Majeed Kazemitabaar
Washington D.C. Area, Canada
Summary
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RockstarMajeed Kazemitabaar is an Assistant Professor and Research Fellow based in Edmonton with 11 years of experience at the intersection of human-AI interaction and AI in education. He completed a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Toronto after research and teaching roles spanning University of Maryland and UC Berkeley, and has interned twice at Microsoft, blending rigorous academic research with industry exposure. His work focuses on designing AI systems that better support learning and human-centered workflows, informed by hands-on teaching and course development. Prior to academia he spent several years as a software engineer building production systems, giving him practical grounding in delivering research that can be deployed. He joined the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute and University of Alberta in 2026, signaling a shift to leading applied research and student mentorship in a growing AI hub. Colleagues describe him as a researcher who pairs empirical rigor with attention to classroom realities, often surfacing design insights that aren’t obvious from models alone.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (19)
minecraft10
javascript10
adafruit10
typescript10
makecode10
blockly10
editor9
sparkfun9
visual-studio-code8
electron8
microsoft7
eagle7
attiny4
google-streetview4
arduino4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
MakerWear/MakerWear
Aug 2015 - May 2017
Contributions:6 PRs, 28 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 9 months
attinyschematicseaglearduino
myjeeed/MimicryRobot
Apr 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
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