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Scott Sanner

Professor

Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

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  • Professor
    Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

BIO

Scott Sanner is an Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering, Cross-appointed in Computer Science, and a faculty affiliate of the Vector Institute. Previously Scott was an Assistant Professor at Oregon State University and before that he was a Principal Researcher at National ICT Australia (NICTA) and Adjunct Faculty at the Australian National University. Scott earned a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Toronto (2008), an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University (2002), and a double BS in Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University (1999).

Scott’s research spans a broad range of topics from the data-driven fields of Machine Learning and Information Retrieval to the decision-driven fields of Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research. Scott has applied the analytic and algorithmic tools from these fields to diverse application areas such as conversational recommender systems, adaptive user interfaces, and Smart Cities applications including predictive health analytics, transport optimization, power systems security, and residential HVAC control.

Scott has served as Program Co-chair for the 26th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS) and is currently an Associate Editor for the Artificial Intelligence Journal (AIJ), the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR), and the Machine Learning Journal (MLJ). Scott was a co-recipient of paper awards from the AI Journal (2014), Transport Research Board (2016), and CPAIOR (2018) and a recipient of a Google Faculty Research Award (2020).

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2021 - present
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2016 - 2021
  • Assistant Professor
    Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States2015 - 2016

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Principal Researcher
    NICTA (CSIRO Data61), Canberra, Australia2007 - 2015

DEGREES

  • PhD in Computer Science
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2008
  • MS in Computer Science
    Stanford University, United States2002
  • BS in Computer Science
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United States1999
  • BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United States1999

INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

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