About

I am an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Business and Information Technology at Ontario Tech University, where I co-lead the SAIN lab. Prior that, I was an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, with a joint appointment at University of Toronto (UofT) and University of Waterloo (UW). I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from UofT in 2016. My research is on designing, exploring and extending the capabilities of user-centered intelligent systems, aiming to automate or assist the human decision making. I have contributed in various areas of computer science such as artificial intelligence, computer security and privacy, applied machine learning, recommender systems, algorithms, and human-computer interaction.

Research Keywords

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Recommender Systems, Computer Security and Privacy, and Network Science.

• We have multiple openings at the SAIN lab. See this posting for details. January 18, 2020.
• AAMAS 2020 has announced its call for papers. I am serving as a program committee member. October 10, 2019.
• A fully-funded Ph.D. position is open in my research group. July 27, 2019.
• IJCAI 2019 has announced its call for papers. I am serving as a program committee member. January 1, 2019.
• AAMAS 2019 has announced its call for papers. I am serving as a program committee member. October 1, 2018.

Current

• Aryan Asadian, MSc, 2019-Present.
• Alireza Naman, MSc, 2019-Present (co-advised with Julie Thorpe).
• Nadia Maarfavi, Ph.D., 2019-Present (co-advised with Salma Karray).
• Alaadin Addas, Ph.D., 2019-Present (co-advised with Julie Thorpe).
• Sarina Sajjadi, MSc, 2019-Present.
• Bahare Askari, MSc, 2018-Present (co-advised with Jarek Szlichta).
• Katelyn Cushing, MSc, 2017-Present (co-advised with Julie Thorpe).
• Zach Parish, Undergraduate, 2019-Present.
• Arun Sharma, Undergraduate, 2019-Present

Past

• Kalev Gonvick, Undergraduate, 2018-2019 (co-advised with Julie Thorpe).
• Zach Parish, Undergraduate, 2018-2019 (co-advised with Julie Thorpe).
• Danustan Alphonza, Undergraduate, Fall 2017.
• Joshua Lemon, Undergraduate, Fall 2017 (co-advised with Ken Pu).
• Mario Acosta, Undergraduate, 2016.
• Rob McDiarmid, Undergraduate, 2012.

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• (905) 721-8668 ext. 5544
• ERC 2086, UOIT, 2000 Simcoe Street North,Oshawa, Ontario, L1H 7K4
• Email for appointment