Alec Azad

David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

a2azad (at) cs (dot) uwaterloo (dot) ca


Alec Azad

About

I am currently working towards a Masters of Mathematics (M.Math) degree in Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. Working under the supervision of Professor Edward Lank as part of the HCI Group, my interests span Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Information Retrieval (IR) and any combination thereof.

Research

Shared Displays; Large Displays; Smart Interfaces

Publications

  1. Azad, A., J. Ruiz, D. Vogel, M. Hancock, and E. Lank, "Territoriality and Behaviour On and Around Large Vertical Publicly-Shared Displays", DIS 2012, 2012.

Teaching Assistant Positions

CS 343Concurrent and Parallel ProgrammingFall 2011Prof. Peter Buhr
CS 349User InterfacesSpring 2011Prof. Michael Terry
CS 349User InterfacesWinter 2011Prof. Edward Lank
CS 246Object-Oriented Software DevelopmentFall 2010Prof. Peter Buhr
CS 408Software Engineering (@UofT)Winter 2010Prof. Alan Rosselet

Graduate-Level Courses

CS 889Advanced Topics in HCI: Experimental Methods in HCISpring 2011Prof. Edward Lank
CS 789Computational Linguistics [Audit]Spring 2011Prof. Chrysanne Di Marco
CS 848Machine Learning for Information RetrievalWinter 2011Prof. Gordon V. Cormack
CS 676Computational Finance [Audit]Winter 2011Prof. Peter A. Forsyth
CS 848Information RetrievalFall 2010Prof. Charles Clarke
CS 686Introduction to Artificial IntelligenceFall 2010Prof. Peter van Beek

Undergraduate-Level Courses

I completed my undergraduate co-op program in Computer Science and Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto in 2010 with High Distinction.
  • 21 courses in Computer Science [Software Engineering Specialist]
  • 10 courses in Physics and Astrophysics [Major]
  • 7   courses in Mathematics & Statistics
  • 3   electives

Personal Project

palkunBETA

A site that provides users with a medium to submit links to, bookmark, rate, and discuss external content on the web, featuring machine learning algorithms intent on organizing user-submitted content for highly flexible, easy browsing.