Maria Chli

Maria Chli is Reader (Associate Professor) in Computer Science at Aston University, specializing in multi-agent systems and machine learning applications for smart cities. As Director of Aston's Computer Science Industry Club, she bridges academic research with industrial applications.

Her lab develops deep reinforcement learning approaches for urban traffic optimization, including vision-based traffic signal control systems deployable in real-world settings. Recent work creates synthetic traffic datasets through graph neural networks and designs auction mechanisms for efficient resource allocation.

Teaching includes modules on Operating Systems (CS2230) and Multi-agent Systems (CS3340). Research has applications in sustainable transportation and adaptive infrastructure management.