Leadership
Our leadership team has decades of experience in innovation and leadership roles.
Advanced Technology
Adam Danyleyko
Product Owner - Advanced Technology
Dave Staszak
Lead Machine Learning Scientist
Payam Mousavi
Applied Research Scientist
Bevin Eldaphonse
Machine Learning Project Manager
Deborah Akaniru
Machine Learning Project Manager
Atefeh Shahroudnejad
Associate Machine Learning Scientist
Aritro Roy Arko
Machine Learning Resident
Nastaran Gholizadeh
Machine Learning Resident
Soumik Farhan
Machine Learning Resident
Mahtab Farrokh
Machine Learning Resident
Ramin Fathian
Machine Learning Resident
Maryam Jameela
Machine Learning Resident
Anindita Kundu
Machine Learning Resident
Revan MacQueen
Machine Learning Resident
Subhojeet Pramanik
Machine Learning Resident
Amir Refaee
Machine Learning Resident
Kevin Roice
Machine Learning Resident
Vidya shree S
Machine Learning Resident
Kunwar Saaim
Machine Learning Resident
Vinamra Singh
Machine Learning Resident
Investment & Partnerships
Finance & Administration
Robert Craig
IT Director
Rosa Ellithorpe
Director, Academic Relations
Viktoriia Roik
Team Lead, Amii Finance & Administration
Jinal Kothari
Project Manager
Jia You
Controller
Alon Faitelis
Grants Officer
Amna Sohail
Research & Trust Account Analyst
Emerson Flores
Financial Reporting Analyst
Amy Wu
Financial Analyst
Abhi Jaidka
Systems Administrator
Melanie Calvert
Administrative Assistant
Wes Calvert
Administrative Assistant
Danielle Drozdiak
Administrative Assistant
Bobby-Jo Miller
Administrative Assistant for University of Alberta Amii Fellows
Board of Directors
Bruce Johnson
Amii Board Chair; Executive Chair/Co-CEO, Vertical City Inc.
Warren Bergen
President - AVAC Ltd. & Amii Board Member
Zarina Bhambhani
Partner – KPMG & Amii Board Member
Joan Hertz
Chair – ATB Financial; Chair – Edmonton International Airport & Amii Board Member
Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell
Dean of Science, University of Alberta & Amii Board Member
John Knubley
Senior Business Consultant – InnovActionJK & Amii Board Member
Elan MacDonald
Vice President, External Relations at the University of Alberta & Amii Board Member
Josh Pantony
Co-Founder & CEO – Boosted.ai & Amii Board Member
Patrick M. Pilarski
Fellow, Canada CIFAR AI Chair & Amii Board Member
Todd Simpson
Partner – Inovia Capital & Amii Board Member
Gerri Sinclair
Managing Director - Kensington Capital & Amii Board Member
Research Fellows
Richard S. Sutton
Fellow, Canada CIFAR AI Chair & Chief Scientific Advisor
Adam White
Fellow, Director of Scientific Operations and Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Mohamed Abdalla
Fellow
Michael Bowling
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Neil Burch
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Angel X. Chang
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Mo Chen
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Alona Fyshe
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Randy Goebel
Fellow
Russ Greiner
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Yuhong Guo
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Matthew Guzdial
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Nidhi Hegde
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Robert Holte
Fellow
Jacob L. Jaremko
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Bei Jiang
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Jun Jin
Fellow
Bailey Kacsmar
Fellow
Grzegorz (Greg) Kondrak
Fellow
Linglong Kong
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Levi Lelis
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Kevin Leyton-Brown
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Xingyu Li
Fellow
Lei Ma
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Marlos C. Machado
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Rupam Mahmood
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
J. Ross Mitchell
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Lili Mou
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Martin Müller
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Mi Jung Park
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Patrick M. Pilarski
Fellow, Canada CIFAR AI Chair & Amii Board Member
Elina Robeva
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Geoffrey Rockwell
Fellow
Jonathan Schaeffer
Fellow
Mark Schmidt
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Dale Schuurmans
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Nathan R. Sturtevant
Fellow, Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Danica J. Sutherland
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Csaba Szepesvári
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Xiaoqi Tan
Fellow
Matthew (Matt) E. Taylor
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Martha White
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
James R. Wright
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Yutaka Yasui
Fellow
Osmar Zaïane
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Sandra Zilles
Canada CIFAR AI Chair