Hamidreza Mahyar

Hamidreza Mahyar is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University, and an Associate Member of the Computing and Software department. His academic journey includes postdoctoral work at Boston University and TU Wien, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Sharif University of Technology.

Research Focus: Mahyar's work bridges machine learning and network science, emphasizing graph neural networks for applications in social networks, recommendation systems, drug discovery, and generative AI. His research spans industrial AI (Industry 4.0 projects at Infineon Technologies), biomedical engineering (organoid morphology analysis), and semiconductor manufacturing (wafermap modeling).

Scientific Recognition:

• McMaster Teaching Merit Award (2022)
• Vector Scholarship in AI (2023)
• NSERC USRA Award (2022)
• Google Cloud Platform for Research Award (2018)
• Best Paper Selection, Complex Networks (2018)

Academic Leadership: He mentors PhD students (Taraneh Ghandi) and MSc students (Reza Namazi, Mohammad Khodadad, Ali Shiraei), while leading AI initiatives at Mind Lab 56 and BrainMaven. Former mentees include industry leaders at Google, Accenture, and ETH Zurich.