CAIS Director: (Lassonde, Health)
James Elder is Professor and 91亚色 Research Chair in Human and Computer Vision, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (LSE), Department of Psychology (Health) and Co-Director of the Centre for AI & Society (CAIS) at 91亚色, Toronto, Canada. Dr. Elder鈥檚 research seeks to improve machine vision systems through a better understanding of visual processing in biological systems. Dr. Elder currently leads the ORF-RE project Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Urban Mobility. He holds a number of patents on attentive vision technologies and is the co-founder of the AI start-up AttentiveVision. He is appointed to the Editorial Boards of three international journals.
CAIS Associate Director: (LA&PS)
Jonathan A. Obar, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication & Media Studies. He also serves as a Research Fellow with the Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law at Michigan State University, where he previously worked for four years. His teaching and research focus on information and communication policy, and the relationship between digital technologies, civil liberties and the inclusiveness of public cultures. Recent academic publications address big data and privacy, internet routing and NSA surveillance, network neutrality, and digital activism. He is co-editor of Strategies for Media Reform: International Perspectives.
Arik Senderovich
Role in CAIS:
Chair, Events Committee
Murat Kristal
Role in CAIS:
Chair, Commercialization and Entrepreneurships Committee
Email: mkristal@schulich.yorku.ca /
Chair:
, Vice-President, Research & Innovation
Vice-Chair:
, Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies, Lassonde School of Engineering
Board:
, Associate Dean, Research & Institutional Relations, Osgoode Hall Law School
, Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
, Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Education, Faculty of Science
, Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Health
, Associate Dean, Research, Schulich School of Business
, Associate Dean, Research, School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design
Members of the CAIS Inaugural Advisory Board: (listed alphabetically by last name):
Innovation Policy Advisor, formerly at World Intellectual Property Organization, & Former CEO, Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Partner and Chair, Intellectual Property and Entertainment, Media & Sports Law, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Vice President/Head Samsung AI Research Center & Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trademarks and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Chief Information Officer, Porter Airlines
Head of Corporate, External and Legal Affairs, Microsoft Canada
Chief Executive Officer at STIM Canada Inc & General Partner, Archangel Network of FUNDS
Sandra A Rotman Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience, Rotman Research Institute; President & Chief Scientist, Baycrest Academy for Research and Education; President & Chief Scientist, Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation; Professor, Psychology, University of Toronto, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University
President and CEO, Mackenzie Health
Executive Director, Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, CIFAR
Faculty Member & Canada CIFAR AI Chair, Vector Institute for AI; Academic Director, Next AI; Professor & Canada Research Chair, School of Engineering, University of Guelph
Executive Vice President and Chief Digital & Innovation Officer, Alectra Utilities
Listed in alphabetical order by last name
Ali Asgary
Professor
Disaster & Emergency Management, School of Administrative Studies
Email: asgary@yorku.ca /
Alvine B. Belle
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Rachel da Silveira Gorman
Associate Professor
Faculty of Health Policy and Management
Email: gorman@yorku.ca /
Kostantinos Derpanis
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: kosta@yorku.ca /
Shital Desai
Assistant Professor
School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design
Email: desais@yorku.ca / Shital Desai
Adam Diamant
Associate Professor
Operations Management and Information Systems
Email: adiamant@schulich.yorku.ca /
Elham Dolatabadi
Assistant Professor
School of Health Policy and Management
Email: edolatab@yorku.ca /
Hany Farag
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: hefarag@eecs.yorku.ca /
Marios Fokaefs
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: fokaefs@yorku.ca /
Hadi Hemmati
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: hemmati@yorku.ca /
Zhen Ming (Jack) Jiang
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: zmjiang@eecs.yorku.ca /
Shahin Kamali
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
Email: kamalis@yorku.ca /
Peter Khaiter
Associate Professor
School of Information Technology
Yves Lesperance
Professor (Emeritus)
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: lesperan@eecs.yorku.ca /
Marin Litoiu
Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science/Information Technology
Email: mlitoiu@yorku.ca /
Shweta Mahajan
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Email: shwemaha@yorku.ca /
Maleknaz Nayebi
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: mnayebi@yorku.ca /
Manos Papagelis
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: papaggel@eecs.yorku.ca /
Enamul Hoque Prince
Associate Professor
Information Technology
Email: enamulh@yorku.ca / Enamul Hoque Prince
Ali Sadeghi-Naini
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: asn@yorku.ca /
Laleh Seyyed-Kalantari
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: lsk@yorku.ca /
Yan Shvartzshnai/h2>
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: yansh@eecs.yorku.ca /
Pirathayini Srikantha
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: psrikan@eecs.yorku.ca /
Hina Tabassum
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: hina@eecs.yorku.ca /
Song Wang
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: /
Marcus Brubaker
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: mab@eecs.yorku.ca /
Duygu Biricik Gulseren
Associate Professor
School of Human Resource Management
Email: gulseren@yorku.ca /
Doug Van Nort
Associate Professor
Digital Media, School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design
Email: vannort@yorku.ca /
Eleftherios (Terry) Sachlos
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Email: sachlos@yorku.ca / Eleftherios Sachlos
To request membership, please complete the form found here:
Membership Categories:
There are three categories of CAIS membership:
Faculty Members. These are research-stream faculty at any campus of 91亚色 who are actively engaged in AI-related research.
Associate Faculty Members. These are research- or teaching-stream faculty at any campus of 91亚色 who are interested in AI-related research and would like to stay abreast of CAIS developments and participate in some CAIS events.
Trainee Members. These are graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who are actively engaged in AI-related research. While they will typically be supervised by a CAIS member, this is not a requirement of membership.
Members apply with an online form. Applicants are admitted if they meet the criteria above. This is decided by the Co-Directors for Associate Faculty and Trainee Member applicants, and by the CAIS Executive for Faculty Member applicants.
Faculty Members are required to contribute to CAIS activities, including committees and events, and to complete annual reports.
Listed in alphabetical order by last name
Fatemeh Aghdam
Graduate Student
Schulich School of Business
Email: faman@schulich.yorku.ca
Robert Appleton
Graduate Student
School of Music
Email: rappleto@yorku.ca
Arash Asgari
Graduate Student
Computer Science/EECS
Email: arash.asgari.m@gmail.com
Arvind Babajee
Graduate Student
Osgoode Hall Law School
Email: arvindbabajee@gmail.com
Abeer Badawi
Graduate Student
Faculty of Health
Email: abeerbadawi@yorku.ca
Michael Ben
Graduate Student
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Email: mben2@yorku.ca
Nauman Bashir Bhatti
Graduate Student
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Email: naumanb@yorku.ca
Kathleen Cherrington
Graduate Student
LA&PS
Email: kathleencherrington@gmail.com
Tim Eadie
Graduate Student
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email: timothy.eadie@gmail.com
Sevda Ebrahimi
Graduate Student
EECS
Email: sevdaebr@yorku.ca
Daniel James Escott
Graduate Student
Osgoode Hall Law School
Email: descott@yorku.ca
Frederic Fu
Postdoctoral Researcher
Faculty of Health
Email: fredpfu@yorku.ca
Hassan Hamidihesarsorkh
Graduate Student
Lassonde School of Engineering
Email:hamidi3031@gmail.com
Sileshi Hirko
Graduate Student
Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies
Email: sileshibm@gmail.com
SeyedMohsen Hosseini
Graduate Student
Mathematics and Statistics
Jing Li
Graduate Student
EECS
Email: jliellen@yorku.ca
Chengyuan Liang
Graduate Student
Science and Technology Studies, Department of Humanities
Email: cyliang@yorku.ca
Yinghang Ma
Graduate Student
Lassonde School of Engineering
Email: yinghangma.2019@gmail.com
Parastoo 鈥淧aris鈥 Mazaheri
Graduate Student
Department of Communication and Media Studies
Email: paris73@yorku.ca
Stella Mbaka
Graduate Student
Department of Science and Technology Studies
Email: stellamm@yorku.ca
Clifford McCarten
Graduate Student
Osgoode Hall Law School (LLM)
Email: cliffordmccarten@osgoode.yorku.ca
Caleb Morgan
Graduate Student
Mechanical Engineering
Email:cmorg24@yorku.ca
John Weirstrass Muteba Mwamba
Graduate Student
School of Health Policy and Management
Email: jwmm@yorku.ca
Shadi Nasseri
Graduate Student
Osgoode
Email: shadi80@yorku.ca
Tim Nicodemo
Graduate Student
AMPD
Email: tnicodem@yorku.ca
Hashem Omrani
Graduate Student
Schulich School of Business
Email: omrani@yorku.ca
Christos Orfanidis
Graduate Student
Connected Minds鈥揝chool of Human Resource Management
Email:orfanid@yorku.ca
Maryam Parsian
Graduate Student
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Email: smaryamparsian@gmail.com
Prateeksha Pathak
Graduate Student
Geography
Email:pathakp@yorku.ca
Jad Seaidoun
Graduate Student
STS
Email:jseaidoun@gmail.com
Meghana Sharma
Graduate Student
Science and Technology Studies
Email:megh21@yorku.ca
Jiho Shin
Graduate Student
Lassonde
Email: jihoshin@yorku.ca
Shabnam Sukhdev
Graduate Student
AMPD
Email: ssukhdev@yorku.ca
Mohammadali Tofighi
Postdoctoral Fellow
LA&PS
Email: tofighim@yorku.ca
Eric Traccitto
Graduate Student
School of Information Technology
Email: erictrac@my.yorku.ca
Utkarsh Verma
Graduate Student
OMIS, Schulich School of Business
Email:utkarshv@schulich.yorku.ca
Alumni Trainee Members
Ahmad Salimi, Graduate Student
Amin Fadaeinejad, Graduate Student
Amir Mohammad Naeini, Graduate Student
Amirhossein Nadiri, Graduate Student
Andrea Lachmansingh, Graduate Student
Andrew Fisher, Postdoctoral Fellow
Anthony Sangiuliano, Postdoctoral Fellow
Anton Machula, Graduate Student
Arian Boukani, Graduate Student
Danial Kordmodanlou, Graduate Student
Dorsa Nazari, Graduate Student
Faiz Ahmed, Graduate Student
Farnaz Niknia, Graduate Student
Ghadeer Abuoda, Postdoctoral Fellow
Grayson Richards, Graduate Student
Guilherme Cavalcante Silva, Graduate Student
Hamidreza Dastmalchi, Graduate Student
Haoqi Huang, Graduate Student
Ibrahim Carvalho, Postdoctoral Fellow
Jasmine Madaan, Graduate Student
Junfei Wang, Graduate Student
Kasun Weerasinghe, Graduate Student
Laine McCrory, Graduate Student
Matthew Kowal, Graduate Student
Melika Sepidband, Graduate Student
Mohammadhossein Naderi, Graduate Student
Muhammad Bilal, Graduate Student
Mykelle Pacquing, Graduate Student
Niels Bracher, Graduate Student
Omid Shakiba, Graduate Student
Saba Asaad, Postdoctoral Fellow
Saghar Bagheri, Graduate Student
Sara Richards, Graduate Student
Shraddha Kunwar, Graduate Student
Siavash Barqi Janiar, Graduate Student
Simon Wallace, Graduate Student
Somang Nam, Postdoctoral Fellow
Viet Ho Tam Thuc Do, Graduate Student
Zahra Hosseini, Graduate Student
Ashley Davison-Eke HBSc, MHI, PMP
Email: ashani@yorku.ca