Bahar Rastegari

Bahar Rastegari is a Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in the Agents, Interaction and Complexity (AIC) research group at the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK. Her work focuses on algorithm design, game theory, and computational social choice.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Computer Science (2013), University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada
• M.Sc. in Computer Science (2004), UBC
• B.Sc. in Computer Engineering (2002), Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Research Interests: She specializes in algorithmic mechanism design without monetary transfers, matching theory, and applications of game theory to bioinformatics. Her current work emphasizes computational social choice and fair resource allocation problems.

Professional History:

• Postdoctoral Research Associate (2013–2016), University of Glasgow (EPSRC-funded project on mechanism design)
• Lecturer, University of Bristol (2017–2018)

Upcoming Engagement: Workshop Chair for AAMAS 2025 in Detroit, USA (May 19–23, 2025).