Bijan Raahemi

Professor Bijan Raahemi is a Full Professor at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, and Director of the Digital Transformation and Innovation (DTI) Graduate Program. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo (1997), an M.Sc. from Sharif University of Technology, and a B.Sc. (Hon.) from Isfahan University of Technology. His academic roles include cross-appointment to the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Research interests span Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Big Data Analytics, and their applications in Business, Healthcare, and Engineering. He leads the KDD Research Lab, focusing on data-driven solutions for business and technical challenges. His work has been funded by NSERC, MITACS, and industry partners like Bell Canada and Ciena.

Awarded the Telfer School of Management Research Excellence Award (2018), Raahemi has published over 85 peer-reviewed articles and holds eight patents in data communications. He teaches courses such as Business Data Mining, Business Intelligence Technologies, and Management Information Systems.

Industrial experience includes roles at Nortel, Alcatel-Lucent, and Tropic Networks, focusing on telecommunications and network architecture. Professional memberships include IEEE (Senior Member), ACM, and Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO).