Rostam Karim Saeed is a

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ish

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and

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from

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. He is known for finding methods to solve a system of

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Biography

Rostam Karim Saeed Ismail was born in July 1964, in a small

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outside of

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. He studied

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and

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in the city of Erbil. His fellow students recall him showing extraordinary abilities in both

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and

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. Rostam was awarded graduated in 1982 at Azady Secondary School. Rostam went to the College of Science at the

Salahaddin University-Erbil Salahaddin University-Erbil (''Zankoy Selaheddîn-hewler'', ''زانکۆی سەلاحەدین-هەولێر'' in Kurdish language, Kurdish) is one of the public higher education institutions in the Kurdistan region It is located in Erbil (Hewler), ...

. In July 1987, he was awarded a

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degree in

. He was awarded a

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degree in mathematics in June 1990, after he presented a

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, supervised by the assistant professor, Dr. K. B. Srivastava. And in 1994, he married, Gashaw A Muhammed-Salih, who is a professor in College of Science,

University of Salahaddin Salahaddin University-Erbil (''Zankoy Selaheddîn-hewler'', ''زانکۆی سەلاحەدین-هەولێر'' in Kurdish) is one of the public higher education institutions in the Kurdistan region It is located in Erbil ( Hewler), capital of the a ...

. Rostam Karim was awarded a PhD degree in mathematics on 16 May 2006, after he presented his thesis entitled "Computational Methods for Solving System of linear Volterra Integral and Integro-differential Equations".

Education

* 16-5-2006 Awarded PhD in mathematics (numerical analysis), Department of Mathematics, College of Science,

/Erbil, Iraq ** Ph.D. Thesis: Computational Methods for Solving System of linear Volterra Integral and Integro-differential Equations (Supervisor: Assistant Professor Dr. Omer M. Al-Faour) * 23-6-1990 Awarded M.Sc. in mathematics (numerical analysis), Department of Mathematics, College of Science,

/Erbil, Iraq. ** M.Sc. Thesis: A study of Lacunary interpolation by Splines (Supervisor: Assistant Professor Dr. K. B. Srivastava) * 2-7-1987 Awarded B.Sc. in mathematics, Department of Mathematics, College of Science,

/Erbil, Iraq * 1981-1982 Awarded Baccalaureate, Azadi Secondary School, Erbil, Iraq

Scientific career

Employment History

* 12/5/2009 to date: Professor of Mathematics (

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), Department of Mathematics, College of Science,

/Erbil, Iraq * 24/12/2000-30/5/2004: The Dean of College of Science,

/Erbil, Iraq * 25/7/2000-11/5/2009: Assistant Professor of Mathematics (

), Department of Mathematics, College of Science,

/Erbil, Iraq * 2000 to date: Supervising 9

students and 2

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students in Department of Mathematics, College of Science,

/Erbil, University of Sulaimania and

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, Iraq * 1998-2000: Assistant Dean of College of Science,

/Erbil, Iraq * 1997-1998: Manager of Computer Unit, College of Science,

/Erbil, Iraq * 1994: Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, College of Science,

/Erbil, Iraq. * 1991-1994: Coordinator of Department of Mathematics, College of Science,

/Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq. * 1991: Assistant lecturer, Department of Mathematics, College of Science,

/Erbil, Iraq.

References

External links

A list of his publications. {{DEFAULTSORT:Saeed, Rostam K. 1964 births Living people Kurdish scholars Salahaddin University-Erbil alumni