran

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Achieving the first rank as the 2019 Top Researcher in the Faculty Members section by the Iranian Library and Information Science Association - the South Region Branch, December 20, 2019, Shiraz

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Achieving Top Rank at “the 8th National Research and Technology Festival of the National Library and Archives of I.R. Iran” for the Doctoral Thesis entitled “Designing the Metadata Ontology Model of Iran’s National Library Catalogue based on Linked Data Method”, December 18, 2017, Tehran

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Achieving the rank of the best doctoral thesis of the year 2017 at the "5th National Student Festival of the Best of Library and Information Science", for the Doctoral Thesis entitled “Designing the Metadata Ontology Model of Iran’s National Library Catalogue based on Linked Data Method”, Union of Iranian Library and Information Science Student Associations, December, 2017

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Achieving the second rank in the section of Humanities Research Projects in the 8th Ferdowsi Festival, For the research project entitled “Strategic Plan for the Development and Evolution of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Library Services”, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, February, 2012

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Achieving the rank of the best master’s thesis of the year 2011 at the "2nd National Student Festival of the Best of Library and Information Science", for the master’s Thesis entitled “The Comparison of Thesaurus and Ontology Efficiency in Knowledge Representation and Concepts Retrieval”, Union of Iranian Library and Information Science Student Associations, May 25, 2011

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Achieving the first rank in the Website Design Award for Ferdowsi University of Mashhad’s Educational Departments for designing the website of the Department of Islamic Philosophy and Theosophy available at http://philosophy.um.ac.ir, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2009, Mashhad

Research Projects

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Fathian Dastgerdi, A. (2024). Compilation of the Strategic Plan of Education for Islamic World Science and Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute. Sponsored by Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC) [Research Project]

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Fathian Dastgerdi, A. (2023). The Feasibility of Design and Implementation of a Research Data Management Database of Persian Journal Articles. Sponsored by the Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC) [Research Project]. https://isc.ac/file/download/page/65a623b33e49c-.pdf

(Note: This research project was designed by DSpace software)

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Fathian Dastgerdi, A. (2021). Creating a Comprehensive Database of the Written Heritage of Science and Technology- Phase One: Manuscripts. Sponsored by the Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC) [Research Project]. https://isc.ac/file/download/page/6497fc47e1191-1.pdf

Note: In this project, I designed the ISC Written Heritage database, which is available to users through https://manuscript.isc.ac. In addition, I established the Written Heritage Treasure Unit. I am the director of this unit, and currently, several experts in manuscripts are working on digitizing, indexing, entering manuscript information, and updating the database

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Fathian Dastgerdi, A. (2022). Creating a Comprehensive Database of the Written Heritage of Science and Technology- Phase 2: Subject and Contextual Analysis of Manuscripts in the field of Medicine and Medical History (branch of Pharmacology and Pharmacy). Sponsored by the Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC) [Research Project]. https://isc.ac/file/download/page/1683615106-1401.pdf

(Note: The results of this project were applied to the manuscripts of the field of Medicine and Medical History in the Written Heritage database at the address https://manuscript.isc.ac)

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Fathian Dastgerdi, A. (2021). Executive Studies of the Primary Phase of Designing the Ontology of the Islamic Medicine Era Based on the Thesaurus of Islamic Medicine Era. Sponsored by the Academy of Medical Sciences of the Islamic Republic of IRAN [Research Project]

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Fathian Dastgerdi, A. (2020). Designing the Metadata Ontology Model for Semantic Modeling and Representation of Scholarly Journal Articles in the RICeST system. Sponsored by the Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC) [Research Project]. https://isc.ac/file/download/page/6534d00c0fc39-.pdf

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Taheri, S. M., Fathian, A., et al. (2017). Translation of Resource Description and Access (RDA) Standard in Persian. Sponsored by Allameh Tabataba’i University [Research Project]

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Parirokh, M., Akhshik, S., Fathian, A., & Naderi, M. R. (2011). Strategic Plan for the Development and Evolution of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Library Services. Sponsored by the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad [Research Project: Code 2/18323]

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Sharif, A., Fathian, A., Jalili, N., Erfani, L., & Mokhtari. H. (2011). Quantitative and Qualitative Development Study for the Pilgrimage of Imam Reza, Section entitled "Collection and Documentation of Scholarly Documents in the area of Theoretical-Content Topics of the Pilgrim and Pilgrimage". Sponsored by the Manifestation of Rizvan Art & Cultural Institute, Mashhad [Research Project: Code 1192/89]

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Sharif, A., Fathian, A., et al. (2011). Collection and Documentation of English Scholarly Documents in the area of Al-Hawza (Seminary) and Clergy [Research Project]

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Ostadi, H., Fathian, A., et al. (2011). Create a Book Club. Sponsored by the Mashhad Municipality's Cultural and Entertainment Organization - Management of Cultural Centers [Research Project]

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Other Scientific-Executive Activities

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A Member of Reviewers of Journal of Librarianship and Information Organization Studies, National Library and Archives of I.R. Iran

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A Member of Reviewers of the Journal of Knowledge Retrieval and Semantic Systems, Allameh Tabataba’i University

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A Member of Reviewers of the International Journal of Information Science and Management (IJISM), Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC)

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A Member of Reviewers of the Journal of Islamic and Iranian Traditional Medicine, Academy of Medical Sciences of the Islamic Republic of IRAN

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A Member of Reviewers of the Iranian Journal of Information Processing and Management, Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc)

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A Member of Reviewers of the Iranian Journal of Library and Information Science, Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi

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A Member of Reviewers of the Journal of Library and Information Science Research, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

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A Member of Reviewers of the Scientific Journals Commission of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology

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Doctoral Thesis Review, titled “Design of Iran's Indigenous Agricultural Knowledge Ontology by Emphasizing Video Retrieval”, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2023

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A Member of Reviewers of the “11th National Research and Technology Festival of the National Library and Archives of I.R. Iran”, 2021

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A Member of Reviewers of the “12th National Research and Technology Festival of the National Library and Archives of I.R. Iran”, 2022

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Reviewer/examiner of the research projects of National Library and Archives of I.R. Iran

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Reviewer/examiner of the research projects and theses of Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC)

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Reviewer/examiner of the book, titled “A Semantic Web Primer”, Translated by Mahdieh Ghodsinezhad & Ali Asghar Alesheikh”, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, 2018

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Designing the Website of the Department of Islamic Philosophy and Theosophy available at http://philosophy.um.ac.ir , Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2009

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Designing the Website of Dr. Mohammad Hossein Dayani, faculty member of the Department of Library and Information Science, available at https://prof.um.ac.ir/dayani, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2009

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A Member of Reviewers of the Website Design Competitions at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2010

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Voluntary work in the Information Center and Central Library of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2007

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Designing a blog in the field of knowledge organization and retrieval, available at the http://afathian.blogfa.com

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Participation in the Training Courses

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"Ethics in research - plagiarism"

"Management of scientific information and electronic documents"

"University rules and regulations"

"Educational elements in academic books"

"Academic books and facilitating learning"

"Academic books in virtual and online education"

"Electronic academic books"

"Familiarity with the regulations of promotion of faculty members "

"Generalities and basics of research rights"

"The 5th Congress of Information Science Specialists"

"Islamic history and civilization"

"Theoretical Foundations of Islamic Government (Political Thought)"

"Basics of Islamic Civilization"

"Techniques of writing and publishing articles in prestigious international journals indexed in WOS & Scopus"

"Practical acquaintance with various indicators of the ranking system of Iranian universities and research centers (new methodology)".

"How to increase citations and scientific impact of international articles?"

"ICDL certification"

"How to write scientific articles?"

"The method of presenting a scientific lecture"

"An introduction to the concept and application of Metadata"

"Metadata for organizing images"

"Website Design"

"Ontology design with Jena"

"EndNote software: citation management in scientific publications"

"Entrepreneurship from idea to implementation: entrepreneurship and business creation methods",

"Financial creativity skills for entrepreneurs"

"Semantic Web"

"Natural Language Processing"

"Architecture of Search Engines"

"Applicable mind management skills for entrepreneurs"

"Practical entrepreneurship and marketing skills for librarians"

"Humanities Databases"

"The second national conference of applied research in computational linguistics"

"The second conference on the Islamic-Iranian model of progress"

"National conference on educational libraries: dynamization of the educational system and participation in the teaching-learning process"

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Teaching Areas

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Information and Knowledge Organization and Representation

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Information and Knowledge Retrieval

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Research Interests

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Semantic Web, Ontology and Linked Data: Study of the principles and applications of Semantic Web technologies, especially the techniques and methods of designing and implementing ontology in information retrieval systems; Implementing linked data method in information systems, converting knowledge organization systems (e.g. subject headings, thesauri, classifications, etc.) to RDF model in the Semantic Web platform; Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence

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Research Data Repositories, Research Data Management, Open data

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Metadata Models and Standards: IFLA conceptual models including FRBR, FRAD and FRSAD, as well as the Resource Description and Access (RDA) standard; Also, converting them to RDF/OWL in the Semantic Web context

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Information and Knowledge Organization and Retrieval: Metadata Standardization, Knowledge Organization Systems (e.g. Thesauri, Subject Headings, Taxonomies, Folksonomies, Ontologies, Library Classification Systems, etc.), Databases, Library Management Systems, Digital Libraries, Indexing, Classification, and Information Search Strategies

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Information and Data Literacy

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Enterprise Knowledge Management: especially the ontology-based knowledge management for Enterprise Systems

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Written Heritage (especially the Manuscripts)

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Information Consulting for Organizations and Institutions

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Data Science

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Emerging Trends & Technologies in Library & Information Services, e.g. Augmented Reality (IR), Virtual reality (VR), Metaverse, AI Tools for Knowledge Organization and Retrieval, Mobile-Based Library Services, etc

Lecturer of the workshop on “Data Librarian: Opportunities and Challenges”, Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC), December 16, 2023

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Lecturer of the workshop on “Requirements for Research Data Repository Design: Examining the ISCData Pilot”, Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC), September 10, 2023

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Lecturer of the workshop on “Research Data Management: Principles, Methods and Introduction of Practical Examples of Research Data Repositories”, Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC), June 14, 2023

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Lecturer of the workshop on “Reflection on Manuscript’s Documentation and Analysis”, Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC), January 7 & 8, 2023

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Lecturer of the workshop on “Ontology Application in Digital Libraries”, Plan and Budget Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, February 1 & 8, 2023

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Lecturer of the workshop on “Ontology-based Knowledge Modeling with the Protégé”, Scientific Association of Library and Information Science of Shiraz University, September 5, 2022

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Lecturer of the summer school titled “Evolution of Semantic Systems” with the topic “Ontology's Place in the Knowledge Organization”, Iranian Library and Information Science Association, September 14, 2022

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Lecturer of the workshop on “Familiarity with Knowledge Organization and Representation Systems”, Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC), December 13, 2022

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Lecture titled “Reflection on the Application of Ontology in the Semantic Organization and Representation of the Medical Knowledge of the Islamic Era”, Academy of Medical Sciences of the Islamic Republic of IRAN, January 24, 2021

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Lecturer of the workshop on “Identification, Organization and Accessibility of Written Heritage Resources (Manuscripts)”, Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC), June 29, 2021

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Lecture titled “Common Mistakes in Knowledge Organization”, National Library and Archives of I.R. Iran in cooperation with the Iranian branch of ISKO, November 1, 2021

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Lecture titled “Reflection on Metadata: What, Why and How to Use it in Sana Library Management System and Digital Library”, Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC), December 15, 2021

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Lecture titled “Creating a Comprehensive Database of the Written Heritage of Science and Technology in ISC”, Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC), December 14, 2021

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Lecturer of the workshop on “Ontology Design with Protégé”, National Library and Archives of I.R. Iran, October 14 & 21, 2020

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Lecture titled “Ontology in Library and Information Science", in the specialized panel on “Toward Semantic Information Systems”, Tarbiat Modares University, December 22, 2020

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Lecture titled “Designing the Metadata Ontology Model for Semantic Modeling and Representation of Scholarly Journal Articles in the RICeST system”, Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC), December 7, 2020

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Lecture titled “Designing the Metadata Ontology Model of Iran’s National Library Catalogue based on Linked Data Method”, Islamic World Science & Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC), December 16, 2019

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Lecture titled “Ontology: The Basics, Principles and Applications”, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, School of Management and Medical Informatics, May 23, 2017

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Lecturer of the workshop on “Website Design Training: Content Management Systems (CMS) of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad” in the 3rd education festival of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology, June 22, 2011

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Lecturer of the workshop on “Website Design Training: Content Management Systems (CMS) of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad” in the second education festival of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Faculty of Science, May 4, 2010

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Lecturer of the workshop on “Familiarity with Ferdowsi University of Mashhad’s Databases” in the first education festival of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Faculty of Science, May 6, 2009

Member of the Iranian Library and Information Science Association

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Member of the Web Technology Lab of the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

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Member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the Islamic Republic of IRAN

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Member of the International Society for Knowledge Organization: Iran Chapter (ISKO Iran)

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Member of the Center for the Islamic-Iranian Model of Progress

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Member of the Iranian Artificial Intelligence Association