Arash Barfar

Arash Barfar is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), within the College of Business. His research focuses on designing data-driven algorithms for social good, with publications in journals such as Decision Support Systems, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, and Expert Systems with Applications. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in machine learning and data science.

Education: Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of South Florida (USF).

Research Interests:

• Machine Learning Applications for Social Impact
• Data-Driven Decision Support Systems
• Health Informatics
• Big Data Analytics

Notable Awards:

• Graduate Faculty of the Year (Information Systems), 2023, 2020, and 2017
• College of Business Faculty of the Year, 2017
• Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2017
• Students’ List of Instructors with Greatest Impact, USF, 2015

Teaching & Advising: No specific advisees listed, but he has created and taught courses in machine learning and data science at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Labs/Teams: No dedicated labs or teams explicitly mentioned, though his research collaborations may involve interdisciplinary teams.