CAIS Director: James Elder (Lassonde, Health)
James Elder is Professor and York Research Chair in Human and Computer Vision, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (LSE), Department of Psychology (Health) and Co-Director of the Centre for AI & Society (CAIS) at York University, Toronto, Canada. Dr. Elder’s research seeks to improve machine vision systems through a better understanding of visual processing in biological systems. Dr. Elder currently leads the ORF-RE project Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Urban Mobility. He holds a number of patents on attentive vision technologies and is the co-founder of the AI start-up AttentiveVision. He is appointed to the Editorial Boards of three international journals.
CAIS Associate Director: Jonathan Obar (LA&PS)
Jonathan A. Obar, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication & Media Studies. He also serves as a Research Fellow with the Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law at Michigan State University, where he previously worked for four years. His teaching and research focus on information and communication policy, and the relationship between digital technologies, civil liberties and the inclusiveness of public cultures. Recent academic publications address big data and privacy, internet routing and NSA surveillance, network neutrality, and digital activism. He is co-editor of Strategies for Media Reform: International Perspectives.
Arik Senderovich
Role in CAIS:
Chair, Events Committee
Andrew Sarta
Role in CAIS:
Chair, Public Relations Committee
Email: andrew.sarta@yorku.ca / Andrew Sarta
Pirathayini Srikantha
Role in CAIS:
Lead, Smart Cities
Murat Kristal
Role in CAIS:
Chair, Commercialization and Entrepreneurships Committee
Email: mkristal@schulich.yorku.ca / Murat Kristal
Kostantinos Derpanis
Role in CAIS:
Public Relations and Events Committee
Email: kosta@yorku.ca / Kosta Derpanis
Usman Khan
Role in CAIS:
Training & Recruitment Committee
Email: usman.khan@lassonde.yorku.ca / Usman Khan
Chair:
Amir Asif, Vice-President, Research & Innovation
Vice-Chair:
Peter Park, Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies, Lassonde School of Engineering
Board:
Sara Slinn, Associate Dean, Research & Institutional Relations, Osgoode Hall Law School
Ravi de Costa, Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
Vivian Saridakis, Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Education, Faculty of Science
Chris Ardern, Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Health
Dirk Matten, Associate Dean, Research, Schulich School of Business
Laura Levin, Associate Dean, Research, School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design
Members of the CAIS Inaugural Advisory Board: (listed alphabetically by last name):
Johanne Bélisle
Innovation Policy Advisor, formerly at World Intellectual Property Organization, & Former CEO, Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Casey Chisick
Partner and Chair, Intellectual Property and Entertainment, Media & Sports Law, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Sven Dickinson
Vice President/Head Samsung AI Research Center & Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Konstantinos Georgaras
Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trademarks and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Uma Gopinath
Chief Information Officer, Porter Airlines
Nadine Letson
Head of Corporate, External and Legal Affairs, Microsoft Canada
Aaron Rezaei
Chief Executive Officer at STIM Canada Inc & General Partner, Archangel Network of FUNDS
Allison Sekuler
Sandra A Rotman Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience, Rotman Research Institute; President & Chief Scientist, Baycrest Academy for Research and Education; President & Chief Scientist, Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation; Professor, Psychology, University of Toronto, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University
Altaf Stationwala
President and CEO, Mackenzie Health
Elissa Strome
Executive Director, Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, CIFAR
Graham Taylor
Faculty Member & Canada CIFAR AI Chair, Vector Institute for AI; Academic Director, Next AI; Professor & Canada Research Chair, School of Engineering, University of Guelph
Julia Zhu
Executive Vice President and Chief Digital & Innovation Officer, Alectra Utilities
Listed in alphabetical order by last name
Ines Arous
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: inesar@yorku.ca / Ines Arous
Ali Asgary
Professor
Disaster & Emergency Management, School of Administrative Studies
Email: asgary@yorku.ca / Ali Asgary
Alvine B. Belle
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Gene Cheung
Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: genec@eecs.yorku.ca / Gene Cheung
Suzanne Chiodo
Assistant Professor
Osgoode Hall Law School
Email: chiodo@osgoode.yorku.ca / Suzanne Chiodo
Rachel da Silveira Gorman
Associate Professor
Faculty of Health Policy and Management
Email: gorman@yorku.ca / Rachel da Silveira Gorman
Kostantinos Derpanis
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: kosta@yorku.ca / Kosta Derpanis
Shital Desai
Assistant Professor
School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design
Email: desais@yorku.ca / Shital Desai
Valerio De Stefano
Professor
Osgoode Hall Law School
Adam Diamant
Associate Professor
Operations Management and Information Systems
Email: adiamant@schulich.yorku.ca / Adam Diamant
Elham Dolatabadi
Assistant Professor
School of Health Policy and Management
Email: edolatab@yorku.ca / Elham Dolatabadi
James Elder
Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: jelder@yorku.ca / James Elder
Petros Faloutsos
Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: pfal@eecs.yorku.ca / Petros Faloutsos
Hany Farag
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: hefarag@eecs.yorku.ca / Hany Farag
Marios Fokaefs
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: fokaefs@yorku.ca / Marios Fokaefs
Hadi Hemmati
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: hemmati@yorku.ca / Hadi Hemmati
Michael Jenkin
Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: jenkin@eecs.yorku.ca / Michael Jenkin
Zhen Ming (Jack) Jiang
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: zmjiang@eecs.yorku.ca / Zhen Ming Jiang
Shahin Kamali
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
Email: kamalis@yorku.ca / Shahin Kamali
Peter Khaiter
Associate Professor
School of Information Technology
Hamzeh Khazaei
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: hkh@yorku.ca / Hamezeh Khazaei
Murat Kristal
Professor
Schulich School of Business
Email: mkristal@schulich.yorku.ca / Murat Kristal
Yves Lesperance
Professor (Emeritus)
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: lesperan@eecs.yorku.ca / Yves Lesperance
Marin Litoiu
Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science/Information Technology
Email: mlitoiu@yorku.ca / Marin Litoiu
Shweta Mahajan
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Email: shwemaha@yorku.ca / Shweta Mahajan
Maleknaz Nayebi
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: mnayebi@yorku.ca / Maleknaz Nayebi
Jonathan Obar
Associate Professor
Communication & Media Studies
Email: jaobar@yorku.ca / Jonathan Obar
Adeyemi Olusola
Assistant Professor
Environmental & Urban Change
Email: aolusola@yorku.ca / Adeyemi Olusola
Manos Papagelis
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: papaggel@eecs.yorku.ca / Manos Papagelis
Jonathon Penney
Associate Professor
Osgoode Hall Law School
Email: jpenney@osgoode.yorku.ca / Jonathon Penney
Enamul Hoque Prince
Associate Professor
Information Technology
Email: enamulh@yorku.ca / Enamul Hoque Prince
Sean Rehaag
Associate Professor
Osgoode Hall Law School
Email: srehaag@osgoode.yorku.ca / Sean Rehaag
Eleftherios (Terry) Sachlos
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Email: sachlos@yorku.ca / Eleftherios Sachlos
Ali Sadeghi-Naini
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: asn@yorku.ca / Ali Sadeghi-Naini
Andrew Sarta
Assistant Professor
School of Administrative Studies
Email: andrew.sarta@yorku.ca / Andrew Sarta
Arik Senderovich
Assistant Professor
Information Technology
Email: sariks@yorku.ca / Arik Senderovich
Laleh Seyyed-Kalantari
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: lsk@yorku.ca / Laleh Seyyed-Kalantari
Yan Shvartzshnaider
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: yansh@eecs.yorku.ca / Yan Shvartzshnaider
Pirathayini Srikantha
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Ian Stedman
Associate Professor
Public Policy & Administration
Email: istedman@yorku.ca / Ian Stedman
Hina Tabassum
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: hina@eecs.yorku.ca / Hina Tabassum
Gias Uddin
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: guddin@yorku.ca / Gias Uddin
Ruth Urner
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: uruth@yorku.ca / Ruth Urner
Doug Van Nort
Associate Professor
Digital Media, School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design
Email: vannort@yorku.ca / Doug Van Nort
Ping Wang
Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: pingw@eecs.yorku.ca / Ping Wang
Song Wang
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: wangsong@eecs.yorku.ca / Wang Song
Marcus Brubaker
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: mab@eecs.yorku.ca / Marcus Brubaker
Duygu Biricik Gulseren
Associate Professor
School of Human Resource Management
Email: gulseren@yorku.ca / Duygu Biricik Gulseren
Mohsen Javdan
Assistant Professor
School of Administrative Studies
Email: mjavdan@yorku.ca / Mohsen Javdan
Gabi Schaffzin
Assistant Professor
Arts, Media Performance & Design
Email: gabis@yorku.ca / Gabi Schaffzin
Meiying Qin
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Email: mqin@yorku.ca / Meiying Qin
To request membership, please complete the form found here: CAIS Membership Application Form
Membership Categories:
There are three categories of CAIS membership:
Faculty Members. These are research-stream faculty at any campus of York University who are actively engaged in AI-related research.
Associate Faculty Members. These are research- or teaching-stream faculty at any campus of York University who are interested in AI-related research and would like to stay abreast of CAIS developments and participate in some CAIS events.
Trainee Members. These are graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who are actively engaged in AI-related research. While they will typically be supervised by a CAIS member, this is not a requirement of membership.
Members apply with an online form. Applicants are admitted if they meet the criteria above. This is decided by the Co-Directors for Associate Faculty and Trainee Member applicants, and by the CAIS Executive for Faculty Member applicants.
Faculty Members are required to contribute to CAIS activities, including committees and events, and to complete annual reports.
Listed in alphabetical order by last name
Fatemeh Aghdam
Graduate Student
Schulich School of Business
Email: faman@schulich.yorku.ca
Robert Appleton
Graduate Student
School of Music
Email: rappleto@yorku.ca
Arash Asgari
Graduate Student
Computer Science/EECS
Email: arash.asgari.m@gmail.com
Arvind Babajee
Graduate Student
Osgoode Hall Law School
Email: arvindbabajee@gmail.com
Abeer Badawi
Graduate Student
Faculty of Health
Email: abeerbadawi@yorku.ca
Michael Ben
Graduate Student
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Email: mben2@yorku.ca
Nauman Bashir Bhatti
Graduate Student
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Email: naumanb@yorku.ca
Kathleen Cherrington
Graduate Student
LA&PS
Email: kathleencherrington@gmail.com
Tim Eadie
Graduate Student
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email: timothy.eadie@gmail.com
Sevda Ebrahimi
Graduate Student
EECS
Email: sevdaebr@yorku.ca
Daniel James Escott
Graduate Student
Osgoode Hall Law School
Email: descott@yorku.ca
Frederic Fu
Postdoctoral Researcher
Faculty of Health
Email: fredpfu@yorku.ca
Hassan Hamidihesarsorkh
Graduate Student
Lassonde School of Engineering
Email:hamidi3031@gmail.com
Sileshi Hirko
Graduate Student
Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies
Email: sileshibm@gmail.com
SeyedMohsen Hosseini
Graduate Student
Mathematics and Statistics
Jing Li
Graduate Student
EECS
Email: jliellen@yorku.ca
Chengyuan Liang
Graduate Student
Science and Technology Studies, Department of Humanities
Email: cyliang@yorku.ca
Yinghang Ma
Graduate Student
Lassonde School of Engineering
Email: yinghangma.2019@gmail.com
Parastoo “Paris” Mazaheri
Graduate Student
Department of Communication and Media Studies
Email: paris73@yorku.ca
Stella Mbaka
Graduate Student
Department of Science and Technology Studies
Email: stellamm@yorku.ca
Clifford McCarten
Graduate Student
Osgoode Hall Law School (LLM)
Email: cliffordmccarten@osgoode.yorku.ca
Caleb Morgan
Graduate Student
Mechanical Engineering
Email:cmorg24@yorku.ca
John Weirstrass Muteba Mwamba
Graduate Student
School of Health Policy and Management
Email:jwmm@yorku.ca
Shadi Nasseri
Graduate Student
Osgoode
Email: shadi80@yorku.ca
Tim Nicodemo
Graduate Student
AMPD
Email:tnicodem@yorku.ca
Hashem Omrani
Graduate Student
Schulich School of Business
Email: omrani@yorku.ca
Christos Orfanidis
Graduate Student
Connected Minds–School of Human Resource Management
Email:orfanid@yorku.ca
Maryam Parsian
Graduate Student
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Email: smaryamparsian@gmail.com
Prateeksha Pathak
Graduate Student
Geography
Email:pathakp@yorku.ca
Jad Seaidoun
Graduate Student
STS
Email:jseaidoun@gmail.com
Meghana Sharma
Graduate Student
Science and Technology Studies
Email:megh21@yorku.ca
Jiho Shin
Graduate Student
Lassonde
Email: jihoshin@yorku.ca
Shabnam Sukhdev
Graduate Student
AMPD
Email: ssukhdev@yorku.ca
Mohammadali Tofighi
Postdoctoral Fellow
LA&PS
Email: tofighim@yorku.ca
Eric Traccitto
Graduate Student
School of Information Technology
Email: erictrac@my.yorku.ca
Utkarsh Verma
Graduate Student
OMIS, Schulich School of Business
Email:utkarshv@schulich.yorku.ca
Alumni Trainee Members
Ahmad Salimi, Graduate Student
Amin Fadaeinejad, Graduate Student
Amir Mohammad Naeini, Graduate Student
Amirhossein Nadiri, Graduate Student
Andrea Lachmansingh, Graduate Student
Andrew Fisher, Postdoctoral Fellow
Anthony Sangiuliano, Postdoctoral Fellow
Anton Machula, Graduate Student
Arian Boukani, Graduate Student
Danial Kordmodanlou, Graduate Student
Dorsa Nazari, Graduate Student
Faiz Ahmed, Graduate Student
Farnaz Niknia, Graduate Student
Ghadeer Abuoda, Postdoctoral Fellow
Grayson Richards, Graduate Student
Guilherme Cavalcante Silva, Graduate Student
Hamidreza Dastmalchi, Graduate Student
Haoqi Huang, Graduate Student
Ibrahim Carvalho, Postdoctoral Fellow
Jasmine Madaan, Graduate Student
Junfei Wang, Graduate Student
Kasun Weerasinghe, Graduate Student
Laine McCrory, Graduate Student
Matthew Kowal, Graduate Student
Melika Sepidband, Graduate Student
Mohammadhossein Naderi, Graduate Student
Muhammad Bilal, Graduate Student
Mykelle Pacquing, Graduate Student
Niels Bracher, Graduate Student
Omid Shakiba, Graduate Student
Saba Asaad, Postdoctoral Fellow
Saghar Bagheri, Graduate Student
Sara Richards, Graduate Student
Shraddha Kunwar, Graduate Student
Siavash Barqi Janiar, Graduate Student
Simon Wallace, Graduate Student
Somang Nam, Postdoctoral Fellow
Viet Ho Tam Thuc Do, Graduate Student
Zahra Hosseini, Graduate Student
Ashley Davison-Eke HBSc, MHI, PMP
Email: ashani@yorku.ca