CAIDA is UBC's main AI research organization. It consists of 83 professors and their research associates, spanning 24 departments/schools/institutes/etc. The Centre's focus is the development, analysis, and application of AI systems for decision-making and action, enabled by core AI technologies such as machine learning and automated reasoning. It is part of the Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems (ICICS).
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Affiliated UBC Faculty & Postdocs
| Name | Role | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Hu, Alan | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | formal methods; formal verification; model checking; nonce to detect automated mining of profiles; post-silicon validation; security; software analysis; Formal methods, Formal verification, Model checking, Nonce to detect automated mining of profiles, Post-silicon validation, Security, Software analysis |
| Kingstone, Alan | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Brain mechanisms of human perception, attention, and behaviour in experimental & everyday situations; Brain mechanisms of human perception, attention, and behaviour in experimental & everyday situations |
| Lakshmanan, Laks | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | data management and data cleaning; data warehousing and OLAP; data and text mining; analytics on big graphs and news; social networks and media; recommender systems; Analytics on big graphs and news, Data and text mining, Data management and data cleaning, Data warehousing and OLAP, Recommender systems, Social networks and media |
| Lee, Gene | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | AI in Business; Business Analytics; Information Systems; Social Media Analysis; Mobile Ecosystem; AI in Business, Business Analytics, Information Systems, Social Media Analysis, Mobile Ecosystem |
| Lemieux, Guy | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | vector processors, parallel programming, programmable logic devices (PLDs, FPGAs), computer architecture, computer arithmetic, custom computing hardware, computer engineering, Programmable logic and computing systems, multiprocessor and computer architecture |
| Leyton-Brown, Kevin | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Artificial Intelligence; Algorithms; theoretical computer science; Resource Allocation; Computer Science and Statistics; Algorithms; Artificial Intelligence; Auction theory; game theory; Machine Learning; Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Theoretical Computer Science, Resource Allocation, Computer Science and Statistics, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Auction theory, Game theory, Machine learning |
| Loewen, Philip | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Calculus of Variations; Optimal Control; optimization; Machine Learning; Calculus of Variations, Optimal Control, Optimization, Machine Learning |
| MacLean, Karon | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Information Systems; design of user interfaces; haptic interfaces; human-computer interaction; human-robot interaction; Information Systems, Design of user interfaces, Haptic interfaces, Human-computer interaction, Human-robot interaction |
| Marti, Jose | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Computer modelling of response to disasters, Infrastructures Interdependencies Simulation (I2Sim) project, electric power, Energy systems |
| McGrenere, Joanna | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | computer science; computer supported cooperative work (CSCW); human-computer interaction; interactive technologies for older users and people with cognitive disorders; personalized user interfaces; universal usability; Computer science, Computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), Human-computer interaction, Interactive technologies for older users and people with cognitive disorders, Personalized user interfaces, Universal usability |
| Miller, William | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | disabled people with respect to mobility (wheelchairs); influence of self-efficacy with respect to participation in daily activity, social activity and general quality of life especially among disabled adults and elderly; wheelchair prescription, performance and function; outcome measurement in health care, Use of power wheelchairs, fatigue, Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation |
| Miskovic, Ilija | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Multi-physics of Geo-materials, Big Data |
| Miskovic, Sanja | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Mineral Processing; multiphase systems; Production and Process Optimization; Optimization, Control and Operations Research; Prefeasibility and Pilot Scale; R&D and Innovation; Technological Innovations; Sensors and Devices; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Critical Elements Extraction; Embedded Sensors; Experimental Fluid Dynamics; High performance computing; IIoT; Industrial Big Data; Minerals Processing; Multiphase Flows; Mineral Processing, Multiphase Systems, Production and Process Optimization, Optimization, Control and Operations Research, Prefeasibility and Pilot Scale, R&D and Innovation, Technological Innovations, Sensors and Devices, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Critical Elements Extraction, Embedded Sensors, Experimental Fluid Dynamics, High Performance Computing, IIoT, Industrial Big Data, Minerals Processing, Multiphase Flows |
| Mitchell, Ian | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | safety critical systems, assistive technology (mobility), robotics, scientific computing, cyber-physical systems, Mathematical software, computational science and engineering, hybrid and cyber-physical systems, verification and validation, reproducible research, level set methods, robotic path, planning |
| Mole, Christopher | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | attention; Philosophy of Psychiatry; Philosophy of Literature; Attention, Philosophy of Psychiatry, Philosophy of Literature |
| Munzner, Tamara | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | visualization; information visualization; visual analytics; data science; visualization, information visualization, visual analytics, data science |
| Murphy, Gail | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Software Development; knowledge worker productivity; software design; software engineering; software evolution; Software development, Knowledge worker productivity, Software design, Software engineering, Software evolution |
| Nan, Ning | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | blockchain governance; complex adaptive systems; digital business; evolvable information systems; Information Systems; Management; online community; Blockchain governance, Complex adaptive systems, Digital business, Evolvable information systems, Information Systems, Management, Online community |
| Ng, Raymond Tak-Yan | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Data mining and analysis, health informatics, text summarization, text mining |
| Peters, Michael | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | micro theory, especially the theory of competing mechanisms, and the theory of directed search |
| Pleiss, Geoffrey | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Machine Learning; neural networks; Gaussian processes; Bayesian optimization; reliable deep learning; machine learning, neural networks, Gaussian processes, Bayesian optimization, reliable deep learning |
| Pottinger, Rachel | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Computer Science and Statistics; data integration; data management; databases; metadata management; Computer Science and Statistics, Data integration, Data management, Databases, Metadata management |
| Rivarez, Mark Paul | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Virology; plant pathology; Bioinformatics; AI-based modeling; Biological control; virus evolution; virus epidemiology; pathogen diversity; bacteriology; mycology; metagenomics; high-throughput sequencing; virology, plant pathology, bioinformatics, AI-based modeling, biological control, virus evolution, virus epidemiology, pathogen diversity, bacteriology, mycology, metagenomics, high-throughput sequencing |
| Robillard, Julie | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Patient experience/patient engagement; social media; Assistive technology; Neuroethics; Brain health technology; Artificial Intelligence; Dementia; mental health; Social robots; pediatrics; Patient experience/patient engagement, Social media, Assistive technology, Neuroethics, Brain health technology, Artificial intelligence, Dementia, Mental health, Social robots, Pediatrics |
| Rohling, Robert | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | ultrasound; Robotics; Cardiology; ultrasound, robotics, cardiology |