Faezeh Ensan, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

Ad hoc retrieval Information Retrieval Knowledge Graphs Knowledge Management Semantic Technologies Web Search

Latest papers

Empowering open medium-sized generative language models for effective structured search in biomedical systematic reviews.
International journal of medical informatics · 2026 · senior author
Exploring unanswerability in machine reading comprehension: approaches, benchmarks, and open challenges.
Artificial intelligence review · 2026 · senior author
Semantics-enabled biomedical literature analytics.
Journal of biomedical informatics · 2024

All 6 publications

Latest funding

NSERC CREATE in Responsible Development of AI (RAI)
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$1,021,680
Semantics-driven Information Retrieval
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$120,000
Semantics-driven Information Retrieval
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 3 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Empowering open medium-sized generative language models for effective structured search in biomedical systematic reviews.

Budau L, Finney R, Ensan F

International journal of medical informatics2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2026.106463 PMID: 42107249

02

Exploring unanswerability in machine reading comprehension: approaches, benchmarks, and open challenges.

Moradisani H, Zarrinkalam F, Noorian Z, Ensan F

Artificial intelligence review2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10462-025-11421-5 PMID: 41312427

03

Semantics-enabled biomedical literature analytics.

Kilicoglu H, Ensan F, McInnes B, Wang LL

Journal of biomedical informatics2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2024.104588 PMID: 38244957

04

Learning to rank query expansion terms for COVID-19 scholarly search.

Khader A, Ensan F

Journal of biomedical informatics2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2023.104386 PMID: 37178780

05

Towards semantic-driven boolean query formalization for biomedical systematic literature reviews.

Pourreza M, Ensan F

International journal of medical informatics2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2022.104928 PMID: 36442443

06

Call for papers: Semantics-enabled biomedical literature analytics.

Kilicoglu H, Ensan F, McInnes B, Wang LL

Journal of biomedical informatics2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2022.104134 PMID: 35850379

NSERC CREATE in Responsible Development of AI (RAI)

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Ensan, Faezeh FE

Keywords: accountability; ai fairness and discrimination; algorithmic bias; data analytics; data anonymization; ethics; explainability; privacy-enhanced technology; procedural and outcome disparities

$1,021,680

Semantics-driven Information Retrieval

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ensan, Faezeh

Keywords: information retrieval; semantic technologies; knowledge graphs; knowledge management; ad hoc retrieval; web search

$120,000

Semantics-driven Information Retrieval

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Ensan, Faezeh

$12,500

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

Frequent collaborators

Fattane Zarrinkalam

School of Engineering, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Ad hoc retrieval Dear Professor Ensan, 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]. I read your paper "Empowering open medium-sized generative language models for effective structured search in biomedical systematic reviews." (2026), and it 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 "Semantics-driven Information Retrieval" (2020), 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]