Dr. Salman Toor

Associate Professor

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Biography

Salman Toor is an Associate Professor in Scientific Computing at Uppsala University. He is an expert in distributed computing infrastructures and applied machine learning. Toor co-chairs the Scientific Machine Learning research group and is a co-founder and CTO of Scaleout Systems AB. He has supervised over forty master's thesis projects and currently serves as the principal supervisor for several Ph.D. students. Toor has significant academic qualifications including a Master's and Ph.D. in Scientific Computing from Uppsala University, and he completed postdoctoral research at the Helsinki Institute of Physics. He has extensive teaching experience and has designed master's and Ph.D. level courses in the field of distributed computing. His research interests include federated machine learning and system scalability performance, and he has been involved in multiple research projects funded by Vinnova, focusing on AI and robust IoT security.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2018-01-01 — Present

Uppsala University • Uppsala

Teaching and researching in Scientific Computing, focusing on distributed computing.

Researcher

2015-01-01 — 2017-01-01

Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University • Uppsala

Employed as a researcher with a focus on cloud architecture.

Senior Cloud Architect

— Present

Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing • Uppsala

Lead architect for designing and developing scalable federated machine learning systems.

Requirements for Uppsala University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:5.5
Reading
Required:5.5
Writing
Required:5.5
Speaking
Required:5.5
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Writing
Required:20
Total
Required:90
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen (180 ECTS) 90 credits in a subject relevant to the specific program
Application Checklist
  • Bachelor's degree certificate and diploma
  • Official transcripts of records
  • Proof of English proficiency
  • Copy of passport photo page
  • Statement of Purpose (for most programs)
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application Summary Sheet (if required by department)
Specialization Notes

General Master's requirements applying across Science, Technology, and Humanities departments.