Department of Computing and Software

Faculty of the Department of Computing and Software as of January 15, 2026

CHAIR

Richard Paige

PROFESSORS
Jacques Carette/B.Math. (Waterloo), M.Sc. (Montreal), Ph.D. (Paris-Sud), L.E.L.
Antoine Deza/M.Eng. (Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris), Ph.D. (Tokyo Institute of Technology), P.Eng.
Douglas G. Down/B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Illinois-Urbana), P.Eng.
William M. Farmer/B.A. (Notre Dame), M.A., M.S., Ph.D. (Wisconsin-Madison), P.Eng.
Wenbo He/B.S. (Harbin), M.S. (Tsinghua), Ph.D. (Illinois-Urbana)
Ryszard Janicki/M.Sc. (Warsaw), Ph.D., D.Hab. (Polish Acad. Sci.)
Wolfram Kahl/M.Sc. (Oxford), Dr.rer.nat. (University of the German Armed Forces, Munich)
Ridha Khedri/Dipl.Eng. (Tunis), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Laval), P.Eng.
Mark S. Lawford/B.Sc. (Queen’s), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), P.Eng.
Ned Nedialkov/B.Sc. (Sofia, Bulgaria), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), L.E.L.
Richard Paige/B.Sc. (McMaster), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), P.Eng.
Emil Sekerinski/Dipl.Inf., Dr.rer.nat. (Karlsruhe)
Alan Wassyng/B.Sc., B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Witwatersrand), P.Eng.
Rong Zheng/B.S., M.S. (Tsinghua), Ph.D. (Illinois-Urbana), P. Eng

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

Christopher Anand/B.Math. (Waterloo), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McGill), L.E.L.
Hassan Ashtiani/B.Sc., M.Sc. (Tehran), Ph.D. (Waterloo)
Fei Chiang/B.Sc. (Toronto), M.Math (Waterloo), Ph.D. (Toronto), L.E.L.
George Karakostas/Dipl. Eng. (Patras), M.S.A., Ph.D. (Princeton), P.Eng.
Ryan Leduc/B.Eng (Victoria), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), P.Eng.
Mehdi Moradi/B.Sc. (Amirkabir Univ of Technology), M.Sc. (Tehran), Ph.D. (Queen’s), P.Eng.
Sebastien Mosser/DEUG, Ing CTI, Ph.D. (Nice), P.Eng.
Sivan Sabato/B.Sc. (Hebrew Univ), M.Sc. (Israel Inst of Technology), Ph.D. (Hebrew Univ)
Samuel Scott/B.Sc. (Queen’s), B.Ed. (Toronto), M.CS. (Ottawa), Ph.D. (Carleton)
Spencer Smith/B.Eng.C.S., M.Eng., Ph.D., (McMaster), P.Eng.
Martin von Mohrenschildt/Dipl.Math., Dr.Sc.Math. (ETH-Zürich), P.Eng.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Shahab Asoodeh/B.Sc. (Shahid Beheshti), M.Sc. (ETH Zurich), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Queen’s)
Christian Brodbeck/M.Sc. (Zurich), Ph.D. (New York)
Lingyang Chu/B.Sc. (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Ph.D. (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Istvan David/B.Sc., M.Sc., M.Sc. (Budapest U Tech and Economics), Ph.D. (Antwerp)
Javad Doliskani/B.Sc. (Kharazmi), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Western)
Denise Geiskkovitch/B.Sc. (Manitoba), M.Sc. (Georgia Institute of Technology), Ph.D. (Manitoba)
Matthew Giamou/B.A.Sc. (Toronto), M.S. (M.I.T.), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Jelle Hellings/B.Sc., M.Sc. (Eindhoven), Dr.Sc. (Hasselt)
Stephen Kelly/BFA (Nova Scotia College Art and Design), M.CS., Ph.D. (Dalhousie)
Allison Lahnala/ B.Sc., M.Sc. (Michigan), Ph.D. (Bonn)
Vincent Maccio/B.Eng., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster), P.Eng.
Neerja Mhaskar/B.Tech. (JNTU, India), M.S. (Louisiana State), Ph.D. (McMaster), P.Eng.
Swati Mishra/B.Tech. (Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam TU), M.Sc. (Indiana), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Cornell)
Onaizah Onaizah/B.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc. (Western), Ph.D. (Toronto), EIT
Yingying Wang/B.Sc., M.Eng (Nanjing), Ph.D. (California, Davis)
Charles Welch/B.Sc. (Kettering), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Michigan)
Irene Ye Yuan/ B.A. (St, Olaf College), M.HCI (Washington), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Minnesota)
Angela Zavaleta Bernuy/B.Sc. (Toronto-Scarborough), M.Sc, Ph.D. (Toronto)

Notes

1. All programs in the Department of Computing and Software have limited enrolment.
2. For the purpose of admission to Level II B.A.Sc. programs, the two courses MATH 1A03 , and MATH 1AA3  together are considered equivalent to MATH 1ZA3 , and MATH 1ZB3 , and MATH 1ZC3  is considered equivalent to MATH 1B03 .

For the Arts & Science and Computer Science (B.Arts.Sc.) program, see Arts & Science Program  

For the Honours Economics and Computer Science (B.A.) program, see Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics  

For the Honours Mathematics and Computer Science (B.Sc.) program, see Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Statistics  

Programs

• Honours Computer Science as a Second Degree (B.A.Sc.)
• Honours Computer Science, Honours Computer Science Co-op (B.A.Sc.)

• Mechatronics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering Co-op (B.Eng.)
• Software Engineering, Software Engineering Co-op (B.Eng.)

• Mechatronics and Biomedical Engineering, Mechatronics and Biomedical Engineering Co-Op (B.Eng.BME)
• Software and Biomedical Engineering, Software and Biomedical Engineering Co-Op (B.Eng.BME)

• Mechatronics Engineering and Management, Mechatronics Engineering and Management Co-op (B.Eng.Mgt.)
• Software Engineering and Management, Software Engineering and Management Co-op (B.Eng.Mgt.)

• Mechatronics Engineering and Society, Mechatronics Engineering and Society Co-op (B.Eng.Society)
• Software Engineering and Society, Software Engineering and Society Co-op (B.Eng.Society)

• Minor in Computer Science