Lab Director

Dr. Farhana Zulkernine is a Professor and the Coordinator of the Cognitive Science program at the School of Computing at Queen's University. She holds a Ph.D. degree from the School of Computing at Queen's University and is a member of Professional Engineers of Ontario.

She has more than 15 years of international work experience in three continents in software design, analysis and research. As a researcher she has worked with CA Technologies, IBM Canada, SAP Germany, and Fondazione Bruno Kessler in Italy. Her research interests include service and cloud computing, big data analytics and management, and cognitive computing.

She has ongoing research collaborations with IBM Canada, Roche, Pfizer, Markitech, Gnowit, Calian, the Center for Advanced Computing (CAC), Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance), Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Services Network (CPCSSN), and Queen's School of Medicine, Law, and Business.

She has taught a wide number of courses in deep learning, cognitive science, and database management systems. Her research has been funded by IBM, CFI, MITACS, NSERC CRD, Discovery, RTI and CREATE, NFRF, CFREF Connected Minds, OCE VIP, CUTRIC, CIMVHR, SOSCIP and Queen's. She has published in many reputed journals and international conferences and served on a variety of conference program and grant committees as an expert in big data and machine learning.