Niloofar Arshadi

Niloofar Arshadi





Starting May 2008, Niloofar has been a post-doctoral fellow in the Statistical Genomics Laboratory at the University of Toronto.

Her Brief Bio (Curriculum Vitae [PDF]):

  • Ph.D. (2007), Computer Science Department , University of Toronto, under the supervision of Professor Igor Jurisica.
    Thesis title: "Performance Improvement of Case-Based Classification by Ensemble Methods Integrated with Feature Selection Techniques" [Code].

  • M.S. (1999), Computer Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
    Thesis title: "Machine Learning Aspects for Information Retrieval Systems".

  • B.S. (1996), Computer Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.



    Research Interests

    Case-Based Reasoning, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence


    Journal Publications

  • N. Arshadi, B. Chang, R. Kustra, "Predictive modeling in case-control single-nucleotide polymorphism studies in the presence of population stratification: a case study using Genetic Analysis Workshop 16 Problem 1 dataset", BMC Proceedings 2009, 3(Suppl 6), Dec. 2009. [BMC Proceedings Link]

  • N. Arshadi and I. Jurisica, "Data Mining for Case-Based Reasoning in High-Dimensional Biological Domains", IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Special Issue on Mining Biological Data, Vol 17, No. 8, pp 1127-1137, August 2005. [IEEE Link]

    Refereed Publications

  • N. Arshadi and I. Jurisica, "An Ensemble of Case-Based Classifiers for High-Dimensional Biological Domains", CSCBC 2006 (winner of best paper award). [PDF]

  • N. Arshadi and I. Jurisica, "An Ensemble of Case-Based Classifiers for High-Dimensional Biological Domains", ICCBR 2005, LNCS 3620, Springer, 2005, pp 21-34. [PDF] [Springer Link]

  • N. Arshadi and I. Jurisica, "Feature Selection for Improving Case-Based Classifiers on High-Dimensional Data Sets", AAAI FLAIRS, AAAI Press, Menlo Park, 2005, pp 99-104. [PDF]

  • N. Arshadi and I. Jurisica, "Maintaining Case-Based Reasoning Systems: A Machine Learning Approach", Advances in Case-Based Reasoning: 7th European Conference, Peter Funk and Pedro A. Gonzalez Carlo, Eds, LNAI 3155, Springer, 2004, pp 17-31. [PDF] [Springer Link]

  • N. Arshadi and K. Badie, "A Compositional Approach to Solution Adaptation in Case-Based Reasoning and its Application to Tutoring Library", Proceedings of the Eight German Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning (GWCBR'00), Germany, March, 2000. [PDF]

  • N. Arshadi and K. Badie, "A Case-Base Environment for Information Retrieval Purposes", Proceedings of the Fifth Annual International CSI Conference (CSICC'00), Tehran, Iran, January 2000.


    Teaching

    She has been a teaching assistant for the following courses:
    CSC108: Introduction to Computer Programming, Fall 2002 and Fall 2003, Summer 2006, Spring 2007
    CSCA08: Introduction to Computer Programming, Fall 2006
    CSC148: Introduction to Computer Science, Spring 2006, Fall 2006
    CSCA48: Introduction to Computer Science, Spring 2007
    CSC209: Software Tools and Systems Programming, Fall 2001
    CSC270: Fundamental Data Structures and Techniques, Summer 2001, Summer 2002, and Spring 2003
    CSC384: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Spring 2002, Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005


    Mailing Address

    Dalla Lana School of Public Health
    University of Toronto
    Toronto, ON
    M5T 3M7
    Phone: (416) 593-9107
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