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Bio I am a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Faculty of Information and Media Studies
at Western University. I am the director of
the Insight Lab, where we investigate how to design interactive technologies
to better support human mental activities that involve working with data and
information, such as decision making, problem solving, and learning. Before joining Western, I was a
Research Staff Member at the IBM T.J.
Watson Research Center in
New York. Prior to that, I worked overseas as well as in the aerospace
industry. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science (Human-Computer
Interaction) from The University of British Columbia under the supervision of
Prof. Maria Klawe. My research was nominated for the Governor General’s Gold
Medal for best Ph.D. dissertation. My M.Sc. was in Computer Science (Artificial
Intelligence) from McGill University under the supervision of Prof. Renato De
Mori. And my B.Sc. was in Computer Engineering and Science from Concordia
University. I was the Valedictorian of the Faculty of Engineering and
Computer Science, graduating with The Most Great Distinction. |
