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LUMS alumni named among top AI researchers to watch

Haris Aziz was recognised in the field of computational social choice by the IEEE Intelligent Systems magazine

News Desk February 09, 2016

PHOTO COURTESY: lums.edu.pk

Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) alumni Haris Aziz has been named among 'AI’s 10 to Watch’ by the IEEE Intelligent Systems magazine.

‘AI’s 10 to Watch’ acknowledges 10 researchers who are upcoming professionals in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), an official statement said.

The former graduate, BSc (Honours) 2003, was listed for his research in the field of computational social choice which is an intersection between economics and artificial intelligence.

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Haris was recognised for his work on design of preference aggregation algorithms; mechanisms for multi-agent resource allocation, models and algorithms for cost allocation, and team formation using tools from cooperative game theory.

The Pakistani computer scientist is currently working as a senior researcher in Data61, which is Australia’s largest data innovation group. He also serves as a conjoint senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.

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After graduation from LUMS with Bachelors in Computer Science, Haris received an MSc in Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science from the University of Oxford and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Warwick.

COMMENTS (8)

anees | 8 years ago | Reply Please Include link of source, so everyone can verify authenticity of any information.

cheebz | 8 years ago | Reply not sure why everyone is out there to discredit LUMS... i mean he wouldnt have got into Oxford or Warwick if he had not got decent results in LUMS first.. LUMS does carry some weight, so stop discrediting pakistani instititute.. ofcourse it is not as well reputed or quality as oxford or warwick.. it also doesnt have as large budget or long history as those institutions also.

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Economist | 8 years ago | Reply Lets not be typical and simply appreciate the guy. Schools are important but it was after all his efforts that made him what he is. Way to go Harris!

fahim | 8 years ago | Reply Congrats! but ironically the start point of everyone is not same in our society. i wish our society nurturing poor class students enabling them to make breakthroughs in science and technology.

Bilal | 8 years ago | Reply I consider this article especially the title misleading. The research in AI, which got that person that distinction, was not because of what he did at LUMS but what he did at his universities in UK. LUMS is good at getting credit for things it should not. No doubt LUMS is a good undergraduate school. But that is it. It has a poor graduate school. Does not have the kind of research that it should be boosting about. This type oof false marketing in fact puts a question mark on the ethics of that institution and the kind of lies that want us to believe.

ali | 8 years ago | Reply Why not Oxford, Warwick Alumni. He is working in Australia, may be he is no more Pakistani.

asad | 8 years ago | Reply @lost it was aitchison and beaconhouse - defence campus before that

Lost | 8 years ago | Reply Great work, congrats. But obviously it was all lums that contributed to his prowess, Oxford and Warwick are just rubber stamps. Would the school he did montessori from stand up and get this printed with their name?

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