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Faculty

Geoffrey Hinton

Chief Scientific Advisor

Graham Taylor

Research Director

Alán Aspuru-Guzik

Faculty Member

Jimmy Ba

On Leave

Michael Brudno

Faculty Member

Shai Ben-David

Faculty Member

Juan Felipe Carrasquilla Álvarez

Faculty Member

Wenhu Chen headshot

Wenhu Chen

Faculty Member

Jeff Clune

Faculty Member

David Duvenaud

On Leave

Murat Erdogdu

Faculty Member

Amir-massoud Farahmand

Faculty Member

Sanja Fidler

Faculty Member

David Fleet

On leave

Brendan Frey

On leave

Marzyeh Ghassemi

On leave

Anna Goldenberg

Faculty Member

Roger Grosse

On leave

Gillian K. Hadfield

Faculty Member

Xi He

Faculty Member

Gautam Kamath

Faculty Member

Rahul G. Krishnan

Faculty Member

Xiaoxiao Li headshot

Xiaoxiao Li

Faculty Member

Renjie Liao

Faculty Member

Chris Maddison

Faculty Member

Alireza Makhzani

Faculty Member

Sheila McIlraith

Faculty Member

Yalda Mohsenzadeh

Faculty Member

Parvin Mousavi

Faculty Member

Sageev Oore

Faculty Member

Nicolas Papernot

Faculty Member

Gennady Pekhimenko

On Leave

Toniann Pitassi

On Leave

Geoff Pleiss headshot

Geoff Pleiss

Faculty Member

Pascal Poupart

Faculty Member

Colin headshot

Colin Raffel

Faculty Member

Daniel Roy

Faculty Member

Frank Rudzicz

Faculty Member

Sivan headshot

Sivan Sabato

Faculty Member

Angela Schoellig

On leave

Vered Shwartz

Faculty Member

Leonid Sigal

Faculty Member

Raquel Urtasun

Faculty Member

Anatole von Lilienfeld

Faculty Member

Bo Wang

Faculty Member

Yaoliang Yu

Faculty Member

Richard Zemel

On leave

Last updated August 2023

Faculty Affiliates

Ajay Agrawal

University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management

Benjamin Alarie

University of Toronto, Faculty of Law

R. Ayesha Ali

University of Guelph, Mathematics and Statistics

Ashton Anderson

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

Hassan Ashtiani

McMaster University, Department of Computing and Software

Shahab Asoodeh

McMaster University, Department of Computing and Software

Timothy Barfoot

University of Toronto, Institute for Aerospace Studies

Suzanna Becker

McMaster University, Department of Psychology Neuroscience & Behaviour

Vaughn Betz

University of Toronto, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Mamatha Bhat

University of Toronto, Medicine

Ben Blencowe

University of Toronto, Donnelly Centre

Yuri Boykov

University of Waterloo, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Michael Brown

York University, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Marcus Brubaker

York University, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Neil Bruce

University of Guelph, School of Computer Science

Kieran Campbell

Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute

Timothy Chan

University of Toronto, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Fanny Chevalier

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science and Department of Statistical Sciences

John F. Connolly

McMaster University, ARiEAL Research Centre

V. Radu Craiu

University of Toronto, Department of Statistical Sciences

Elliot Creager

University of Waterloo, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

William Cunningham

University of Toronto, Psychology

Mark Daley

Western University, Department of Computer Science, Department of Biology, and Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science

Konstantinos Derpanis

York University, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Sven Dickinson

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

Elham Dolatabadi

York University, School of Health Policy and Management

Thomas Doyle

McMaster University, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

James Elder

York University, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Department of Psychology

Melike Erol-Kantarci

University of Ottawa, School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Benjamin Fine

University of Toronto, Medical Imaging

Federico Gaiti

University Health Network, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Animesh Garg

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

Saeed Ghadimi

University of Waterloo, Department of Management Sciences

Ali Ghodsi

University of Waterloo, Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science

Igor Gilitschenski

University of Toronto, Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences

Avi Goldfarb

University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management

Melissa Greeff

Queens University, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Katarina Grolinger

Western University, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Jessica Gronsbell

University of Toronto, Department of Statistical Sciences

Maura Grossman

University of Waterloo, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Yuhong Guo

Carleton University, School of Computer Science

Benjamin Haibe-Kains

University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics

Jason Hattrick-Simpers

University of Toronto, Materials Science and Engineering

Sean Lewis Hill

University of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry

Jesse Hoey

University of Waterloo, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Michael Hoffman

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics and Department of Computer Science

Ting Hu

Queen’s University, School of Computing

Ihab Ilyas

University of Waterloo, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Alec Jacobson

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

Tracy Jenkin

Queen’s University, Smith School of Business

Hui Jiang

York University, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Alistair Johnson

Hospital for Sick Children, CHES

Nachiket Kapre

University of Waterloo, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Jonathan Kelly

University of Toronto, Institute for Aerospace Studies

April Khademi

Toronto Metropolitan University, Department of Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Elias B. Khalil

University of Toronto, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Farzad Khalvati

University of Toronto, Medical Imaging

Ashish Khisti

University of Toronto, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Kyros Kutulakos

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

Anastasis Kratsios

McMaster University, Department Of Mathematics & Statistics

Kate Larson

University of Waterloo, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Vianey Leos Barajas

University of Toronto, Department of Statistical Sciences

David Lie

University of Toronto, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Jimmy Lin

University of Waterloo, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

David Lindell

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

Charles Ling

University of Western Ontario, Computer Science

Daniel James Lizotte

Western University, Department of Computer Science and Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Tegan Maharaj

University of Toronto, Faculty of Information (iSchool)

Amin Madani

University of Toronto, Surgery

Muhammad Mamdani

University of Toronto, Department of Medicine and Faculty of Pharmacy

Anne Martel

University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics

Mjaye Mazwi

University of Toronto, Medicine

Chris McIntosh

University Health Network, Techna Institute, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Department of Medical Imaging (University of Toronto)

Paul David McNicholas

McMaster University, Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Kuldeep Meel

University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Computer Science

Roger G. Melko

University of Waterloo, Department of Physics & Astronomy

Alex Mihailidis

University of Toronto, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy and Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering

Jason Millar

University of Ottawa, School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Seyed Mohamad Moosavi

University of Toronto, Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry

Quaid Morris

Professor, Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Andreas Moshovos

University of Toronto, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Christian Muise

Queens University, School of Computing

Jeffrey Negrea

University of Waterloo, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences

Anthony Niblett

University of Toronto, Faculty of Law

Mihai Nica

University of Guelph, Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Aleksandar Nikolov

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

Anna Panchenko

Queen’s University, Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine

Vardan Papyan

University of Toronto, Department of Mathematics

Gerald Penn

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

Fahad Razak

University of Toronto, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

David Richard Rokeby

University of Toronto, Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies

Laura Rosella

University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Jeffrey S. Rosenthal

University of Toronto, Department of Statistical Sciences

Sushant Sachdeva

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

Reza Samavi

Toronto Metropolitan University, Department of Electrical, Computer, & Biomedical Engineering

Scott Sanner

University of Toronto, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Gregory Schwartz

University of Toronto, Medical Biophysics

Luis Seco

University of Toronto, Mathematical Finance Program

Laleh Seyyed-Kalantari

York University, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Nisarg Shah

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

Bhavin Shastri

Queen’s University, Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy

Florian Shkurti

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

Xujie Si

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

Amber Simpson

Queen’s University, School of Computing and Department of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences

Jared Simpson

Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Computational Biology

Karan Singh

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

Stephen L. Smith

University of Waterloo, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Ranil Sonnadara

McMaster University, Department of Surgery

Lincoln Stein

Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Adaptive Oncology

Suzanne Stevenson

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

Lisa Strug

University of Toronto, Departments of Statistical Sciences and Computer Science

Yu Sun

University of Toronto, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering

Babak Taati

University Health Network, KITE Research Institute – Toronto Rehab and Department of Computer Science (University of Toronto)

Isaac Tamblyn

University of Ottawa, Department of Physics

Ruth Urner

York University, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Rick Valenzano

Toronto Metropolitan University, Computer Science

Olga Veksler

University of Waterloo, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Amol Verma

University of Toronto, Medicine

Nandita Vijaykumar

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

Boyu Wang

Western University, Department of Computer Science

Linbo Wang

University of Toronto, Department of Computer & Mathematical Sciences and Department of Statistical Sciences

Aron Walsh

University of Toronto, Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry

Steven Waslander

University of Toronto, Institute for Aerospace Studies

Joseph Jay Williams

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

Yang Xu

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

Yimin Yang

Western University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Grace Yi

Western University, Department of Computer Science and Department of Statistical & Actuarial Sciences

Albert Yoon

University of Toronto, Faculty of Law

Fattane Zarrinkalam

University of Guelph, School of Engineering

Hongyang Zhang

University of Waterloo, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Xiaodan Zhu

Queen’s University, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Joel Zylberberg

York University, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Last updated June 2023

Vector Post-Doctoral Fellows

Elham Bagheri

Postdoctoral Fellow

Rob Brekelmans

Postdoctoral Fellow

Leonardo Cotta

Leonardo Cotta

Postdoctoral Fellow

Felix Dangel headshot

Felix Dangel

Postdoctoral Fellow

Stefan Heinen Headshot

Stefan Heinen

Postdoctoral Fellow

Augustinus Kristiadi headshot

Agustinus Kristiadi

Postdoctoral Fellow

Wu Lin headshot

Wu Lin

Postdoctoral Fellow

Scott Lowe Headshot

Scott Lowe

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kirill Neklyudov Headshot

Kirill Neklyudov

Postdoctoral Fellow

David Pellow Headshot

David Pellow

Postdoctoral Fellow

James Requiema Headshot

James Requeima

Postdoctoral Fellow

Masoumeh Shafieinejad

Masoumeh Shafieinejad

Postdoctoral Fellow

Sriram Ganapathi Subramanian Headshot

Sriram Ganapathi Subramanian

Postdoctoral Fellow

Last updated September 2023

Graduate Students and Student Interns*

Romina Abachi

University of Toronto , Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohamed Abdalla

University of Toronto , Computer Science

David Acuna

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Alex Adam

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Sushant Agarwal

University of Waterloo , Computer Science

Bicky Marquez Alfonzo

Queen’s University

Alaa Ali

University of Guelph , Engineering systems and Computing

Stephane Aroca-Ouellette

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Gurnit Atwal

University of Toronto , Molecular Genetics

Aaron Babier

University of Toronto

Adam Balint

University of Guelph , Engineering Systems and Computing

Jarry Barber

University of Toronto , Molecular Genetics

Andrei Barsan

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Ian Berlot-Attwell

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Jesse Bettencourt

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Blair Bilodeau

University of Toronto , Statistical Sciences

Marc-Etienne Brunet

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Sergio Casas Romero

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Will Casazza

University of British Columbia , Bioinformatics

Harris Chan

University of Toronto , Philosophy (Computer Science)

Kingsley Chang

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Tian Qi Chen

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Wenzheng Chen

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Elliot Creager

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Terrance DeVries

University of Guelph , Engineering Systems and Computing

Michael Dimmick

University of Toronto, Engineering Systems and Computing

Brendan Duke

University of Guelph , Engineering Systems and Computing

Shamak Dutta

University of Waterloo , Systems Design Engineering

Lauren Erdman

University of Toronto, Computer Science (Computational Biology/Health)

Fartash Faghri

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Duncan Forster

University of Toronto , Molecular Genetics

Arvid Frydenlund

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Angus Galloway

University of Guelph , Engineering Systems & Computing

Alice Gao

University of Toronto , Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jun Gao

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Theophile Gaudin

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Amur Ghose

University of Waterloo , Computer Science

John Giorgi

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Will Grathwohl

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Kevin Ha

University of Toronto , Molecular Genetics

Danijar Hafner

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Vinyas Harish

University of Toronto

Florian Häse

University of Toronto , Chemical Physics

Daniel Hidru

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Rayat Hossain

University of British Columbia , Computer Science

Safwan Hossain

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Rasa Hosseinzadeh

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Bârsan Ioan Andrei

University of Toronto

Sina Jafarzadeh

University of British Columbia , Bioinformatics

Serena Jeblee

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Andrew Jung

University of Toronto , Electrical and Computer Engineering

Amanjit Kainth

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Amlan Kar

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Maeve Kennedy

University of Guelph , School of Engineering

Siddhesh Khandelwal

University of British Columbia , Computer Science

Amir Hosein Khas Ahmadi

University of Toronto , Electrical and Computer Engineering

Seung Wook Kim

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Boris Knyazev

University of Guelph , Engineering

Demetres Kostas

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Matthew Kowal

York University, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Katya Kudashkina

University of Guelph , Engineering

Devinder Kumar

University of Waterloo , Systems Design Engineering

Shrinu Kushagra

University of Waterloo , Computer Science

Eric Langlois

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Kaitlin Laverty

University of Toronto , Molecular Genetics

Tosca Lechner

University of Waterloo, Computer Science

Bai Li

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Mufan Li

University of Toronto , Statistical Sciences

Ruofan Liang

University of Toronto

Renjie Liao

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Daniyal Liaqat

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Huan Ling

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Mike Lisicki

University of Guelph , Engineering

Jenny Liu

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Jonathan Lorraine

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Amy Lu

University of Toronto , Computer Science

James Robert Lucas

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Avery Ma

University of Toronto , Computer Science

David Madras

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Yasaman Mahdaviyeh

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Farzaneh Mahdisoltani

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Siva Manivasagam

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Sasha Maslova

University of British Columbia , Bioinformatics

Carson McLean

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Ehsan Mehralian

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Evi Micha

University of Toronto

Parsa Mirdehghan

University of Toronto

Suhail Mohammed

University of British Columbia, Computer Science

Davi Nascimento Frossard

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Jeffrey Negrea

University of Toronto , Statistical Sciences

Elliot Nelson

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Bret Nestor

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Sayyed Nezhadi

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Kate Nie

University of Toronto , Molecular Genetics

Jingcheng Niu

University of Toronto

German Novakovskiy

University of British Columbia , Bioinformatics

Silviu Pitis

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Ali Punjani

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Jingping Qiao

University of Toronto , Molecular Genetics

Tanzila Rahman

University of British Columbia , Computer Science

Ladislav Rampasek

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Mengye Ren

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Sean Robertson

University of Toronto

Francois Roewer-Despres

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Mike Rudd

University of Waterloo , Statistics

Nil Sahin

University of Toronto , Molecular Genetics

Pritam Sarkar

Queen’s University

Alexander Sasse

University of Toronto , Molecular Genetics

William Saunders

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Sean Segal

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Kira Selby

University of Waterloo , Computer Science

Alina Selega

Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute

Kamyar Seyed Ghasemipour

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Ariel Shann

University of British Columbia , Computer Science

Ekansh Sharma

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Fizza Sheikh

University of Toronto , Electrical and Computer Engineering

Frank Shen

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Kevin Shen

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Maria Shugrina

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Kimberly Skead

University of Toronto , Molecular Genetics

Jake Snell

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Shengyang Sun

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Simon Suo

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Yanbo Tang

University of Toronto , Statistical Sciences

Marina Tawfik

University of Toronto , Computer Science

Eu Wern Teh

University of Guelph , Engineering

Vithursan Thangarasa

University of Guelph , Applied Science in Engineering Systems and Computing

Sana Tonekaboni

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Andrew Toulis

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Eleni Triantafillou

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Pashootan Vaezipoor

University of Toronto

Ankit Vadehra

University of Waterloo, Computer Science

Paul Vicol

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Niklas von Krosigk

University of Toronto , Molecular Genetics

Chaoqi Wang

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Jixuan Wang

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Kuan-Chieh Wang

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Shenlong Wang

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Shirly Wang

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Tingwu Wang

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Yeming Wen

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Elijah Willie

University of British Columbia , Bioinformatics

Jeff Wintersinger

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Kelvin Wong

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Denny Wu

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Yuhuai Wu

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Zeng Xiaohui

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Yuwen Xiong

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Bicheng Xu

University of British Columbia , Computer Science

Bin Yang

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Angeline Yasodhara

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Arnold Yeung

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Weidong Yin

University of British Columbia , Computer Science

Adamo Young

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Guodong Zhang

University of Toronto, Computer Science

Guojun Zhang

University of Waterloo , Computer Science

Michael Zhang

University of Toronto, Computer Science

*We are currently working on updating this list, updates will be completed by September 2023. This section will be expanded to include the researchers of Vector Faculty Affiliates