Faculty

Alex Mariakakis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto and an Affiliate Scientist at Techna. He received his Ph.D. from the School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. Alex's work is published in top-tier venues in his field, including CHI and IMWUT. His work has also been featured by many media outlets (e.g., BBC, National Geographic, and USA Today). Alex is a fellow of the mHealth Training Institute. As a student, he was a recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship, and the Gaetano Borriello Outstanding Student Award at UbiComp 2018.

Graduate Students

brenna_li
Co-advisor: Khai Truong
PhD, 2018 – present
salaar_liaqat
Co-advisor: Eyal de Lara
PhD, 2018 – present
blue_lin
Co-advisor: Khai Truong
PhD, 2021 – present
dhruv_verma
PhD, 2021 – present
ian_ruffolo
Co-advisor: Michael Brudno
MSc, 2021 – present
ken_christofferson
Co-advisor: Joseph Cafazzo
PhD, 2021 – present
sejal_bhalla
Co-advisor: Eyal de Lara
PhD, 2021 – present

Undergraduate Students

sixuan_wu
BS, 2020 – present
helen_li
BS, 2021 – present
andrii_lenyshyn
BS, 2022 – present
chloe_zhao
BS, 2022 – present
zixiong_lin
BS, 2022 – present