Principal Investigator
Current Graduate Students
Matthew McConnell
Ph.D. student in Computer Science. 2025-present. Thesis-based M.Sc. student in Computer Science. 2024-2025.
Mahdi Farrokhimaleki
Thesis-based M.Sc. student in Computer Science. 2023-present.
Parsa Rahmati
Thesis-based M.Sc. student in Computational Media Design. Co-supervised by Bruce Barton. 2024-present.
Tarif Ashraf
Thesis-based M.Sc. student in Computer Science. 2024-present.
Setareh Abhari
Thesis-based M.Sc. student in Computer Science. 2025-present.
Olga Koldachenko
Thesis-based M.Sc. student in Computer Science. 2025-present.
Current Undergraduate Research Assistants
Amy Wiebe (B.Sc. student. Computer Science). 2025.
Joseph Tandyo (B.Sc. student. Computer Science). 2024-2025. Alberta Innovates scholarship. 2024.
Talaal Irtija (B.Sc. student. Computer Science). 2023-2025. Alberta Innovates scholarship, 2023.
Avery Keuben (B.Sc. student. Computer Science). 2023-2025.
Honours Students
Sam Gaudet (B.Sc. student. Computer Science). 2025. CPSC 502. 2025-2026.
Rishabh Agarwal. (B.Sc. student. Computer Science) CPSC 502. 2025-2026.
Arian Safari. (B.Sc. student. Computer Science). CPSC 502. 2025-2026.
Past Graduate Students
Mohamad Elzohbi
Ph.D. in Computer Science. 2020-2025.
Farhan Aslam
Thesis-based M.Sc. in Computer Science. 2021-2025.
Naznin Shishir
Thesis-based M.Sc. in Computer Science. 2022-2024.
Kimiya Saadat
Thesis-based M.Sc. in Computer Science. 2021-2024.
Michael Shomoye
Thesis-based M.Sc. in Computer Science. 2021-2023.
Past Undergraduate Research Assistants
Rebekah Leslie (B.Sc. exchange student. Computer Science, University of Aberdeen). 2025. Mitacs Globalink award. 2025.
Ryan Nguyen (B.Sc. student. Computer Science). 2025. PURE award, 2025.
Nour Ben Sghaier (B.Sc. exchange student. Computer Science, ENSTAB). 2024. Mitacs Globalink award. 2024.
Ammar Zaghloul (B.Sc. student. Computer Science). 2024. NSERC USRA. 2024.
Rishabh Agarwal (B.Sc. student. Computer Science). 2024.
Shanza Raza (B.Sc. student. Computer Science). 2023.
David Garcia (B.Sc. student. Computer Science). PURE award, 2022.
Jason Cabueños (B.F.A. student. Drama). Alberta Innovates scholarship, 2022.
Hannah Ava Sloan (B.Sc. student. Computer Science). 2021.
Past Honours Students
Alan Alcocer-Iturriza. B.Sc. student. Computer Science. CPSC 502. 2024-2025.
Chirag Asrani. B.Sc. student. Computer Science. CPSC 502. 2024-2025.
Jon Choi. B.Sc. student. Computer Science. CPSC 502. 2024-2025.
Iftekhar Mahbub Prutik. B.Sc. student. Computer Science. CPSC 502. 2023-2024.
Tyler Hartleb. B.Sc. student. Computer Science. CPSC 502. 2022-2023.
Kaynen Mitchell. B.Sc. student. Computer Science. CPSC 502. 2022-2023.
Past Capstone Project Students
Joey Van Lierop. B.Sc. student. Computer Science. CPSC 503. Fall 2024.
Michaela Reyes. Master of Data Science and Analytics student. Summer 2024.
Karunakar Cherukupally. Master of Data Science and Analytics student. Summer 2024.
Jason Nguyen. B.Sc. student. Computer Science. CPSC 503. 2024.
Past Visitor
Yiwei Zhang. B.Sc. student. Beijing Normal University. 2023.
Prospective Students
See http://richardzhao.com for admission requirements.
