Who is Michael?

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​Michael Liut is currently an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream (Computer Science) in the Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences at the
University of Toronto Mississauga.

​Michael completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science and
​M.Eng. in Software Engineering under the supervision of 
Dr. Antoine Deza and Dr. Frantisek Franek at the 
Advanced Optimization Research Laboratory (AdvOL) 
in the Department of Computing and Software,
Faculty of Engineering, at McMaster University. 

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Research​ Areas & Interests

• Adaptive Systems
  (Behavioural and Educational Tools, Conversational Agents, User Experience, User-Adaptive, User-Centred and Personalized Systems)
• Algorithms
  (Machine Learning, Multi-Armed Bandit, Natural Language Processing, Navigation and Positioning, Strings, Text Mining)
• Computer Science Education / Computing Education 
  (Adaptive and Behavioural Interventions, Data Systems, Dynamic Experimentation, Learning Strategies, Predictive/Prescriptive Modelling, Student Support)

More Information

GitHub:
​https://github.com/MichaelLiut

​LinkedIn:
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/mliut
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Publications:
​DBLP, Google Scholar, ACM Profile, and ORCiD

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Awards/Recognitions

• UTM Dean's Merit Award. August 2021 and July 2022. MCS Department. 
• ​Outstanding Faculty Guidance & Support Award. May 2021. UofT Student Life. See video. 

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Other Appointments and Positions

• Guest Editor for Springer's Education and Information Technology Special Issue (2022 - Present)
• Program Committee Member for ACM's SIGMOD/PODS' DataEd (2022 - Present)
• Associate Director for the Intelligent Adaptive Interventions (IAI) Laboratory (2022 - Present)
• Faculty Advisor for UTM's CSSC: Computer Science Student Community (formerly, Hacklab) (2020 - Present)
• Faculty Advisor for WiSC: Women in Science & Computing (2019 - Present)
• Co-Chief Editor for the FYMSiC Newsletter ​(2019 - 2022)

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Research Groups

• Intelligent Adaptive Interventions (IAI) Laboratory
• CS Education Research Group​
• Indoor Positioning & Computer Vision Research Group
• Former: Advanced Optimization Research Laboratory (AdvOL)

A list of current and former research students can be found here.

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Technology Quotes

"We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain."
     - Stephen Hawking


"The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. I propose to go one step further, and to consider elegance an essential ingredient of mathematics: if it is clumsy, it is not mathematics."
     - Edsger Dijkstra


"Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can, because I'm in it for the love of programming."
     - John Carmack


"Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."
     - Edsger Dijkstra

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