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Dr. Afsoon Soudi

Assistant Professor, Media Production
OfficeRCC114
Phoneext 544448

Education: 

BSc, Tehran University
MSc, Tehran University
PhD, Washington State University

Areas of Expertise: 

Dr. Afsoon Soudi is an Assistant Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University and the Associate Director of Creative AI hub at The Creative School. Prior to TMU, she led machine intelligence teams to develop an audience analytics platform and recommender systems enabling discoverability and personalization in digital media products. In addition to her academic experience, Dr. Soudi has leadership experience in tech-based entrepreneurship. As co-founder and VP of R&D of an award winning software company which was later acquired.

Dr Soudi completed her Ph.D. in Physics at Washington State University. She holds multiple patents and published numerous peer-reviewed papers in high-impact journals. Her current research interests intersect Responsible AI, climate change and media analytics. 

Dr. Soudi is committed to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion by mentoring, and empowering women and other under-recognized groups in their growth. As an educator, she brings that commitment to her research and teaching through inclusive curriculum and supervision of undergraduate and graduate students developing inclusive creators of the future.

Research Interests:

  • Responsible AI for Creators
  • Media Analytics and audience engagement
  • Ethical Machine Learning and Computational social sciences
  • Social innovation and Entrepreneurship

Courses:

  • RTA912 - Media Audiences
  • RTA989/MP8989 - Emerging media Markets and Entrepreneurship
  • RTA801- Discoverability and Distribution
  • RTA890 - AI and Environment