DSI Welcomes SUDS Scholars

The Data Sciences Institute (DSI) welcomes carefully selected undergraduate students from across Canada for a rich data sciences research experience. Through the SUDS Research Program, undergraduate students interested in exploring data science as a career path, have an exciting opportunity to engage in hands-on research supervised by DSI member researchers across the three U of T campuses and external partners. SUDS research opportunities are solicited from U of T faculty members and funding partner scientists focused on data sciences methodology applications in any research area. 

Welcome

2023 SUDS Scholar

SUDS Research Opportunity and Supervisor

Tsz Ying Chan

University of Toronto
A Climate Downscaling Workflow for Engineering and Climate Impacts Analysis: UTCDW

Paul Kushner, Department of Physics, Faculty of Arts and Science, UofT
Mahe Chen

University of Toronto
Understanding memory in mice

Sheena Josselyn, Neurosicences & Mental Health Labs, The Hospital for Sick Children
Andrew Chung

University of Toronto
Algorithms and Statistical Tests for Real-World Adaptive Experiments to Enhance and Personalize Technology Interventions for Education, Mental/Physical Health, & Behaviour Change

Joseph Jay Williams, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Jan-Philip Jasper Gerigk

University of Toronto
Designing Flexible Neural Architectures for 3DV

Igor Gilitschenski, Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, UofT
Catherine Guan

University of Toronto
The Data Science of a Satisfying, Purposeful, and Engaging life

Felix Cheung, Department. of Psychology, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Congrong He

University of Toronto
Applying Data Science Tools to Examine the Computational and Operational Principles of an Intact Neural System

Mei Zhen, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Jackson Howe

University of Waterloo
Integrative Supervised Machine Leaning Model for Cancer Risk Stratification

Sushant Kumar, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network
Shanxun Hu

University of Toronto
Development of data science tools to query administrative database

Laura Rosella, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, UofT
Akil Huang

University of Toronto
Automated text analysis of liberal and conservative news

Spike W. S. Lee, Department. of Psychology, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, Faculty of Arts and Science, U of T
Lu Huang

University of Toronto
The evolution of genetic variation underlying phenomes

Jacqueline Sztepanacz, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, UofT
Amanda Illeperuma

University of Western Ontario
Supporting Canadian Apprentices in the Construction and Industrial Sectors: Genetic and Epigenetic Analyses of Mental Health

Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, UofT
Finlay Korol-O'Dwyer

University of Toronto
Transferring Generative Adversarial Network (GAN): Augmentation from Limited Patients' Data

Xilin Liu, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, UofT
Adele Lauzon

University of Toronto
Teaching experimentation on raw data using multiverse analysis

Nathan Taback, Department. of Statistical Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
George Xuanyi Li

University of Toronto
Unleashing the power of student data analytics

Greg Evans, Institute for Studies in Trans-Disciplinary Engineering Education and Practice, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, UofT
Yiwen Li

University of Toronto
Algorithmic (Un)Fairness in Biomedical Informatics: Where are we at?

Jesse Gronsbell, Department of Statistical Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Science, U of T
Bryant Bak-Yin Lim

University of Toronto
Coronavirus in the Urban Built Environment (CUBE): LTC Prediction Model

Michael Fralick, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System
Xiaofeng Liu

University of Toronto
Land market frictions in India and historical housing discrimination and zoning in North America

Aradhya Sood, Department of Management, University of Toronto Scarborough, UofT
Connor MacKeigan

University of Toronto
Map the "Rivers" on the Sky using Astronomical Datasets

Ting Li, David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Sanchaai Mathiyarasan

University of Toronto
Analyzing and improving the performance of a network community detection algorithm using mathematical optimization

Samin Aref, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, UofT
Preet Mistry

University of Toronto
Bridging the gap between quantum chemistry and deep learning

Hans-Arno Jacobson, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, UofT
Ruoqing Mo

University of Toronto
Mathematical Optimization for Interpretable Machine Learning

Eldan Cohen, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, UofT
Bilin Nong

University of Toronto
A Comparison of Missing Data Methods for Clinical Trials

Kuan Liu, Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, U of T
Yuanhan Peng

University of Toronto
Modelling Missing Data in a New Dataset on Universities Worldwide

Elizabeth Buckner, Department of Leadership, Higher, and Adult Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, UofT
Athulram Rajagopal

University of Toronto
Computational cancer biology opportunity in Salmena lab

Leonardo Salmena, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, UofT
Peter Shi

University of Toronto
Mapping the chemical structure of the Milky Way with neural nets and SDSS-V

Jo Bovy, David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Ke Shi

University of Toronto
Learning Analytics for Improved Design of Programs of Study

Alison Gibbs, Department of Statistical Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Ziqi Shu

University of Toronto
Understand what predictive models can be used to Prevent School Dropouts

Zahra Shakeri, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, UofT
Emiliya Stolyarova

University of Toronto
Deciphering the chemo-genomic networks involved in telomere integrity and senescence

Lea Harrington, Department of Biochemistry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, UofT
Kevin Sun

University of Toronto
Machine learning to facilitate quality appraisal

Andrea Tricco, Unity Health Toronto
Brandon Tang

University of Toronto
Does ectopic fat mediate the relationship between lifestyle and biological risk factors and the incidence of disease or death?

Amy Kirkham, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, UofT
Xiaoning Wang

University of Toronto
Using Natural Language Processing to Understand Naturalistic Speech Perception

Bjorn Herrmann, Baycrest
Yihan Wang

University of Toronto
Uncovering the Ages of Stars with Probabilistic Machine Learning

Joshua Speagle, Department of Statistical Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Aerin Wang

University of Toronto
Identification of progenitor cell populations from human pluripotent stem cell derived fetal lung cells

Amy Wong, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Labs, SKH
Kunzhi Yu

University of Toronto
Computer Vision to Capture Patient Flow Data in the Medical Imaging Department

Andrew Brown, Unity Health Toronto
Junlong Zhang

University of Toronto
Machine Learning for Healthcare

Rahul Krishnan, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Yu Zhang

University of Toronto
Computational models of social factors in language

Suzanne Stevenson, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Emily Zhang

McGill University
Abnormal brain cell activity in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

Kaori Takehara, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts & Science, U of T

2022 SUDS Scholars

SUDS Research Opportunity and Supervisor

Molly Borritt

McGill University
Supporting Canadian Apprentices in the Construction and Industrial Sectors: Genetic and Epigenetic Analyses of Mental Health

Behdin Nowrouzi-kia, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, UofT
Hriday Chheda

University of Toronto
Analyzing the performance of community detection algorithms in social networks and random graphs

Aref Samin, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, UofT
Linxi Chen

University of Toronto
Modeling heterogeneous covariance patterns in high-dimensional brain imaging data.

Jun Young Park, Statistical Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Pan Chen

University of Toronto
Investigating Data Features for Reproducibility of Robust Educational Data Models

Michael Liut, Mathematical & Computational Science, University of Toronto Mississauga, UofT
Linxia Li

University of Toronto
Sensitivity Testing of Canadian Insurance Data

Silvana Pesenti, Statistical Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Zhijian Ling

University of Toronto
ServiceMiner: Automated Data-Driven Simulation Mining in Service Systems

Dmitry Krass, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, UofT
Cameron Dufault

McMaster University
AI classification of cancer patients into novel YAP-dependent subtypes.

Kieran Campbell, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
David Fang

University of Toronto
Understanding language use and inference through text mining

Sam Maglio, Management, University of Toronto Scarborough, UofT
Yutong Lu

University of Toronto
Advance causal inference analysis in R: A software Review

Kuan Liu, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, U of T
Zhiyuan Lu

University of Toronto
Visualizing knowledge

Michelle Alexopoulos, Economics, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Sarah Mansoor

University of Toronto
Disparities in climate-induced health outcomes in the Greater Toronto Area

Prof. Rohan Alexander, Faculty of Information and Statistical Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Anthony McCanny

University of Toronto
The Data Science of a Satisfying, Purposeful, and Engaging Life

Felix Cheung, Psychology, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Andrew Gritsevskiy

University of Toronto
Investigating how the brain encodes memory

Sheena Josselyn, The Hospital for Sick Children
Ava Oveisi

University of Toronto
Interactive approaches to automatic source code summarization using deep learning

Eldan Cohen, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, UofT
Yun Shen

University of Toronto
Content analysis of over 150 years of news and articles

Periklis Andritsos, Faculty of Information, UofT
Lauren Gill

University of British Columbia
Data Science for White Shark Conservation

Vianey Leos Barajas, Statistical Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Chaerin Song

University of Toronto
Machine learning application to financial news in Korean and Japanese

Mark Manger, Political Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Amal Koodoruth

McGill University
Algorithmic Reparation: Analyzing and Improving the Bias-Fixing Algorithms in Data Science

Prof. Ahmed, Ishtiaque, Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, U of T
Yingke Wang

University of Toronto
Machine learning for chronic disease management

Rahul Krishnan, Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Jasmin Lee

University of Toronto
Implementation of serological and molecular tools to inform COVID-19 patient management: protocol for the GENCOV prospective cohort study

Jordan Lerner-Ellis, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Cecilia Kelly Minar Widjaja

University of Toronto
Phylo-genomics

Asher Cutter, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Grace Yu

University of Toronto
Mapping the Milky Way a Million Light Years

Ting Li, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Tian Yu

University of Toronto
Transferring Generative Adversarial Network (GAN): Augmentation from Limited Patients' Data

Xilin Liu, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, UofT
Yupeng Zhang

University of Toronto
Learning analytics for improved student learning

Alison Gibbs, Statistical Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Wentao Zhou

University of Toronto
Neural networks for classifying capnography waveforms

Aaron Conway, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, UofT
Kitty Chen

University of Ottawa
Public health decision support tools to prevent chronic disease

Laura Rosella, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, UofT
Ruisi Rachel Li

University of Toronto
Association of repeats in the SLC9A3 region with lung phenotypes in cystic fibrosis

Lisa Strug, The Hospital for Sick Children
Jiaying (Lynn) Li

University of Toronto
Diversification and evolution of ubiquitin across the Kingdom Fungi

Yan Wang, Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, UofT
Jiakai Shi

University of Toronto
Algorithms and Statistical Tests for Real-World Adaptive Experiments to Enhance and Personalize Technology Interventions for Education, Mental/Physical Health, & Behaviour Change

Joseph Jay Williams, Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, U of T
Dien Nguyen

University of Toronto
Investigating the effects of cystic fibrosis drug treatments on human stem cell-derived lung models using single-cell RNA sequencing

Amy Wong, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, SKH
Tina Tsan

University of Toronto
Evaluating the contribution of dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity from pyrite oxidation to the marine carbon budget

Ulrich Wortmann, Earth Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, UofT
Zhenyu Wang

University of Toronto
Sociotemporal embedding of slang

Yang Xu, Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, UofT
Kiran Deol

University of Alberta
Real-time visualization of important variables along low-dimensional manifolds

Yun Williams Yu, Computer & Mathematical Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, UofT
Rory Gao

University of Toronto
Machine learning for Automated segmentation of Confocal Images

Mei Zhen, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute

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