Hossein Fani, University of Windsor

Research

Information Retrieval Online Social Network Analysis Social Information Retrieval Social Web Search User Community Modeling User Modeling artificial neural network aspect detection

Latest funding

Computing Workstations for Deep Learning on Graph-Structured Data
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$32,010
Customer Feedback Analytics from Unsolicited Resources
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$90,000
Time-aware Community-enhanced Social Information Retrieval
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 4 grants and awards

Computing Workstations for Deep Learning on Graph-Structured Data

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Fani, Hossein

$32,010

Customer Feedback Analytics from Unsolicited Resources

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Fani, Hossein H

Keywords: artificial neural network; aspect detection; customer experience management; customer feedback analysis; machine learning; opinion detection; sentiment analysis; social feedback analysis; social network mining; social review

$90,000

Time-aware Community-enhanced Social Information Retrieval

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Fani, Hossein

$12,500

Time-aware Community-enhanced Social Information Retrieval

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Fani, Hossein

Keywords: social information retrieval; online social network analysis; user community modeling; user modeling; information retrieval; social web search

$116,000

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: Information Retrieval Dear Professor Fani, 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 information retrieval 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 "Computing Workstations for Deep Learning on Graph-Structured Data" (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]