Amin Fard
Associate Professor And Program Coordinator
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolAmin Fard is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator in Computer Science based in Vancouver with over 20 years bridging industry and academia and 13 years in higher-education roles. He holds a PhD from UBC and a track record of leading curriculum and research initiatives at New York Institute of Technology while maintaining visiting and advisory roles with Simon Fraser University and startups like Shoptaki. As a serial co-founder and former CEO/technology lead, he brings practical product-building and data-driven decision-making to academic research and program leadership. His work spans software engineering, data science, and applied research, with deep experience mentoring students and translating research into startups. Less obvious: he combines long-term academic mentorship with hands-on technical advising for early-stage companies, giving him a rare perspective on moving ideas from thesis to market.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Software Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Software Engineering at The University of British ColumbiaBSc Computer Software Engineering, BSc Computer Software Engineering at Ferdowsi University of MashhadMSc Computer Science, MSc Computer Science at Simon Fraser University
English, Persian, Arabic
Github Skills (7)
survey7
deep-learning5
machine-learning5
javascript3
data-science3
blockchain2
simulator2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
saltlab/Testilizer
Sep 2013 - Nov 2014
Contributions:124 commits in 1 year 2 months
saltlab/FeedEx
Mar 2013 - Nov 2014
Contributions:8 commits in 1 year 8 months
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