Ashish Khisti

Ashish Khisti is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), where he directs the Signals, Multimedia and Algorithms Laboratory (SMA Lab). He holds the Canada Research Chair (Tier II) and maintains affiliations with the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence. His research bridges communication systems, information-theoretic security, and machine learning, with a focus on real-time streaming and privacy-preserving algorithms.

• Research Trends: Recent publications emphasize streaming codes for latency-sensitive networks, machine learning-driven compression, and privacy mechanisms in federated learning.
• Scientific Recognition:
  • Canada Research Chair (Tier II), 2012 and 2017 renewal
  • Cisco Research Center Award, 2017
  • Ontario Early Researcher Award, 2012
  • Best Paper at NeurIPS 2021 Deep Generative Models Workshop
• Academic Contributions: Supervised PhD students Ahmed Badr, Farrokh Etezadi, and Si-Hyeon Lee. Served as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications (2012-2015) and IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (2015-2018).
• Labs & Collaborations: Leads the Signals, Multimedia and Algorithms Laboratory, collaborating with institutions like KAUST, Texas A&M University (Qatar), and the Vector Institute. Organized workshops at BIRS and IEEE conferences.