Mirjana Prpa

Assistant Teaching Professor

Mirjana Prpa is an assistant teaching professor at Khoury College. She leads an interdisciplinary research program focused on solving complex problems of designing technologies at the intersection of mixed reality (XR) and human-computer Interaction to support human health and well-being, collaborative and creative tasks, and social interactions in VR.

Ryan M. Rad

Assistant Teaching Professor

Ryan Rad is an assistant teaching professor at Khoury College with backgrounds in teaching, research, engineering, and management. He has founded two companies in the last decade and is currently active in computational biology, machine learning, and personal health informatics research.

Parsa Rajabi

Part-time Lecturer

Parsa Rajabi is a part-time teaching faculty member at Khoury College, as well as the director of the Artificial Intelligence for Education Lab and an open education researcher with Simon Fraser University’s learning and instructional services. He is interested in computer science education – particularly the domains of AI education and computational thinking – and on human-computer interaction.

Krista Richmond

Part-Time Lecturer

Krista Richmond is a part-time lecturer at Khoury College, as well as serving as a board member for the Women in Communications and Technology Association and completing her studies in Strategy and Innovation from MIT. Her 20+ year career in the cleantech industry has given her a strong foundation in artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, and digital transformation, which informs her instruction of the “AI for Growth” course.

Logan Schmidt

Assistant Teaching Professor, Assistant Director of Computing Programs – Vancouver

Logan Schmidt is an assistant teaching professor at Khoury College, and the assistant director of computing programs for the Vancouver campus. He is a graduate of the Align program himself, and in both his research and teaching work he aims to introduce newcomers to computer science fundamentals in a way that helps them effectively build new careers.

Vidhi Shah

Part-Time Lecturer

Amy Smith

Assistant Director and Co-op Coordinator

Maryam Tanha

Part-time Lecturer

Jack Thomas

Assistant Teaching Professor

Jack Thomas is an assistant teaching professor at Khoury College. Robotics are what captures his imagination, both as a researcher and a teacher, although he also works in other areas including the social implications of computing, databases, data structures, algorithms and software engineering.

John Wilder

Part-Time Lecturer

John Wilder is a part-time lecturer at Khoury College, and a research associate at the University of Toronto’s Department of Psychology. He is interested in the intersection of computer science and cognative psychology, exploring topics like computer vision and neural networks.

Saeed Yazdanian

Part-time Lecturer