Bahareh Tolooshams
Personal Website: https://sites.ualberta.ca/~toloosha
Contact
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept
- btolooshams@ualberta.ca
- Address
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5-289 Donadeo Innovation Centre For Engineering
9211 116 StEdmonton ABT6G 2H5
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Representation Learning Generative Models Interpretability Inverse Problems NeuroAI Signal Processing Software Engineering and Intelligent Systems
About
I am the PI of NeuBahar Lab (Neuro–Bayesian AI for Human-interpretable Abstractions and Representation Learning).
We are hiring. Check out the lab's website.
Education
- PhD, Electrical Engineering Engineering Sciences, Harvard University, 2023
- BASc, Electrical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2017
Past employment (since 2019)
- Postdoc, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 2023 - 2025
- Research Intern, Microsoft, 2021
- Applied Scientist Intern, Amazon AI - AWS, 2019
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Research
Check out the lab website https://sites.ualberta.ca/~toloosha
Announcements
My research group is recruiting MSc and PhD students for Fall 2026.
Courses
ECE 447 - Data Analysis and Machine Learning for Engineers
The course introduces basic concepts and techniques of data analysis and machine learning. Topics include: data preprocessing techniques, decision trees, nearest neighbor algorithms, linear and logistic regressions, clustering, dimensionality reduction, model evaluation, deployment methods, and emerging topics. Prerequisites: ECE 220 or CMPUT 275, and ECE 342 or STAT 235, or consent of instructor.
Research Students
Currently accepting undergraduate students for research project supervision.
Looking for highly motivated students with a strong background in machine/deep learning and optimization.