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).
Campus
Vancouver
Affiliated UBC Faculty & Postdocs
| Name | Role | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Roth, Andrew | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Bioinformatics; Cancer Evolution; Cancer omics data; computational statistics; Computational Biology; computational methods for studying clonal population structures and tumour evolution; Evolutionary cancer biology; genomics; Machine Learning; Methodological work in computational statistics; Molecular Oncology; Bioinformatics, Cancer Evolution, Cancer omics data, Computational Statistics, Computational biology, Computational methods for studying clonal population structures and tumour evolution, Evolutionary cancer biology, Genomics, Machine Learning, Methodological work in computational statistics, Molecular Oncology |
| Rubin, Julia | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Computer Systems; software engineering; Software quality, security, and robustness; program analysis; Adversarial robustness, explainability, and interpretability of ML-based systems; Mobile and cloud software; Computer systems, Software engineering, Software quality, security, and robustness, Program analysis, Adversarial robustness, explainability, and interpretability of ML-based systems, Mobile and cloud software |
| Salcudean, Tim | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Biomedical technologies, Haptic interfaces, teleoperation and simulators, medical robotics, imaging and interfaces, optimization-based design, prostate cancer |
| Schmidt, Mark | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Machine learning; Numerical Optimizaiton; Probabilistic Graphical Models; Causality |
| Schrimpf, Paul | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | theoretical and applied econometrics; dynamic games, partial identification, and insurance |
| Seltzer, Margo | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Computer Systems; Data Quality; Storage; Machine Learning & Systems; Systems for capturing and accessing data provenance; File Systems; databases; Transaction processing systems; Storage and analysis of graph-structured data; New architectures for parallelizing execution; Systems that apply technology to problems in healthcare.; Artificial Intelligence; Decision-making & Action; Software Practices; Networks, Systems and Security; Artificial Intelligence, Computer Systems, Data Quality, Databases, Decision-making & Action, File systems, Machine Learning & Systems, Networks, Systems and Security, New architectures for parallelizing execution, Software Practices, Storage, Storage and analysis of graph-structured data, Systems for capturing and accessing data provenance, Systems that apply technology to problems in healthcare., Transaction processing systems |
| Shariff, Azim | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Psychology of Religion; Evolutionary Psychology; Cultural Evolution; Moral Psychology; Emotion; social psychology; Cross Cultural Psychology; Motivational Psychology; Philosophy of Religion; Human-technology interactions; Ethics of automation (self driving cars); Cross Cultural Psychology, Cultural Evolution, Emotion, Ethics of automation (self driving cars), Evolutionary Psychology, Human-technology interactions, Moral Psychology, Motivational Psychology, Philosophy of Religion, Psychology of Religion, Social Psychology |
| Sheffer, Alla | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Computer graphics, shape modeling and geometry processing |
| Shekhar, Sudip | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Chip design, radio communication, mobile communication, data links, integrated circuits, photonics, CMOS, wireless, electronics, Internet of Things. |
| Shelhamer, Evan | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Machine Learning; Computer Vision / Visual Recognition; Robustness and Adaptation; Self-Supervised / Unsupervised Learning; Applications to Remote Sensing and Sustainability; Machine Learning, Computer Vision / Visual Recognition, Robustness and Adaptation, Self-Supervised / Unsupervised Learning, Applications to Remote Sensing and Sustainability |
| Shepherd, Bruce | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Algorithms, Combinatorics, Polyhedra; Algorithms, Combinatorics, Polyhedra |
| Shwartz, Vered | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing; artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing |
| Sigal, Leonid | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Artificial Intelligence; Computer Science and Statistics; Parametric and Non-Parametric Inference; Computer Vision; Machine Learning; Semantic Recognition; Vision + Natural Language Processing; Visual Recognition and Understanding; Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science and Statistics, Parametric and Non-Parametric Inference, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Semantic Recognition, Vision + Natural Language Processing, Visual Recognition and Understanding |
| Talhouk, Aline | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Computer Science and Statistics; Epidemiology; Bioinformatics; Cancer of the Reproductive System; diagnostic models; Digital health; Machine Learning; personalized medicine; prevention; Privacy; Computer Science and Statistics, Epidemiology, Bioinformatics, Cancer of the Reproductive System, Diagnostic models, Digital health, Machine learning, Personalized medicine, Prevention, Privacy |
| Tam, Roger | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Biomedical Design and Innovation; Biomedical Technologies; Computer Science and Statistics; Data Analytics; Medical Imaging; Machine Learning; Neurodegenerative diseases; Precision Medicine; Radiology; Biomedical Design and Innovation, Biomedical Technologies, Computer Science and Statistics, Data Analytics, Medical Imaging, Machine Learning, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Precision Medicine, Radiology |
| Tsang, Teresa | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Epidemiology and pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation; application of advanced echocardiographic techniques for prediction of pre-clinical cardiovascular disease |
| Van de Panne, Michiel | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | simulation of human movement; computer animation; Robotics; deep reinforcement learning; motor control; computer graphics; computer graphics, Computer graphics, robotics, computer animation, novel interface techniques, physics-based modelling and stimulation, motor control, motor learning |
| Ventura, Carlos Estuardo | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, full scale vibration testing, shake table testing Seismic risk evaluation and hazard management studies Investigation of earthquake effects on man-made structures |
| Vijayaraghavan, Rajesh | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Accounting and risk management in financial institutions, Disclosure, Corporate governance and performance measurement, Corporate Finance, Applications of machine learning |
| Wang, Zhen | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Signal processing theory and applications, bioinformatics |
| Wong, Vincent | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Telecommunication networks; Computer Systems; Network Analysis (Information); communication systems; energy systems; Internet; Internet of Things (IoT); Machine Learning; mobile computing; protocol design; smart grid; wireless networks; Telecommunication networks, Computer Systems, Network Analysis (Information), Communication systems, Energy systems, Internet, Internet of Things (IoT), Machine learning, Mobile computing, Protocol design, Smart grid, Wireless networks |
| Wood, Frank Donald | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Artificial Intelligence; Computational neuroscience; Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing; New models and inference algorithms; Probabilistic models; Probabilistic programming; Probabilistic programming systems; Reinforcement learning; Robotics; vision; Artificial intelligence, Computational neuroscience, Machine learning, Natural language processing, New models and inference algorithms, Probabilistic models, Probabilistic programming, Probabilistic programming systems, Reinforcement learning, Robotics, Vision |
| Yi, Kwang Moo | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | 3D Computer Vision; Computer Vision; Machine Learning; Astronomy Applications of Computer VIsion; 3D Computer Vision, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Astronomy Applications of Computer VIsion |
| Yoon, Dongwook | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Computer Science and Statistics; design; Educational Technologies; Augmented reality; computer supported cooperative work (CSCW); Educational technology; Human-computer interaction (HCI); Interaction and interface design; Multimodal interaction; Speech, touch, multitouch, stylus, gesture, mixed-reality, 3d interaction; Virtual Reality; Computer Science and Statistics, Design, Educational Technologies, Augmented Reality, Computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), Educational technology, Human-computer interaction (HCI), Interaction and interface design, Multimodal interaction, Speech, touch, multitouch, stylus, gesture, mixed-reality, 3d interaction, Virtual Reality |
| Zandstra, Peter | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Stem cell bioengineering; Bioengineering; Synthetic biology; Biomedical Engineering; Immuno-engineering; Biotechnology; Computational Biology; Computational modeling; Gene/Cell Therapy Systems; genomics; Immunology; personalized medicine; Regenerative medicine; Synthetic biology; Stem cell bioengineering, Bioengineering, Synthetic biology, Biomedical engineering, Immuno-engineering, Biotechnology, Computational biology, Computational modeling, Gene/Cell Therapy Systems, Genomics, Immunology, Personalized medicine, Regenerative medicine, Synthetic biology |