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Martin Ester is a Professor of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada. He holds a Ph.D. from ETH Zurich (1990) and a Diplom from the University of Dortmund (1984). His research focuses on Data Mining, Machine Learning, Causal Discovery, and Biomedical Applications. He leads the Ester Lab, co-directs the Databases and Data Mining Laboratory, and is part of the Omics Data Science Research Cluster.
- Education: Ph.D. Computer Science (ETH Zurich), Diplom (University of Dortmund)
- Lab affiliations: Ester Lab, Databases and Data Mining Laboratory
- Key research areas: Causal pattern discovery, transfer learning, network analysis, and drug response prediction
His work bridges machine learning and biomedical challenges, employing probabilistic graphical models and deep neural networks. Notable achievements include patient stratification algorithms and drug response prediction frameworks. He has advised numerous graduate students, including recent Ph.D. recipients Ali Arab, Amirreza Kazemi, and Mehrdad Mansouri. In 2023, he was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
