Members

Current Memebrs

Homayoun Najjaran

Dr. Homayoun Najjaran 

PhD (Toronto), PEng(EGBC)

Professor Mech & ECE

I founded the Advanced Control and Intelligent Systems (ACIS) Laboratory in 2006. My lab specializes in theory and applications of control systems, artificial intelligence, robotics, industrial automation, and MEMS.

Emphasizing equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), the ACIS accepts top quality and highly motivated researchers from across the world to join its brilliant, vibrant, collegial team.

  

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Dr. Younes Al-Younes

Postdoctoral Fellow

Start date: Decemebr 2022

Research Interests: Autonomous Intelligent Vehicles, Nonlinear Control System, Robot Navigation, Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control

Past Alma Mater: Ph.D., University of Alberta, Canada

 

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Brandon Graham-Knight

PhD in Computer Science

Start date: September 2016

Research Interests: Robotics, 3D Computer Vision, AI

Past Alma Mater: M.sc., University of Victoria, Canada

 

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Yussuf Reza Esmaeili

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Start date: September 2020

Research Interests: Machine Learning, Nonlinear Control, Deep RNN, Robotics and AI

Past Alma Mater: M.sc., Sharif University of Technology, Iran

 

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Amir Mehdi Soufi Enayati

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Start date: September 2020

Research Interests: Reinforcement Learning in Robotics, Dynamic Systems Modeling, Automation and AI

Past Alma Mater: M.sc., Sharif University of Technology, Iran

 

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Ardeshir Shojaeenasab

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering 

Start date: September 2021

Research Interests: Blockchain, Robotics, Machine Learning, Automation, Complex Networks

Past Alma Mater: M.sc., University of Tehran, Iran

 

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Maryam Ahang

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering 

Start date: January 2022

Research Interests: Deep Learning, Fault Detection, Automation, Control Systems

Past Alma Mater: M.sc., K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Iran

 

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Mehran Ghafarian Tamizi

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering 

Start date: September 2021

Research Interests: Control Systems, Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Robotics

Past Alma Mater: M.Sc., University of Tehran, Iran

 

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Shadi Alijani

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering 

Start date: May 2023

Research Interests: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Deep Learning

Past Alma Mater: M.Sc., University of Tabriz, Iran

 

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Maziyar Khadivi

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Start date: February 2022

Research Interests: Industry 4.0, Supply Chain Management, Production Planning, Scheduling

Past Alma Mater: M.Sc., University of British Columbia, Canada

 

 

 

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Shahab Sotouni

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Start date: September 2022

Research Interests: Autonomous Vehicles, Deep Learning, Multi-sensor Fusion

Past Alma Mater: M.Sc., Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

 

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Mostafa Abbasi

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Start date: May 2023

Research Interests: Business Process Management, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Optimization, Supply Chain Management

Past Alma Mater: M.Sc., Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran

 

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Todd Charter

M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Start date: September 2021

Research Interests: Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Computer Vision, Intelligent Manufacturing, Robotics

Past Alma Mater: B.S., University of British of Columbia, Canada

 

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Ogunfowora Oluwaseyi

M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering 

Start date: September 2021

Research Interests: Industrial Automation, Control Systems, Mechatronics, Sensors, Actuators

Past Alma Mater: B.S., Landmark University, Nigeria

 

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Yifan Pan

M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering 

Start date: September 2020

Research Interest: Machatronic, Robotics, Automation, Manufacturing, Machine Learning

Past Alma Mater: B.S., University of Detroit Mercy, USA

 

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Noofa Hammad

M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Start date: September 2021

Research Interests: Machine-to-Machine Communications, Control, Automation

Past Alma Mater: B.S., Effat University, KSA

 

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Assef Ghamisi

M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Start date: January 2021

Research Interests: Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Control Systems

Past Alma Mater: B.S., Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

 

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Matthew Tucsok

M.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering

Start date: September 2021

Research Interests: Imaging, Automation, 2D Machine Vision, AI

Past Alma Mater: B.S., University of British of Columbia, Canada

 

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Jayden Hong

M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

Start date: January 2022

Research Interests: Reinforcement Learning, Adaptive Robotics, Machine Vision

Past Alma Mater: B.S., Yonsei University, South Korea

 

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Sara Hatami

M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

Start date: January 2022

Research Interests: Autonomous Vehicles, Deep Learning, Multi-sensor Fusion

Past Alma Mater: B.S., University of Tehran, Iran

  

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Navid Mahdian

M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Start date: May 2022

Research Interests: Autonomous Vehicles, Computer Vision, Robotics

Past Alma Mater: B.S., Shahid Beheshti University, Iran

 

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Joel Sol

M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Start date: May 2022

Research Interests: Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Deformation Detection, Robotics

Past Alma Mater: B.S., University of British Columbia, Canada

 

Mohammad Jani

M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Start date: September 2022

Research Interests: Contol Systems, Sensor Fusion, Reinforcement Learning

Past Alma Mater: B.S., Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran

 

Homayoun Honari

M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

Start date: September 2022

Research Interests: Intelligent and Learning-based Control Systems, Deep Reinforcement Learning, Robotics

Past Alma Mater: B.S., Sharif University of Technology, Iran

 

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Jay Chung

M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

Start date: September 2022

Research Interests: Autonomous Vehicles, Deep Learning, Control Systems, Robotics

Past Alma Mater: M.Eng., Korea University, South Korea

 

 

Former Members

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Marjan Yaghoubi

Laboratory Manager

Start date: July 2021

End date: May 2023

Research Interests: Machine Learning, Optimization, Regression

Past Alma Mater: M.Sc., University of British Columbia, Canada

 

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Jamil Fayyad

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Start date: May 2019

End date: May 2023

Research Interests: Autonomous Vehicles, Deep Learning, AI

Past Alma Mater: M.sc., American University of Sharjah, UAE

 

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Debasmita Mukherjee

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Start date: September 2019

End date: May 2023

Research Interests: Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC), Multimodal Sensor, Data Fusion, Machine Learning

Past Alma Mater: M.sc., Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India

 

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Brett Cosco

M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering 

Start date: March 2021

End date: March 2023

Research Interests: Control, Manufacturing, AI

Past Alma Mater: B.S., University of British Columbia, Canada

 

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Dr. Kashish Gupta

Postdoctoral Fellow 

Start date: November 2021

End date: November 2022

Research Interests: Deep Reinforcement Learning, Robot Prediction and Control, Automation and AI

Past Alma Mater: Ph.D., University of British Columbia, Canada 

 

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Dr. Zengjie Zhang

Postdoctoral Fellow 

Start date: March 2021

End date: October 2022

Research Interests: Robust Learning Control, Adaptive Robotics, System Fault Detection and Isolation

Past Alma Mater: Ph.D., Technical University of Munich, Germany

 

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Dr. Masoud Jalayer

Postdoctoral Fellow 

Start date: June 2021

End date: August 2022

Research Interests: Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Industry 4.0, Graph Theory, Agent-based Modelling

Past Alma Mater: Ph.D., Politecnico di Milano, Italy

 

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Ram Dershan

M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering 

Start date: September 2020

Research Interests: Adaptive Control, Robotics, Industrial Automation, Deep and Reinforcement Learning

Past Alma Mater: B.S., University of British Columbia, Canada

 

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Arun Majumdar

M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering 

Start date: May 2019

End date: February 2022

Research Interests: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Robotics, Industry 4.0, Industrial Automation

Past Alma Mater: B.S., University of Alberta, Canada

 

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Jesse Roch

M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering 

Start date: April 2017

Research Interests: Autonomous Vehicle, Semantic SLAM, Robotics

Past Alma Mater: B.S., University of British Columbia, Canada

 

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Aria Salari

M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering 

Start date: September 2019

End date: November 2021

Research Interests: Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Generative Models, 3D Reconstruction

Past Alma Mater: B.S., Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

 

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Logan Tarasoff

M.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering 

Start date: September 2019

End date: October 2021

Research Interests: Optical Flow Estimation, Deep Learning, Intelligent Systems

Past Alma Mater: B.S., University of British Columbia, Canada

 

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Kyle Low

M.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering 

Start date: September 2016

End date: September 2021

Research Interests: Machine Learning, Wearable Sensors, Robotics

Past Alma Mater: B.S., University of British Columbia, Canada

 

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Haohan Lin

M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering 

Start date: September 2019

End date: August 2021

Research Interests: Machine Learning, 3D Computer Vision

Past Alma Mater: B.S., Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

 

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Kai Neubauer

M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering 

Start date: September 2014

End date: Febuary 2022

Research Interests: Autonomous Vehicles, SLAM, High Level Decision Making, Optimization

Past Alma Mater: B.S., University of British Columbia, Canada