Our Community

The Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society (SRI) is an interdisciplinary network of researchers across STEM, social sciences, and humanities fields exploring the social impacts of powerful technologies like AI.

Our community is composed of 175+ active researchers across 24 disciplines representing 65+ departments and faculties across U of T and beyond.

Faculty Fellows

 
Zubin Austin

Zubin Austin

Faculty Fellow, 2024–26

Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Legal and regulatory systems for AI, workplace and workforce implications of AI in health professional practice.

Felix Cheung

Felix Cheung

Faculty Fellow, 2024–26

Department of Psychology

Psychology, population well-being, well-being science, quantitative data analysis, technology and quality of life, open science.

Kristina McElheran

Faculty Fellow, 2024–26

Department of Management, UTSC

Strategic management, business administration, organizational design and IT, digital economies, data-driven decision-making, technology start-ups.

Semra Sevi

Faculty Fellow, 2024–26

Department of Political Science

Voting behaviour, political representation, public opinion, legislative politics, women and politics, partisanship, political methodology.

 
 
 
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Bruce Schneier

Visiting Senior Policy Fellow, 2025–26

Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy

Cybersecurity, digital privacy, AI security, AI and integrity, AI and trust, AI and democracy, future of democracy.

 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Fellows

 
Toryn Qwyllyn Klassen

Toryn Qwyllyn Klassen

Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Computer Science

Computer science, artificial intelligence, AI safety, reinforcement learning, knowledge representation.

Ilya Grishchenko

Ilya Grishchenko

Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Computer security, system security, program analysis.

 
 
 

Graduate Fellows

 
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Mai Ali

Graduate Fellow, 2025–26

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Machine learning, AI for healthcare, remote monitoring, mental health prediction.

Benjamin Cookson

Graduate Fellow, 2025–26

Department of Computer Science

Computer science, algorithmic economics, social choice theory, algorithmic fairness, game theory.

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Michael Cooper

Graduate Fellow, 2025–26

Department of Computer Science

Machine learning for healthcare, machine learning.

Congyu Fang

Graduate Fellow, 2025–26

Department of Computer Science

Trustworthy machine learning, machine learning for healthcare, machine learning for science.

 
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Mathew Iantorno

Graduate Fellow, 2025–26

Faculty of Information

Marketing, retail labour, automation, AI, self-service, supermarkets, digital humanities, media archaeology, urban space, hostile design, accessible technology

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Rachel Katz

Graduate Fellow, 2025–26

Institute for the History & Philosophy of Science & Technology

Ethical issues in AI, moral philosophy, bioethics, philosophy of psychiatry, human-AI interaction.

Kexin (Cassie) Li

Kexin (Cassie) Li

Graduate Fellow, 2025–26

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Trustworthy machine learning, AI security, privacy.

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Nanyu Luo

Graduate Fellow, 2025–26

Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development

Psychometrics, statistics, human-aligned AI, quantitative psychology, statistical machine learning.

 
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Kaushar Mahetaji

Graduate Fellow, 2025–26

Faculty of Information

Communication and media studies, platform studies, software tools, platform governance, platform economies, infrastructure, data.

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David-Dan Nguyen

Graduate Fellow, 2025–26

Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation

Clinical epidemiology, health services research, health equity, machine learning in healthcare, predictive modeling, urology, oncology.

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Adebukola (Bukky) Shonibare

Graduate Fellow, 2025–26

Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies

Law, sociolegal studies, criminology, technology, AI, survivor-centred AI, AI-assisted justice.

Priyanka Verma

Graduate Fellow, 2025–26

Faculty of Information

Computer science, algorithmic fairness, financial technologies design, social choice, cooperatives, data practices and tools.

 
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Darsana Vijay

Graduate Fellow, 2025–26

Faculty of Information

Critical media studies, journalism, platform studies, South Asian studies.

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Suhyeon Yoo

Graduate Fellow, 2025–26

Department of Computer Science

Human-computer interaction, accessibility, creativity support, human-AI interaction, deaf music.

Lunjun Zhang

Graduate Fellow, 2025–26

Department of Computer Science

Computer science, human-compatible artificial intelligence.

 
 
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Joshua Brecka

E3I Graduate Teaching Fellow, 2025–26

Department of Philosophy

Philosophy, social and traditional epistemology, theories of trust, philosophy of ethics.

Andrew Doppenberg

Andrew Doppenberg

E3I Graduate Teaching Fellow, 2025–26

Department of Philosophy

Formal epistemology, social epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of religion.

Renee Sirbu

Renee Sirbu

E3I Graduate Teaching Fellow, 2025–26

Institute for the History & Philosophy of Science & Technology

AI ethics, human-machine coupling, medical ethics, legal and regulatory systems for AI, neurotechnology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of technology

 
 

Faculty Affiliates

 
Syed Ishtiaque AhmedFaculty FellowComputer science, human-computer interaction, ethics in AI, social justice.

Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed

Department of COmputer Science

Computer science, human-computer interaction, ethics in AI, social justice.

Benjamin Alarie

Benjamin Alarie

Faculty of Law

Law, law and technology, AI in public policy, decision-making.

Sharla Alegria

Department of Sociology

Race, gender and class, science knowledge and technology, organizations, occupations and work, AI and inequality.

Rohan Alexander

Rohan Alexander

Faculty of Information

Information, statistical sciences, workflow analysis, natural language processing, multilevel regression with post-stratification.

 
Michelle Alexopoulos

Michelle Alexopoulos

Department of Economics

Economics, macroeconomics, business cycles, growth and technological change, labour markets.

Meena Andiappan

Meena Andiappan

Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation

Health policy and management, public health, normative ethics, analysis of emotion, organizational studies.

Samin Aref

Samin Aref

Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Mathematical modeling, data science, applied machine learning, sociotechnical systems, computational social science.

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Lisa Austin

Faculty of Law

Law, legal theory, law and technology, privacy and transparency legislation.

 
Boris Babic

Boris Babic

Department of Philosophy, University of Hong Kong

Philosophy, statistics, decision theory, epistemology, Bayesian interference, data science, machine learning, explainability and ethics of AI.

Ebrahim Bagheri

Ebrahim Bagheri

Faculty of Information

Information retrieval, social media analytics, responsible AI, knowledge graphs.

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Mohammed Basheer

Dept. of Civil & Mineral Engineering

Civil engineering, water resource systems, hydrology, hydraulics, dams and hydropower, environmental monitoring, water-energy-food nexus.

Ali Bereyhi

Ali Bereyhi

Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Information theory, statistical learning, distributed learning, sparse recovery and compressed sensing, statistical physics and information processing, applications of deep learning in communication systems, generative models.

 

LK Bertram

Department of History

Disinformation, knowledge mobilization, history, social media, algorithmic literacy, policy, elections integrity, public outreach.

Mamatha Bhat

Mamatha Bhat

Institute of Medical Science

Liver transplantation, artificial intelligence, equity, AI development and deployment in clinical settings.

Venkat Bhat

Venkat Bhat

Department of Psychiatry

Medicine, interventional psychiatry, mental health, digital and AI-driven therapeutic interventions, informatics, computational neuroscience. 

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Jordan Brensinger

Department of Sociology

Sociology, science and technology studies, data governance, neurotechnology, privacy, political economy, economic insecurity.

 

Ron Buliung

Department of Geography, Geomatics & Environment

Disability studies, ableism studies, transportation planning, disability rights, AI and data governance, AI and human augmentation, universal design.

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Timothy C.Y. Chan

Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Operations research, optimization, AI in healthcare.

Marsha Chechik

Marsha Chechik

Department of COmputer Science

Computer science, safety and security in software engineering, automated verification, formal quality improvement methods, model management.

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Huili Chen

Faculty of Information

Human-AI interaction, cognitive science, AI for human flourishing, ethics in AI, social robotics, machine understanding, human-aligned AI.

 
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Michael Colacci

Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation

Public health, health policy and evaluation, AI governance and safety, AI in healthcare, algorithmic fairness in clinical medicine. 

Steven Coyne

Steven Coyne

Department of Philosophy

Moral and political philosophy, philosophy of law, AI ethics, ethics of technology, business ethics, ecofeminism.

Elliot Creager

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo

Computer science, machine learning, algorithmic bias and fairness, deep learning.

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William Cunningham

Department of Psychology

Psychology, social cognition, reinforcement learning, cognitive science, computational modeling, emotional and evaluative states.

 

Hayane Dahmen

Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge

Economic law, public policy, competition policy, artificial intelligence, AI ethics, trade law, AI and antitrust laws, AI governance.

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Rutwa Engineer

Department of Mathematical & Computational Sciences

Computer science education, pedagogical innovation, AI in education, work-integrated learning, critical algorithmic literacies, ethics in computing, correctional computing education.

John Enman-Beech

Jack Enman-Beech

Faculty of Law, University of Alberta

Law, contracts, law and society, queer and feminist legal theory, law and economics, employment law, consumer law, user law, platforms.

Sharon Ferguson

Sharon Ferguson

Department of Management Science and Engineering, University of Waterloo

Human-computer interaction, computer-supported cooperative work, future of work, virtual collaboration, computational social science, human-AI collaboration.

 
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Daniela Galatro

Dept. of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry

Chemical engineering, applied chemistry, applied machine learning, causal modeling, data analysis, environment and health.    

Joshua Gans

Joshua Gans

Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

Economics, strategic management, AI and society, economics of new technologies, entrepreneurial strategy, innovation policy.

Marzyeh Ghassemi

Marzyeh Ghassemi

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT

Computer science, medicine, biomedical engineering, machine learning in healthcare, algorithmic fairness.

Jennifer Gibson

Jennifer Gibson

Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation

Health policy, organizational ethics in healthcare, public health, resource allocation in health, bioethics.

 
Igor Gilitschenski

Igor Gilitschenski

Department of Mathematical & Computational Sciences

Robotics and robot perception, automated vehicles, computer vision, machine learning, deep learning.

Avi Goldfarb

Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

Economics of technology, data science, artificial intelligence in healthcare, economics of privacy, digital marketing.

Paolo Granata

Paolo Granata

Department of Book & Media STudies

Communications, media ecology, medium theory, philosophy of technology, media ethics, digital equity.

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Rafael Grohmann

Department of Arts, Culture & Media

Labour, data work, AI in cultural industries, AI and cooperatives, worker-led AI governance, AI policies and world of work.

 
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Shion Guha

Faculty of Information

Computer science, computational social science, human-centered data science, human-computer interaction, AI and public policy/services, algorithmic bias.

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Seva Gunitsky

Department of Political Science

Comparative autocracy, AI and authoritarianism, Russian AI strategy.

Gillian Hadfield

School of Government and Policy and School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

AI alignment and governance, law, design of legal systems, economics, public policy, normativity.

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Brian Harrington

Department of Computer Science

Computer science education, ethics of technology, ethics of artificial intelligence, skill development, equitable assessment.

 
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Safwat Hassan

Faculty of Information

Generative and explainable AI for information systems maintenance and design, foundation models for software engineering, information systems analytics, mining software repositories, DevOps, AIOps, requirements engineering.

Jason Hattrick-Simpers

Jason Hattrick-Simpers

Department of Materials Science & Engineering

Materials science, applied ML, autonomous science platforms, interpretability, statistical models, human-AI interaction.

Graeme Hirst

Graeme Hirst

Department of Computer & Mathematical Sciences

Natural language processing, computational linguistics, ethics of technology, AI in healthcare.

Diane Horton

Department of Computer Science

Computer science, teaching ethics of technology, computer science education research, assessment.

 

Alice Huang

Departments of Philosophy and Computer Science, Western University

AI ethics, opinion dynamics, social networks, computational models of group decision making, social epistemology.

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Alec Jacobson

Department of Computer Science

Computer graphics, geometry processing, creative tools for visual artists.

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Zhijing Jin

Department of Computer Science

Natural language processing, large language models, computational social science, machine learning, AI safety, causal inference, policy evaluation, AI for science, philosophy of science.

Steve Joordens

Department of Psychology

Educational psychology, technology, AI, skill development, formative learning, formative assessment, preventative mental health.

 
Tero Karppi

Tero Karppi

Institute of Communication, Culture, Information & Technology

Social media, computational culture, software studies, affect theory, media theory.

Jonathan Kelly

Jonathan Kelly

Institute for Aerospace Studies

Robotics, collaborative robots, robot perception, human-robot interaction, embodied intelligence, artificial general intelligence, safe AI systems.

Vera Khovanskaya

Faculty of Information

Labor, automation and technological change, worker advocacy, HCI, CSCW, worker-centered software, data tools, community-driven technology design.

Marlène Koffi

Marlène Koffi

Department of Economics

Economics, economics of machine learning, economics of innovation, economics of science, inequality, AI in public policy.

 

Noam Kolt

Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Law, governance of artificial intelligence, institutional design, automation in the legal system.

Daniel Konikoff

Daniel Konikoff

Department of Sociology, University of Alberta

Value alignment, AI ethics, social dynamics, deep learning, machine learning, natural language processing, philosophy of science.

Leonid Kosals

Leonid Kosals

Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies

Sociology of innovation, criminology, economic sociology, corruption in policing, comparative social research.

Rahul G. Krishnan

Rahul G. Krishnan

Department of Computer Science

Machine learning in healthcare, causal inference, Bayesian and probabilistic modeling, trustworthy machine learning, computational tools for model auditing.

 
Anastasia Kuzminykh

Anastasia Kuzminykh

Faculty of Information

Human-computer interaction, computer science, information science, explainable AI, ethical AI, human-AI collaboration, AI decision support, conversational UI.

Nicola Lacetera

Nicola Lacetera

Department of Economic Sciences, University of Bologna

Ethical and social support to markets, motivations for altruistic behaviour, behavioral economics, industrial and innovation economics.

Travis LaCroix

Travis LaCroix

Department of Philosophy, Durham University

Value alignment, AI ethics, social dynamics, deep learning, machine learning, natural language processing, philosophy of science.

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Bowen Li

Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

RNA medicines, AI-driven nanomedicine, mRNA vaccines, gene editing, lipid nanoparticles, nonviral delivery, immunotherapy.

 
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Evan Light

Faculty of Information

Creative interventions to start policy conversations, public policy, emerging technologies, regulatory innovation, surveillance, privacy.

David Liu

David Liu

Department of Computer Science

Computer science education, pedagogical software, software engineering

Peter Loewen

Department of Government, Cornell University

Political science, global affairs and public policy, decision-making, elections, governance, incorporating technology into governance.

Kelly Lyons

Faculty of Information

Information, computer science, service science, knowledge mobilization, social media, collaborative work, service systems, data-driven knowledge mobilization.

 

Michael Mack

Department of Psychology

Psychology, cognition and cognitive neuroscience, computational modelling, human learning and memory.

Chris Maddison

Chris Maddison

Department of Computer Science

Computer science, machine learning, structure learning, Bayesian inference, numerical optimization, explainability and interpretability in artificial intelligence.

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Steve Mann

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Engineering, science, mathematics, brain-sensing technologies, humanistic intelligence, extended reality, intelligent image processing, comparametric equations, wavelets, chirplets.

Peter Marbach

Peter Marbach

Department of Computer Science

Online social systems, online social networks, recommendation algorithms, opinion dynamics, online markets, large-scale stochastic systems.

 
Paula Maurutto

Paula Maurutto

Department of Sociology

AI in law and criminal justice, surveillance, ethics and equity.

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Susan McCahan

Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Energy systems, engineering design, educational technology, pedagogical innovation.

Bree McEwan

Bree McEwan

Institute of Communication, Culture, Information & Technology

Virtual reality, technological affordances, interpersonal communication, social media, social media data analytics, information diffusion, and polarisation/misinformation.

Rhonda McEwen

Rhonda McEwen

Institute of Communication, Culture, Information & Technology

Communication, information technology, cultural studies, new media theory, interaction studies, human-machine communication, embodied cognition, virtual reality.

 
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Evi Micha

Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California

Computational social choice, algorithmic fairness, pluralistic AI alignment, voting theory, economics.

David B. Nieborg

David B. Nieborg

Department of Arts, Culture & Media

Communication and media studies, critical political economy, platform studies, app studies, cultural production, platform governance and infrastructures, critical data studies.

Aleksandar (Sasho) Nikolov

Aleksandar (Sasho) Nikolov

Department of Computer Science

Computer science, theories of computation, algorithm design, high dimensional geometry, differential privacy, data analysis.

Lynette Ong

Lynette H. Ong

Department of Political Science

Political science, autocracies, state power, repression, governance, contentious politics, developments.

 
Nicolas Papernot

Nicolas Papernot

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Computer engineering, computer science, computer security, machine learning, privacy.

Vardan Papyan

Vardan Papyan

Department of Mathematics

Computer science, machine learning, deep learning, signal processing, high-performance computing, high-dimensional statistics, applied mathematics.

Keith Pardee

Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Synthetic biology, molecular engineering, low-burden health technologies, diagnostics, portable drug manufacturing, computational design, cell-free systems, field validation of technologies.

Jason PlaksFaculty FellowSocial psychology, folk beliefs, moral decision making, human-robot interaction.

Jason Plaks

Department of Psychology

Social psychology, folk beliefs, moral decision making, human-robot interaction.

 
Matt Ratto

Matt Ratto

Faculty of Information

Information, human-computer interaction, intersections between humanities and engineering, modes of production, healthcare software and hardware.

Martin Revermann

Department of Historical Studies

Performance criticism, history and sociology of Greek theatre, history and theory of translation, history of science, theatre and religion.

Laura Rosella

Laura Rosella

Department of Public Health Sciences

Public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, big data in healthcare, analytics and risk in healthcare.

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Paula Rowland

Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Thera

Sociology of professions, sociology of expertise, values and ethics of healthcare improvement, sociotechnical imaginaries, digitalization of healthcare work.

 

Tim G. J. Rudner

Department of Statistical Sciences

Artificial intelligence, machine learning, AI safety, generative models, AI governance.

Frank Rudzicz

Frank Rudzicz

Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University

Computer science, signal processing, speech, language, machine learning, artificial intelligence in healthcare, entrepreneurship.

Atrisha Sarkar

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Western University

Game theory, AI safety, automated vehicles, behavioural modelling, computational modelling.

Shreyas Sekar

Shreyas Sekar

Department of Management, UTSC

Data-driven optimization, revenue management and pricing, digital marketplace design, machine learning, e-commerce, information architecture design.

 

Zahra Shakeri

Department of Public Health Sciences

Artificial intelligence, digital health tools, information visualization, natural language processing, precision public health.

Xujie Si

Department of Computer Science

Computer science, program synthesis and verification, automated reasoning, neuro-symbolic AI, reliable and explainable AI.

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Nathalie Smuha

Faculty of Law

Law, philosophy, law and technology, AI ethics and regulation, digital constitutionalism.

Abi Sriharan

Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation

Health technology, digital health policy, automation, digital labour, human-aligned AI, strategic management.

 
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Sriram Subramanian

Department of Computer Science, Carleton University

Computer science, multi-agent systems, sequential decision-making, Bayesian optimization, reinforcement learning, multi-agent reinforcement learning.

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Pascal Tyrrell

Department of Medical Imaging

Artificial intelligence, machine learning, medical imaging, biostatistics, global health.

Eva Vivalt

Eva Vivalt

Department of Economics

Economics, labour economics, development economics, forecasting, causal inference, external validity, decision-making.

Bo Wang

Bo Wang

Graduate Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology

Computer science, medicine, computational biology, computer vision, machine learning in health, privacy and personalized medicine.

 
Rosalie WangFaculty FellowRehabilitation science, occupational therapy, assistive and rehabilitation technology, technology development and evaluation, user-centred design, mixed methods research, ethics, social and health equity.

Rosalie Wang

Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy

Rehabilitation science, occupational therapy, assistive and rehabilitation technology, technology development and evaluation, user-centred design, ethics, social and health equity.

Joseph Jay Williams

Department of Computer Science

Human-computer interaction, applied machine learning, artificial intelligence, statistics, cognitive psychology, digital education, mental health.

Wendy H. Wong

Wendy H. Wong

Department of Economics, Philosophy & Political Science, University of British Columbia

Political science, international human rights, politics of organization, collective action, global governance of artificial intelligence.

Ningning Xie

Department of Computer Science

Computer science, programming languages, compilers, type theory, logics, machine learning programming.

 
Jia Xue

Jia Xue

Faculty of Information

AI for social justice, big data in social work, Twitter analysis in intimate and sexual violence research, human centered NLP, rape myth in China, computational social science.

Shana Ye

Department of Historical & Cultural Studies, UTSC

Queer studies, transnational feminism, transgender studies, feminist and science and technology studies, critical media studies, postsocialist studies, sino-postcolonialism, creative ethnography, cultural studies immersive techonologies, VR/XR/MR, science fiction.

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Weilai Yu

Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry

Electrochemical engineering for sustainability, materials and interfaces, surface science, clean energy techno-economics, AI-driven materials discovery.

Shurui Zhou

Shurui Zhou

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Computer science, software engineering, computational social science, open-source, collaborative software development, AI-based software, scientific software.

 

Yu Zou

Department of Materials Science & Engineering

AI for materials design, advanced manufacturing, engineering, AI for social good.

 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Affiliates

Miron Clay-Gilmore

Institute for the History & Philosophy of Science & Technology

Philosophy of AI, Africana philosophy, Black male studies.

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Daniel Harris

Institute for the History & Philosophy of Science & Technology

AI alignment, existential risks.

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Silviu Pitis

Vector Institute

Computer science, AI alignment, machine learning, reward functions, task specification.

 
 
 

Graduate Affiliates

 
Taneea Agrawaal

Taneea S. Agrawaal

Department of Computer Science

Computer science, human-computer interaction, climate modeling, ethics and explainability of AI, critical data studies, civic engagement, design for marginalized communities. 

Parand Alizadeh Alamdari

Parand Alizadeh Alamdari

Department of Computer Science

Computer science, artificial intelligence, AI safety, fairness in artificial intelligence, reinforcement learning.

Reem Ayad

Reem Ayad

Department of Psychology

Social psychology, moral psychology, moral judgment and decision making, human-robot interaction.

Michael Beauvais

Michael Beauvais

Faculty of Law

Law, data protection, children's studies, surveillance studies. 

 
Alexander Bernier

Alexander Bernier

Faculty of Law

Law, economics, regulatory strategies, biomedical research.

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Ananya Bhattacharjee

Department of Computer Science

Human-computer interaction, human-AI collaboration, social computing, large language models, mental health, education, information communications technology for development.

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Jessica Bo

Department of Computer Science

Computer science, human-AI interactions, AI explainability, behavioural analysis, human-centered design, generative AI.

Hiu-Fung Chung

Hiu-Fung Chung

Faculty of Information

Digital labor, care and technology, inequality, science and technology studies, East Asia.

 
Madelaine Coelho

Madelaine Coelho

Department of Sociology

Technologically-facilitated violence, digital violence prevention, gamification in healthcare, global technology use, sociology of technology.

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Manuela Collis

Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

Strategic management, organizations, gender and inequality, labor, automation and digitization, experimental methods, entrepreneurship and innovation.

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Micaela Elisa Consens

Department of Computer Science

Machine learning, machine learning and genomics, AI, genome language models, interpretability, pre-training task design.

Jamie Duncan

Jamie Duncan

Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies

Criminology and sociolegal studies, information policy, technology and data governance, technology in security, migration, and policing. 

 
Anne-Marie Fowler

Anne-Marie Fowler

Department for the Study of Religion

Philosophies of temporality, ethics, philosophy of science, AI ethics, epistemology, human and AI learning.

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Rebekah Gelpí

Department of Psychology

Computational models of social cognition, cognitive development, multi-agent reinforcement learning, large language models.

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Cristina Getson

Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Human-robot interaction, psychology of human-AI interaction, engineering design, human-centered design, design for vulnerable populations, AI ethics, persuasive technology.

Blake Lee-Whiting

Blake Lee-Whiting

Department of Political Science

Political science, politics of technology, survey research, political behaviour, automation. 

 
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Ben Li

Institute of Medical Science

AI in healthcare, surgery, vascular disease, machine learning, predictive modelling.

Morgan MacInnesGraduate FellowPolitical science, international relations, international security, geopolitics, security & technology, governance of technology, macro-history, statecraft.

Morgan MacInnes

Department of Political Science

Political science, international relations, international security, geopolitics, security & technology, governance of technology, macro-history, statecraft.

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Madison Mackley

Faculty of Information

Information policy, data governance, alternative digital economies, smart cities, privacy, feminist STS.

Kelly McConvey

Faculty of Information

Information, surveillance, algorithm design in education, algorithmic bias and fairness, human-centred data science.

 
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Erina (Seh-Young) Moon

Faculty of Information

Information, fairness in sociotechnical systems, machine learning, resource allocation, homelessness.

Ramaravind Kommiya Mothilal

Ramaravind Kommiya Mothilal

Faculty of Information

Information, fairness in sociotechnical systems, machine learning, social networks.

Victoria Oldemburgo de Mello

Department of Psychology

Social psychology, social cognition, computational social science, social media and online social platforms.

Jo-Ann Osei-Twum

Jo-Ann Osei-Twum

Department of Public Health Sciences

Public health, epidemiology, data science, AI in healthcare, predictive modeling for population health, public policy. 

 
Lief PagalanGraduate FellowPublic health, epidemiology, predictive modelling for population health, environment and health, health policy, equity and algorithmic fairness.

Lief Pagalan

Department of Public Health Sciences

Public health, epidemiology, predictive modelling for population health, environment and health, health policy, equity and algorithmic fairness.

Han Qiao

Han Qiao

Faculty of Information

Information, human-computer interaction, civic technology, sensemaking, data visualization, participatory design, urban planning, design justice. 

Wenjun Qiu

Wenjun Qiu

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Privacy and security, mobile user privacy, natural language processing, artificial intelligence.

Aida Ramezani

Department of Computer Science

Computer science, cognitive science, natural language processing, computational social science, moral language inference.

 
 
 
Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat

Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat

Department of Computer Science

Post-secular HCI, CSCW, ethics, politics, pluralism, decolonizing data science, sustainability, content moderation, after-use phase of technologies.

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Emmanuel Taiwo

Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences

Sustainability transitions, just and equitable climate and energy transitions, low-carbon energy technology innovation systems, AI for social good.

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Balagopal Unnikrishnan

Department of Computer Science

Computer science, AI in healthcare, shortcut learning and biases in healthcare, debiasing AI algorithms.

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Joseph Wilson

Department of Anthropology

Communication, sociolinguistics, semiconductors, AI and society, science and technology studies, linguistic anthropology.

 
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Siyi Wu

Department of Computer Science

Climate informatics, human-computer interaction, human-centered AI, explainable AI.

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Fernando Yánez

Department of Computer Science

Applied machine learning, information visualization, human-computer interaction, educational technology, personalized learning, user-adaptive systems.

Yuxing Zhang

Yuxing (Yolanda) Zhang

Faculty of Information

Critical data studies, AI ethics, media theory, platform studies, critical infrastructural studies, knowledge politics, digital labor, digital humanities.

 
 

Staff

 

Daniel Browne

Associate Director, Research Engagement

Kyle Coulter

Communications Specialist

Jennifer Cressman

Executive Assistant

Alicia Demanuele

Alicia Demanuele

Policy Researcher

 
Olivia DiGiuseppe

Olivia DiGiuseppe

Event Specialist

Jovana Jankovic

Jovana Jankovic

Research & Communications Specialist (on leave)

Helena Ko

Business Officer (on leave)

Simone Rodrigue

Executive Assistant & Events Coordinator

 

Jamie Sandhu

Policy Researcher

Marco Monteiro Silva

Marco Monteiro Silva

Associate Director, Marketing & Communications

Michael Strizic

Research & Communications Specialist

Alexandru Titeu

Business Officer

 
 
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