Shahin Kamali

Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Lassonde School of Engineering
York University
4700 Keele Streert,
Toronto, Canada
Office: LAS-3052B
Phone: +1 416 736 2100 ext. 77877
Email: kamalis "at" yorku "dot" ca

 

   

 
 

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About

I am an assistant professor of Computer Science at the at York University, where I am a member of the Theory of Computing Group. I am also an adjunct professor at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Manitoba, where I am a member of the GADA lab. Before joining York University in July 2022, I was an assistant professor at the University of Manitoba. Previous to that, I was a postdoctoral associate as well as an NSERC postdoctoral fellow at CSAIL lab in MIT, where my adviser was Dr. Charles Leiserson. I completed my PhD in Algorithm & Complexity Group in the Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo in Summer 2014.  I completed my M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees at Concordia University and the University of Tehran, respectively.

• CV
• Publications
• DBLP
• Google Scholar
• GitHub
• Thesis (UWaterloo)
  
• Blog

Teaching

• Current teaching:
  LE/EECS 4101 - GS/EECS 5101 - Advanced Data Structures (Winter 2023)
  
  
• Past Teaching
  LE/EECS3101 B - Design and Analysis of Algorithms (Fall 2022)
  Comp 4060/7720 (U. Manitoba) - Topics in Algorithms - Graph Algorithms
  Comp 4060/7720 (U. Manitoba) - Topics in Algorithms - Online Algorithms (Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020)
  COMP 4420 (U. Manitoba) - Advanced Design and Analysis of Algorithms (Winter 2020, Winter 2022)
  COMP 3170 (U. Manitoba) - Analysis of Algorithms (Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020)
  COMP 2140 (U. Manitoba) - Data Structures (Winter 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021)
  CS 240 (U. Waterloo) - Data Structures and Data Management (Winter 2014, Spring 2015)

• Qualifications:
• Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program (KTCP), MIT Teaching & Learning Lab, June 2016.
• Improv workshop for KTCP alumni, October 2017 (a related article by Jake Livengood).
• Certificate for University Teaching (CUT), University of Waterloo's Center for Teaching Excellence, September 2014.
  
• Teaching at the University of Waterloo:
• Summer 2015: two sections of the course "CS240: Data Structures and Data Management", University of Waterloo.
• Winter 2014: "CS240: Data Structures and Data Management", University of Waterloo.
  

Miscellaneous

    Leadership & Communication Skills

• Workshop on Leadership Skills for Engineering and Science Faculty (audited), MIT Professional Education (offered by Charles E. Leiserson and Chuck McVinnay), June 2016.
• Postdoc Leadership Workshop, MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, January 2016.
• A related article about this workshop at MIT News.
• Introduction to StandUp class, ImprovBoston, Winter 2017.
• One-to-one communication lessons by Dana Jay Bein, sponsored by Charles E. Leiserson, Fall 2016- Winter 2017.
• Text Interview: These Researchers Make Stand-Up Part of the Routine, The Chronicle of Higher Education (2019)
  
• Text Interview: Creating postdoc connections: The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science pilots new ways to build leadership and teamwork skills for its postdocs, MIT News (2016)

    Awards and Scholarships

• NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship (NSERC PDF), 2015-2017
• University of Waterloo Doctoral Thesis Completion Award, 2014
• Derick Wood Memorial Graduate Scholarship, 2013-2014
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), 2012-2013
• University of Waterloo President's Graduate Scholarship (PGS), 2012-2013
• NSERC Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (NSERC MSFSS) scholarship, 2012
• NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships (NSERC CGS), 2009-2012