Don’t be the Jean-Claude Van Damme of Your Research Area
What does the career of an action movie icon have to teach us about surviving and thriving in academic research? In this talk, we’ll explore surprising parallels between cinematic fame and the life cycle of hot research topics, using personal experience from the rise and disruption of question answering over knowledge graphs. Join us for unexpected insights, practical lessons, and a lively discussion on how to avoid fading into irrelevance as the scholarly landscape evolves.
Overview
Presenters
Ahmed El-Roby, Associate Professor, School of Computer Science, Carleton University
Brief Biography
Ahmed El-Roby is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carleton University and a member of the Institute for Data Science. His research focuses on building data-centric AI systems that can reason over heterogeneous information at scale. Specific interests include question answering over knowledge graphs, knowledge-graph analytics, domain adaptation for text and graph data, data integration, and applied, time-sensitive analytics in sports. Ahmed earned his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, where he was part of the Data Systems Group, and previously completed an MS at KAUST.