Research Team Current Members

Dr. Wahab Hamou-Lhadj, Professor
Mohammed Shehab, PhD Candidate
Maryam Mehrabi, PhD Student
Fatima Ait-Mahammed, PhD Student
Issam Sedki, PhD Candidate, co-supervised by Dr. O. Ait Mohamed
Ali Issa, PhD Student, co-supervised by Dr. N. Kandil and Dr. N. Hakem from UQAT
Mahsa Panahandeh, PhD Candidate, co-supervised by Dr. J. Miller from the University of Alberta
Aya Mohammed, MASc Student, co-supervised by Dr. Otmane Ait Mohamed
Yiwei Wen, MASc Student
Sarina Mortazavi, MASc Student

Alumni and Friends

Name, Degree, Co-supervision Current Position
Fabio Petrillo, Postdoc
co-supervised by Dr. Y-G Guneuvec
Associate Professor at ETS
Wael Khreich, PostdocAssistant Professor at American University of Beirut, after spending several years as a Lead Data Scientist at Exchange Solutions
Abdou Maiga, PostdocDirecteur des Systèmes d'Information at Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique, Cote d'Ivoire
Linkedin Shariyar S. Murtaza, PostdocSr. Lead Data Scientist at Manulife, Adjunct Professor at Toronto Metropolitain University
Amir Bahador. Gahroosi, Research AssociateAI Research Engineer at Stratuscent Inc.
Babak Khosfaviar, Research AssociateGame Data Analyst at Square Enix
Prasanna Sambasivan, Research AssociateManager, Cyber Security at Ernst Young
Md. Islam Shariful, PhDMachine Learning Scientist at MavTek Inc.
Fazilat Hojaji, PhD
co-supervised by Dr. B. Zamani
Postdoc Researcher at Lero (The Irish Software Reseach Center), University of Limerick, Ireland
Neda E. Koopaei, PhDData Scientist at Samsung AI
Kobra (Ava) Khanmohammadi, PhD
co-supervised by Dr. R. Khoury
Cybersecurity Specialist at Geotab
Korosh K. Sabor, PhDSenior Data Scientist at Shopify
Mathieu L. Nayrolles, PhDTechnical Architect at Ubisoft
Heidar (Amir) Pirzadeh, PhDSenior AI Architect at SAP
Luay Alawneh, PhDAssociate Professor at JUST
Pejman Salehi, PhD
co-supervised by Dr. F. Khendek
Professor and Chair Engineering and Information Technology Department at Conestoga College
Komal Panchal, MAScSenior Software Developer at Stanley
Keyur Patel, MAScSoftware Engineer at HubSpot
Rui ZhouConsultant and Full-stack Java Developer at CGI
Heba Aburish, MAScData Scientist and LLM developer, PwC
Sauradip Ghosh, MAScSoftware Developer, Zimmer CAS
Jeremy Snow, MEng Sales Engineer, Veritas Technologies LLC
Sama Khosravifar, MAScDevOps Manager at Telus
Manel Abdellatif, MASc
co-supervised by Dr. C. Talhi from ÉTS
PhD Candidate at École Polytechnique de Montréal
Maroua Ben-Attia, MASc
co-supervised by Dr. C. Talhi from ÉTS
PhD Candidate at ÉTS
Amirreza Soudi, MAScData Engineer at Uken Games
MohammadReza Rejali, MAScPhD Candidate at Concordia
Shayan Eskandari, MASc
co-supervised by Dr. J. Clark
Senior Blockchain Engineer at BitAccess and PhD Candidate at Concordia
Efraim J. L. Sanchez, MAScVice-President (Technology) at Morgan Stanley
Salman Hoseini, MAScSoftware Developer at Nakisa
Arya Shafiee, MAScSenior Software Developer at Nuance Communications
Fadel Waseem, MAScTeam Lead at WorkJam
Akanksha Agarwal, MAScTechnical Consultant at Nakisa
Mehrabian Ali, MAScFreelance Developer
Maher Idris, MAScBusiness Analyst at ERP
Parisa M. Shahshahani, MASc
co-supervised by Dr. C. Constantinides
Software Developer at Ericsson
Hossein Mehrfard, MAScSoftware Engineer at BlackBerry QNX
Mohammad Hamdaqa, MAScAssistant Professor at Reykjavik University
Abhishek Rohatgi, MASc
co-supervised by Dr. J. Rilling
Innovation Manager at Microsoft Nuance Communications
Chiragkumar Patel, MASc
co-supervised by Dr. J. Rilling
Manager SAP/SuccessFactors at PwC Canada
Ali Kanso, MASc
co-supervised by Dr. F. Khendek
Senior Cloud Engineer at Microsoft after spending several years as Senior Cloud Software Engineer at IBM Watson
Setareh Kohzadi
co-supervised by Dr. F. Khendek
Product Owner at Ericsson
Zixin (Jessica) Shen, Undergrad Student (MITACS Globalink)
Miguel A. L. Torres, MITACS GlobaLink undergrad student
Sean Smithson, NSERC USRA undergrad student
co-supervised by Dr. A. Nouarry

Join Us

We are always looking for excellent students with a passion for software engineering and data sciences.
If you are a student (undegrad or grad) interested in conducting research in these fields and collaborating with industry and government to solve challenging real-world problems then please send an email to "wahab DOT hamou-lhadj AT concordia DOT ca" for possible funded opportunities.

Who is hiring our graduates?
  • Ericsson
  • IBM Watson
  • Microsoft
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Shopify
  • Ubisoft
  • CGI
  • Nuance Communications (now Microsoft)
  • SAP
  • Siemens AI
  • WorkJam
  • ERP
  • Telus
  • Nakisa
  • PwC
  • Ernst Young
  • BlackBerry
  • QNX
  • BitAccess
  • Biztree
  • Square Enix
  • Uken Games
  • Exchange Solutions
  • Concured Inc.
  • Geotab
  • HubSpot