Omid Ardakanian

Associate Professor
Department of Computing Science
University of Alberta

ardakanian@ualberta.[NULL]ca


I am an associate professor in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta. My research addresses fundamental systems challenges in networked and cyber-physical systems, such as data centers, sensor networks, and energy systems. I develop and apply optimization, control, and machine learning techniques to improve the performance, reliability, and sustainability of these systems.

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Omid Ardakanian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta and a Principal Investigator of Future Energy Systems. His research focuses on designing algorithms for performance monitoring and control of networked, embedded, and cyber-physical systems. He received the BSc in Computer Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in Iran, and the MMath and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo in Canada. Before joining UofA, he was a NSERC postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of British Columbia. He currently serves as Treasurer for ACM SIGEnergy, Area Editor of Energy Informatics Review (EIR), and on the steering committee of ACM e-Energy.

Dr. Ardakanian is a recipient of the ACM SIGEnergy Rising Star Award, the ASTech Award for Outstanding Achievement in AI/ML Advancement: Energy and Environmental Innovation, and the University of Waterloo Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies Award. He won the 2024 ACM e-Energy Test of Time Award for his research that also received the Best Paper Award at the Fourth International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy) in 2013. He also received the best paper award at ACM BuildSys 2016 and 2022, and IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting 2017.

ASTech 2022 Award Winner
Email
ardakanian@ualberta.[NULL]ca

Office
University Commons 7-264

Mailing Address
Department of Computing Science
University of Alberta
University Commons 7-213
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2N8