Faculty

Xiaoqi Tan

Xiaoqi Tan

Assistant Professor | Computing Science | University of Alberta
Fellow of Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)
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Graduate Students

In reverse chronological order of joining the group:

Kushagra Chandak

Kushagra Chandak (Ph.D.)

Kushagra joined the SODALab as a Ph.D. student in Fall 2023. He received his M.Sc. in Computing Science from University of Alberta (2023) and BTech in Computer Science from IIIT Hyderabad (2019).
Shuai Liu

Shuai Liu (Ph.D., co-advised with Csaba Szepesvári)

Shuai joined the SODALab as a Ph.D. student in Fall 2023. He received his M.Sc. in Computing Science from University of Alberta (2023) and B.Sc. in Computer Science from Harbin Institute of Technology (2021). Shuai’s research lies in theoretical perspective of artificial intelligence and sequential decision making, especially reinforcement learning and bandit algorithms.
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Vlad Tkachuk

Volodymyr (Vlad) Tkachuk (Ph.D., co-advised with Csaba Szepesvári)

Vlad joined the SODALab as a Ph.D. student in Fall 2023. He received his M.Sc. in Computing Science from University of Alberta (2023) and B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from University of Waterloo (2021).
Siyuan Yu

Siyuan Yu (M.Sc.)

Siyuan joined the SODALab as a M.Sc. student in Fall 2023. He received his B.Sc. in Computing Science from University of Alberta (2023).
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SeyedehKimia Alaviyar (M.Sc.)

Kimia joined the SODALab in Winter 2023. She received her B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics (double major) from Amirkabir University of Technology (2022).
Hasti NourMohammadi

Hasti Nourmohammadi Sigaroudi (M.Sc.)

Hasti joined the SODALab in Winter 2023. She received her B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics (double major) from Amirkabir University of Technology (2022).
To be added

Shayan Karimi (M.Sc.)

Shayan joined the SODALab in Winter 2023. He received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology (2021).
To be added

Hossein Nekouyan Jazi (M.Sc.)

Hossein joined the SODALab in Winter 2023. He received his B.Sc. in Computer Science from University of Tehran (2022).
To be added

Yu Wang (Ph.D.)

Yu joined the SODALab in Fall 2022. She received her M.Sc. in Statistics from National University of Singapore (2021) and B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from Northwestern Polytechnical University (2019).
To be added

Yanzhao Wang (M.Sc.)

Yanzhao joined the SODALab in Fall 2022. He received his MMath in Statistics from University of Waterloo (2021) and B.Sc. in Statistics from University of British Columbia (2019).

Visitors

Ying Cao

Ying Cao (Ph.D., HKUST)

Ying is a final-year PhD student at HKUST. She received her B.Eng. degree in Information Engineering from University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China (2018). Ying’s research interests include online algorithms and online learning.

Undergraduate Students

John Tyler

John Tyler

NSERC USRA (Summer 2023)
Topic: TBD
Henry Vu

Henry Vu

Topic: TBD
Yanze Song

Yanze Song

Topic: TBD
Johnson Wu

Johnson Wu

Topic: TBD