{"id":5,"date":"2014-06-27T20:49:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T20:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/130.113.68.172\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-02-18T19:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:11:08","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/datasci.cas.mcmaster.ca\/?page_id=5","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis: 100%;\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-container-1 wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\r\n<h2><strong>Faculty<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-790 cc_cursor\" src=\"https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fei2019a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cas.mcmaster.ca\/~fchiang\">Fei Chiang<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n<h2><strong>PhD Students<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<!--<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-44\" src=\"https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/AM-e1506608101300.jpg\" alt=\"person\" width=\"120\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0 Morteza Alipour Langouri\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/h3> -->\r\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" cc_cursor  alignnone wp-image-974 \" src=\"https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/JongjunPark.jpg\" alt=\"Jongjun\" width=\"113\" height=\"146\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0Jongjun Park<\/h3>\r\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1029\" src=\"https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zikai-233x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Zikai\" width=\"127\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zikai-233x300.jpeg 233w, https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Zikai.jpeg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 127px) 100vw, 127px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0Zikai Dou<\/h3>\r\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1029\" src=\"https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nishttha-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Nishttha\" width=\"127\" height=\"164\" \/>\u00a0 Nishttha Sharma<\/h3>\r\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" cc_cursor   alignnone wp-image-1132 \" src=\"https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Wongyu-Kim-238x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Wongyu-Kim-238x300.jpeg 238w, https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Wongyu-Kim-811x1024.jpeg 811w, https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Wongyu-Kim-768x970.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Wongyu-Kim-1216x1536.jpeg 1216w, https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Wongyu-Kim.jpeg 1577w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/>\u00a0 Wongyu Kim<\/h3>\r\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1196 \" src=\"https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Nicks-photo-255x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Nicks-photo-255x300.png 255w, https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Nicks-photo.png 331w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/>\u00a0 Nick Yang<\/h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2><strong>Masters Students<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" cc_cursor   alignnone wp-image-1134 \" src=\"https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/YaxuanChen-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"106\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/YaxuanChen-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/YaxuanChen-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/YaxuanChen-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/YaxuanChen-1098x1536.jpg 1098w, https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/YaxuanChen.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 106px) 100vw, 106px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0Yaxuan Chen, M.Sc<\/h3>\r\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" cc_cursor   alignnone wp-image-1127 \" src=\"https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ZiqiGuo-209x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ZiqiGuo-209x300.jpeg 209w, https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ZiqiGuo-712x1024.jpeg 712w, https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ZiqiGuo-768x1104.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ZiqiGuo-1068x1536.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ZiqiGuo-1424x2048.jpeg 1424w, https:\/\/db.cas.mcmaster.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ZiqiGuo.jpeg 1736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 114px) 100vw, 114px\" \/>\u00a0 Ziqi Guo, M.Eng<\/h3>\r\n<h3><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n<h3><strong>Alumni<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p><strong>Postdocs<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Na Li, (co-supervised with Doug Down), 2020 (Assistant Professor, University of Calgary, Canada)\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Mostafa Milani,\u00a0 2019 (Assistant Professor, Western University, Canada)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>PhD<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Morteza Alipour Langouri, 2022 (postdoc)<\/li>\r\n<li>Zheng Zheng, 2022 (Technical VP, Head of AI Institute, Tarena Inc.)<\/li>\r\n<li>Yu Huang, 2020 (VP Application Development, Citi Bank)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Masters<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Satya Bhandari, M.Sc, 2025\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Yaoxu Wang, M.Sc, 2024 (RBC)<\/li>\r\n<li>Zhikang Feng, M.Eng (2023)<\/li>\r\n<li>Lejia Zhang, M.Eng (2023)<\/li>\r\n<li>Hossein Dehghan, M.Eng (2023)<\/li>\r\n<li>Levin Noronha, M.Sc, 2022 (Citibank)<\/li>\r\n<li>Ethan Do, M.Sc 2021<\/li>\r\n<li>Soroush Zamani, M.Sc 2021<\/li>\r\n<li>Adam Mansfield, M.Eng 2021\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Shervin Manzuri, M.Sc 2020 (co-supervised with Rong Zheng)<\/li>\r\n<li>Feifei Ma, M.Eng 2020 (Software Engineer, Tencent)<\/li>\r\n<li>Enamul Haque, M.Sc 2020 (PhD student, University of Waterloo)<\/li>\r\n<li>Tri Quach, M.Eng 2020 (Software Engineer, Evertz Microsystems)<\/li>\r\n<li>Harika Gorla, M.Sc 2019 (software developer at Qualcomm, San Diego, CA, USA)<\/li>\r\n<li>Yuling Liu, M.Eng, 2019 (Data Engineer, Uberflip)<\/li>\r\n<li>Abdul Aloraini, research assistant 2017\/2018<\/li>\r\n<li>Qu Zhi, M.Eng, 2018 (Software Engineer, Vena Solutions)<\/li>\r\n<li>Farshad Asl Rahimi, M.Eng., 2018 (co-supervised with Reza Samavi) (Software Engineer, Evertz Microsystems)<\/li>\r\n<li>Stevie Niu, M.Eng, 2017 (Senior Software Engineer, Scotiabank)<\/li>\r\n<li>Sridevi Baskaran, M.Sc, 2016 \u00a0(Data analyst at Scotiabank)<\/li>\r\n<li>Dejun Huang, M.Eng, 2016 \u00a0(Database developer at SAP Vancouver)<\/li>\r\n<li>Arvind Viswanathan, M.Eng, 2016 (co-supervised with Doug Down) Cloud Consultant<\/li>\r\n<li>Dhruv Gairola, M.Sc, 2015 \u00a0(Tech Manager, Ritual.co)<\/li>\r\n<li>Siddharth Sitaramachandran, M.Eng, 2015 \u00a0(Data Engineer at Flipp)<\/li>\r\n<li>Pierre Iorio, M.Sc, 2014 \u00a0(Cancer Care Ontario)<\/li>\r\n<li>Dan Fang, Research Assistant \u00a0(Analyst, RBC Capital Markets)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Undergraduates<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Akanksha Nehete, 2022 NSERC USRA<\/li>\r\n<li>Ziyi (Shawn) Jin, 2018\/2019, (developer, Google, Portland, USA)<\/li>\r\n<li>Jessica Ainslie deLeeuw,\u00a02018 summer research assistant, Dean&#8217;s Excellence Scholarship<\/li>\r\n<li>Ian Currie, 2017 summer research assistant, Dean&#8217;s Excellence Scholarship<\/li>\r\n<li>Joshua Segeren, 2013 NSERC USRA (now Program Manager at Microsoft)<\/li>\r\n<li>Yu Wang, Research Assistant (now at Grand Slam Media)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Faculty \u00a0Fei Chiang \u00a0 PhD Students \u00a0 \u00a0Jongjun Park \u00a0 \u00a0Zikai Dou \u00a0 Nishttha Sharma \u00a0 Wongyu Kim \u00a0 Nick Yang &nbsp; Masters Students \u00a0 \u00a0Yaxuan Chen, M.Sc \u00a0 Ziqi Guo, M.Eng \u00a0 \u00a0 Alumni Postdocs Na Li, (co-supervised with Doug Down), 2020 (Assistant Professor, University of Calgary, Canada)\u00a0 Mostafa Milani,\u00a0 2019 (Assistant Professor, 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