Dr. Eldan Cohen

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Eldan Cohen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering. His research interests focus on machine deep learning, heuristic search optimization, and scalable data mining, with an emphasis on interpretable human-compatible approaches. In recent years, he has worked on applications in healthcare, automated planning, natural language processing, and software engineering. Before joining the Mechanical & Industrial Engineering department, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto and at the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence. He earned his Ph.D. in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto, where he developed heuristic search algorithms for automated planning and neural sequence decoding. He also worked as a research intern at Fujitsu Laboratories America, developing unsupervised machine learning algorithms specialized for optimization hardware.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Toronto

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:93
Prerequisites
Appropriate four-year bachelor's degree Background in sociological theory and statistics preferred
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Specialization Notes

Department of Sociology