Shurui Zhou, University of Toronto

Research

Software Engineering AI-Based Software Systems Collaborative Software Development Computational Notebooks Empirical Study Interdisciplinary Software Teams Mining Software Repositories Software Evolution

Latest funding

The Political Accountability, Transparency, and Representation Oversight Network (PATRON) - Réseau d'observation, de transparence, et d'imputabilité Politique (ROTIP)
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$19,982
Line of Business Explainability
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$75,000
Improving computer-aided design via deep prediction of designer action sequences
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$125,000

All 5 grants and awards

The Political Accountability, Transparency, and Representation Oversight Network (PATRON) - Réseau d'observation, de transparence, et d'imputabilité Politique (ROTIP)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: Political Accountability; Political Representation; Political Transparency; Political Finance; Investigative Journalism; Public Data; Open Government; Political Parties; Public Policy; Computational Social Science; Government Records; Digital Humanities

$19,982

Line of Business Explainability

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Zhou, Shurui S

Keywords: ai explainability; business intelligence; information system; requirement engineering; software engineering

$75,000

Improving computer-aided design via deep prediction of designer action sequences

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Olechowski, Alison

Keywords: computer-aided design; user analytics; predictive analytics; recurrent neural network; software development

$125,000

Facilitating Interdisciplinary Teams to Build Better AI-Based Systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Zhou, Shurui

$12,500

Facilitating Interdisciplinary Teams to Build Better AI-Based Systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Zhou, Shurui

Keywords: software engineering; interdisciplinary software teams; ai-based software systems; collaborative software development; computational notebooks; software evolution; mining software repositories; empirical study

$96,000

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: Software Engineering Dear Professor Zhou, 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 software engineering 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 "Line of Business Explainability" (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]