Data Intelligence Lab
Principal Investigator
Renée J. Miller
Professor of Computer Science
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Data Intelligence
Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Email: rjmiller@uwaterloo.ca Office: DC 3355
Senior Program Manager
Liz Drolle Office: DC 3342 Email: edrolle@uwaterloo.ca
Current Members
Besat Kassaie (Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Waterloo, Jun 2024 – present)
Yuhan Liu (Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Waterloo, Sep 2025 – present; co-supervised by Prof. Xi He)
Bruno Scarone (Ph.D. Student, Northeastern University, 2021 – present)
Koyena Pal (Ph.D. Student, Northeastern University, Sep 2022 – present; co-supervised by Prof. David Bau)
Zhengyuan (Dora) Dong (Ph.D. Student, University of Waterloo, Jan 2024 – present)
Mazen El Sedfy (Master’s Student, University of Waterloo, expected start May 2026)
Siyuan Zhao (B.S. Student, University of Waterloo, Oct 2025 – present)
Affiliated Lab Members
Chao Zhang Adjunct Professor University Waterloo (formerly Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Waterloo, Sep 2024 – Feb 2026 → Junior Professor Chair, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France)
Karima Echihabi (Visiting Scholar, Jul 2025; Assistant Professor, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Morocco)
Hazar Harmouch (Visiting Scholar, Sep–Oct 2025; Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Mahdi Esmailoghli (Visiting Scholar, Sep 2025; Postdoctoral Researcher, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)
Francesco Pugnaloni (Visiting Student, Oct – Dec 2025; Ph.D. Student, Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI), Germany)