Carson Leung

Dr. Carson Kai-Sang Leung is a Full Professor in Computer Science at the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Science. He founded and directs the Database & Data Mining Lab. His research focuses on big data science, data mining, machine learning, health informatics, and visual analytics. He holds SMIEEE and SMACM fellowships, reflecting his contributions to the field.

Education: B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia (UBC).

Research interests include human-centered exploratory data mining, image databases, and scalable algorithms. He emphasizes user-driven constraints in mining processes and has developed techniques like the segment support map and OSSM for optimized frequency counting. His work on subimage queries in large image databases addresses real-world challenges in visual data retrieval.

Publications span data mining, healthcare analytics, and transportation systems. His lab collaborates on projects like visual analytics for motor vehicle accidents and environmental data science for smart cities. He is affiliated with institutions such as the Institute of Industrial Mathematical Sciences (IIMS) and TRLabs.

Key awards: Senior Member of IEEE (SMIEEE) and Senior Member of ACM (SMACM).