Ali Emami, Brock University

Research

AI & Ethics Artificial Intelligence Causal Inference Common Sense Reasoning Computational Linguistics Deep Learning Interpretability Machine Learning

Latest funding

Can Machines Learn Common-Sense Reasoning?
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$75,000
Can Machines Learn Common-Sense Reasoning?
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$12,500
Next Gen Edtech: A Systematic Analysis and Modelling of the Latent Effects of Social Media on Youth Digital Citizenship
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$124,103

All 3 grants and awards

Can Machines Learn Common-Sense Reasoning?

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Emami, Ali

Keywords: natural language processing; common sense reasoning; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; interpretability; ai & ethics; causal inference; representation learning; computational linguistics

$75,000

Can Machines Learn Common-Sense Reasoning?

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Emami, Ali

$12,500

Next Gen Edtech: A Systematic Analysis and Modelling of the Latent Effects of Social Media on Youth Digital Citizenship

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Dividino, Renata

Keywords: Digital Citizenship ; Recommender Systems; Consumer Profiles; Collective Intelligence; Responsible AI; Data Privacy; Bias in Computer Systems ; Social Engineering; Algorithmic Manipulation

$124,103

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: AI & Ethics Dear Professor Emami, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on ai & ethics connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Can Machines Learn Common-Sense Reasoning?" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]