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Dr. Hossein Rahnama

Associate Professor, Media Production
OfficeDSQ600
Phoneext 554921

Education: 
BSc, Ryerson University
MAppSc, Ryerson University
PhD, Ryerson University

Labs:
Paradox Lab in Partnership with MIT Media Lab, Director
 (external link) MIT Media Lab, Human Dynamic (external link) s, Visiting Professor
DMZ and RC4:Center for Cloud and Context-Aware Computing (external link) , Co-founder

Hossein Rahnama is an Associate Professor at the RTA School of Media at Toronto Metropolitan University and a Visiting Professor at the MIT Media Lab. He is also the Founder of Flybits, an Ai/ Data Science company and the co-founder of the University's Digital Media Zone . His research is focused on Human-AI Systems , data governance, human-computer interaction, and the design of mission critical AI systems. He has published more than 50 papers and holds 16 patents in computer and data science. He previously served as a council member at NSERC (National Science and Research Engineering Council of Canada) and is currently on the board of directors of Canadian Science Publishing and Havergal College. He is the head of the {sAIpien} program at MIT Media Lab and the faculty lead at the MIT Connection Science Group. He Was on the MIT Technology Review Global TR35 list (2012), Isadore Sharp Outstanding Graduate Award (2013), Smithsonian Innovator to Watch (2013) and Canada's Top 40 under 40 (2017).