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Activity

Published in the last 3 years Teaches graduate courses Has CIHR grants

Role

Professors42 Clinical faculty0 Adjunct, part-time and visiting3 Emeritus12 Research and leadership roles0

Faculty

Engineering38 Health Sciences2 DeGroote School of Business1 Science1

Department

Medicine214 Surgery70 Pediatrics63 Family Medicine48 Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences43 Rehabilitation Science

Research area

Formal Methods in Verification9 Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies7 Logic, programming, and type systems6 Software Engineering Research6 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data5

Showing 20 of 42 faculty members

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Paul McNicholas

Professor, Mathematics and Statistics

Faculty of Science

Bayesian Methods and Mixture ModelsAdvanced Clustering Algorithms ResearchStatistical Methods and Bayesian Inference

272 publications

36

Computing and Software35

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact35

Electrical and Computer Engineering33

Mathematics and Statistics31

Obstetrics & Gynecology26

Physics & Astronomy24

Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences24

Pathology & Molecular Medicine23

Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques

4

Distributed systems and fault tolerance3

Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge3

Semantic Web and Ontologies3

Software Reliability and Analysis Research3

AI in cancer detection2

Advanced Database Systems and Queries2

(61 in 5 years)

h-index 43

Latest paper 2026

Teaches graduate courses

20 CIHR grants

Canada Research Chair

Rong Zheng

Professor, Computing and Software

Faculty of Engineering

Indoor and Outdoor Localization TechnologiesEnergy Efficient Wireless Sensor NetworksWireless Networks and Protocols

288 publications(59 in 5 years)h-index 41Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 16 CIHR grants

Ashirbani Saha

Assistant Professor, Oncology

Faculty of Health Sciences

Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingAI in cancer detectionMRI in cancer diagnosis

122 publications(46 in 5 years)h-index 12Latest paper 2026 3 CIHR grants

Douglas G Down

Professor, Computing and Software

Faculty of Engineering

Advanced Queuing Theory AnalysisCloud Computing and Resource ManagementDistributed and Parallel Computing Systems

164 publications(43 in 5 years)h-index 26Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 11 CIHR grants

Zoe Li

Associate Professor, Civil Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesHydrological Forecasting Using AIFlood Risk Assessment and Management

107 publications(43 in 5 years)h-index 31Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 10 CIHR grants

Mark Lawford

Professor, Computing and Software

Faculty of Engineering

Formal Methods in VerificationSafety Systems Engineering in AutonomySoftware Reliability and Analysis Research

177 publications(40 in 5 years)h-index 19Latest paper 2027 Teaches graduate courses 15 CIHR grants

Shahab Asoodeh

Assistant Professor, Computing and Software

Faculty of Engineering

Privacy-Preserving Technologies in DataCryptography and Data SecurityStochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques

97 publications(39 in 5 years)h-index 15Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 2 CIHR grants

Sebastien Mosser

Associate Professor, Computing and Software

Faculty of Engineering

Advanced Software Engineering MethodologiesService-Oriented Architecture and Web ServicesSoftware Engineering Research

106 publications(34 in 5 years)h-index 15Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 3 CIHR grants

Lingyang Chu

Associate Professor, Computing and Software

Faculty of Engineering

Adversarial Robustness in Machine LearningAdvanced Graph Neural NetworksPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in Data

75 publications(33 in 5 years)h-index 16Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 5 CIHR grants

Ryszard Janicki

Professor, Computing and Software

Faculty of Engineering

Formal Methods in VerificationPetri Nets in System ModelingLogic, programming, and type systems

257 publications(31 in 5 years)h-index 18Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 11 CIHR grants

Richard Paige

Professor, Computing and Software

Faculty of Engineering

Model-Driven Software Engineering TechniquesAdvanced Software Engineering MethodologiesSoftware Engineering Research

461 publications(30 in 5 years)h-index 21Latest paper 2027 Teaches graduate courses 6 CIHR grants

Istvan David

Assistant Professor, Computing and Software

Faculty of Engineering

Model-Driven Software Engineering TechniquesDigital Transformation in IndustrySimulation Techniques and Applications

30 publications(29 in 5 years)h-index 10Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 2 CIHR grants

Vladimir Mahalec

Professor, Chemical Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Process Optimization and IntegrationAdvanced Control Systems OptimizationFault Detection and Control Systems

107 publications(29 in 5 years)h-index 23Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 6 CIHR grants

Kai Huang

Professor, Operations Management

DeGroote School of Business

Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementTransportation and Mobility InnovationsTransportation Planning and Optimization

80 publications(28 in 5 years)h-index 21Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 18 CIHR grants

Jacques Carette

Professor, Computing and Software

Faculty of Engineering

Logic, programming, and type systemsComputability, Logic, AI AlgorithmsLogic, Reasoning, and Knowledge

141 publications(26 in 5 years)h-index 15Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 13 CIHR grants

Alan Wassyng

Professor, Computing and Software

Faculty of Engineering

Safety Systems Engineering in AutonomySoftware Reliability and Analysis ResearchFormal Methods in Verification

129 publications(23 in 5 years)h-index 13Latest paper 2027 Teaches graduate courses 12 CIHR grants

Emil Sekerinski

Professor, Computing and Software

Faculty of Engineering

Formal Methods in VerificationLogic, programming, and type systemsAdvanced Software Engineering Methodologies

173 publications(23 in 5 years)h-index 14Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 7 CIHR grants

George Karakostas

Associate Professor, Computing and Software

Faculty of Engineering

Optimization and Search ProblemsIoT and Edge/Fog ComputingAge of Information Optimization

96 publications(22 in 5 years)h-index 23Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 6 CIHR grants

Onaizah Onaizah

Assistant Professor, Computing and Software

Faculty of Engineering

Micro and Nano RoboticsSoft Robotics and ApplicationsAdvanced Materials and Mechanics

34 publications(22 in 5 years)h-index 11Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 3 CIHR grants

Wenbo He

Professor, Computing and Software

Faculty of Engineering

Adversarial Robustness in Machine LearningAdvanced Malware Detection TechniquesAnomaly Detection Techniques and Applications

143 publications(22 in 5 years)h-index 29Latest paper 2026 Teaches graduate courses 4 CIHR grants

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Activity

Published in the last 3 years Teaches graduate courses Has CIHR grants

Role

Professors42 Clinical faculty0 Adjunct, part-time and visiting3 Emeritus12 Research and leadership roles0

Faculty

Engineering38 Health Sciences2 DeGroote School of Business1 Science1

Department

Medicine214 Surgery70 Pediatrics63 Family Medicine48 Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences43 Rehabilitation Science

Research area

Formal Methods in Verification9 Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies7 Logic, programming, and type systems6 Software Engineering Research6 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data5

36

Computing and Software35

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact35

Electrical and Computer Engineering33

Mathematics and Statistics31

Obstetrics & Gynecology26

Physics & Astronomy24

Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences24

Pathology & Molecular Medicine23

Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques

4

Distributed systems and fault tolerance3

Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge3

Semantic Web and Ontologies3

Software Reliability and Analysis Research3

AI in cancer detection2

Advanced Database Systems and Queries2