Our People

Meet the faculty in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences' five academic units: Department of Chemistry, School of Computer Science, School of Engineering, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and Department of Physics.

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Associate Professor

School of Computer Science

Email: mwineber@uoguelph.ca

Office: REYN 2202

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Artificial life, Computational intelligence, Evolutionary Computation

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Associate Professor

School of Computer Science

Email: mwirth@uoguelph.ca

Office: REYN 2209

Keywords: Pedagogy, Usability, Programming, Image Processing, Digital Photography

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Professor Emeritus

School of Computer Science

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 52824

Email: yxiang@uoguelph.ca

Office: REYN 3320

Keywords: Knowledge Representation in Multiagent Graphical Models, Uncertain Knowledge Representation, Probabilistic Inference in Multiagent Graphical Models, Probabilistic Inference in Bayesian Networks, Multiagent Constraint Satisfaction, Multiagent Collaborative Decision Making, Causal Modeling in Uncertain Knowledge Acquisition, Privacy in Multiagent Systems, Causal Independent Models, Bayesian Networks

Assistant Professor

School of Engineering

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 56730

Email: binyan@uoguelph.ca

Office: RICH 1513

Keywords: Advanced control theory, Nonlinear systems, Online learning and estimation, Optimization, Fault detection and diagnosis, Unmanned aerial vehicles, Multi-agent and networked systems, Intelligence and reliable systems

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Assistant Professor

School of Computer Science

Email: yyan15@uoguelph.ca

Office: Reynolds 3302

Keywords: Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, Statistical Association, Graph Theory, Big Data Analysis

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Professor

School of Engineering

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 52437

Email: syang@uoguelph.ca

Office: THRN 2513

Keywords: Robotics, Bayesian Networks, Causal Modeling in Uncertain Knowledge Acquisition, Collaborative Decision Making, Control Systems, Distributed Constraint Satisfaction, Fuzzy Systems, Intelligent Systems, Multiagent Graphical Models, Neural Networks, Neuro-Comptuation, Probabalistic Inference

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Assistant Professor

School of Engineering

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 58677

Email: syang19@uoguelph.ca

Office: THRN 3501

Keywords: Mechanical Engineering, AI Affiliated Faculty, 3D/4D printing, Design for additive manufacturing, CAD/CAM, Mass customization, Smart and digital manufacturing, Sustainable design and manufacturing, Machine Learning

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Assistant Professor

School of Engineering

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 56907

Email: fzarrink@uoguelph.ca

Office: THRN 2405

Keywords: Social Media Mining, Information retrieval, Semantic Technologies, User Modeling

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Assistant Professor

School of Computer Science

Phone: (519)-8244120 ext. 53138

Email: wzhang25@uoguelph.ca

Office: REYN 3319

Keywords: Security and Privacy in AI/Machine Learning, Data Privacy, Reinforcement Learning, Federated learning, Optimization, Information Theory

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Assistant Professor

School of Computer Science

Email: zzhao24@uoguelph.ca

Office: REYN 2201

Keywords: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Wearables, Physiological Computing, Gamification

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Professor

School of Engineering

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 56990

Email: hzhou@uoguelph.ca

Office: THRN 3511

Keywords: Environmental Engineering, Agricultural waste management, Agricultural wastewater, Hybrid membrane technologies, Manure anaerobic digestion, Membrane bioreactors, Microbial contaminants, Natural organic matter removal, Ozonation and advanced oxidation processes, Waste water treatment, Wastewater reuse, Water disinfection

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Professor, CEPS Interim Dean

School of Engineering

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 53859

Email: rzytner@uoguelph.ca

Office: THRN 2337

Keywords: Environmental Engineering, Soil Remediation, Hazardous Waste, Soil Cleanup, Landfill Gas Management, Vegetable Wastewater, Water and Wastewater Treatment