University of Calgary, Office ICT-250

856 Campus Pl NW

Calgary, AB T2N 4V8

I am an assistant professor at the University of Calgary, in the Department of Electrical and Software Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering. I am also an adjunct professor at McGill and ÉTS. I hold a Canada CIFAR AI Chair at Mila. Before joining UCalgary, I was an associate professor at ÉTS. Prior to that, I was a postdoctoral fellow working with Professor Doina Precup at McGill/Mila. I have also worked as a researcher at Microsoft Research Montréal.
I received my Ph.D. from Polytechnique Montréal/Mila in 2016 under the supervision of Professor Chris Pal. During my Ph.D. studies, I worked on computer vision and deep learning applied to emotion recognition, object tracking and knowledge distillation.
My current research focuses on:

  • deep learning (generalization and interpretability)
  • reinforcement learning
  • multi-modal learning
  • clinical decision support systems
  • climate modelling and disaster response


Prospective students: please send an email directly to samira.ebrahimi.kahou.lab at gmail dot com. Start the subject with [MSc/PhD/Postdoc/Internship] followed by topic of interest and attach your CV. Due to the high volume of emails I can only respond if there is a potential match.