Niloofar Arshadi

Niloofar Arshadi





Starting June 2010, Niloofar has been with Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR).

Her Brief Bio :

  • 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 and I. Jurisica, "Ensembles of Case Based Reasoning Classifiers in High Dimensional Biological Domains", WIREs Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Vol 1, pp 164-171, April 2011. [Paper Link]

  • 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

    Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
    MaRS Centre, South Tower
    101 College Street, Suite 800
    Toronto, ON
    M5G 0A3
    Phone: (416) 593-9107
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