Dr. Manos Papagelis

Associate Professor

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Biography

Manos Papagelis is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the MSc and MScAI Programs at the Lassonde School of Engineering, York University. His research primarily focuses on the intersection of data science and machine learning, with particular interests in data mining, graph mining, big data analytics, mobility analytics, databases, and knowledge discovery. He obtained his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Toronto, as well as an M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Crete, Greece. Prior to joining York University, he was a postdoctoral research scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. His professional experience includes roles at Yahoo! Labs and a research internship at the Institute of Computer Science, FORTH, Greece. His research has been published in leading journals, including ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data and IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. He has also filed U.S. patent applications for a conference management system and system for socio-technical analysis of green buildings. In addition to his research contributions, he has lectured at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Toronto.

Research Interests

Awards

#1

Lassonde Educator Year Award

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IEEE MDM 2020 Paper Award

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IEEE MDM 2018 Paper Award

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ACM CIKM 2017 Outstanding Reviewer Award

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Elsevier Engineering Applications AI Top Cited Article 2005 – 2010 Award

Requirements for York University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
4-year Honours Bachelor degree in a related discipline
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Specialization Notes

Department of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies graduate programs generally follow the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) B+ minimum requirement.