CSGC Executive Committee

(2025-2026)

Mehdi Khalaj is a Ph.D. candidate in the Bioinformatics Lab (BioInfo) within the Department of Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan, where he also earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. His research focuses on Quantum Bioinformatics, exploring quantum algorithms and hybrid quantum-classical approaches to transform large-scale genomic and molecular data into actionable insights for Personalized Medicine. His work spans computational genomics, structural biology, and biomolecular simulations, with the goal of advancing biomedical research through quantum computing.

Aditi Dhali is a Ph.D. student in the Software Research Lab (SRLab) at the Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, where she works under the supervision of Dr. Chanchal K. Roy. She also serves as a graduate teaching assistant in the same department. Her research focuses on technical debt and cognitive debt arising from AI-generated code, examining how the shortcuts introduced by AI coding assistants quietly accumulate into hidden costs for developers and codebases. Through repository mining, controlled experiments, and taxonomy-building, she aims to help the software engineering community better understand and mitigate these emerging forms of debt.

Beyond research, Aditi is involved in several volunteer initiatives. As VP Finance of the Computer Science Graduate Council (CSGC), she manages the council’s budget and funding allocations, ensuring resources are used effectively to support graduate student events, research initiatives, and community programs. Before starting her Ph.D., she worked as a lecturer in Bangladesh, following the completion of her BSc and MSc in computer science. Outside of academics, she enjoys connecting with people, singing, travelling, and taking part in community work, along with a natural curiosity for finding patterns in everyday life.

Biraj Saha Aronya is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. His research interests include software engineering, program comprehension, scientific workflow systems, and the application of artificial intelligence in software development. His current research focuses on improving the understandability and maintainability of scientific workflow code using AI-assisted techniques.

Arijit is a Master’s student in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan. He is currently pursuing research in computer vision, focusing on deep learning methods for video understanding. Arijit has a natural tendency to ask unnecessary (and sometimes necessary) questions in the classroom. He often resorts to movies and loud music to cope with his occasional existential crises.

Farhana Alam is a first-year PhD student in the MADMUC Lab at the University of Saskatchewan. Her research focuses on the responsible use of AI in education, with an emphasis on long-term learning durability and developing frameworks that support sustained learning in AI-assisted environments.

Leila Moghaddam Moghanloo is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan, with a background in computer science and bioinformatics.

Her research lies at the intersection of computational biology, deep learning, and structural bioinformatics, with a focus on bacteria–phage interactions. Leila studies protein–protein interactions between phage anti-defence proteins and bacterial immune systems to advance our understanding of microbial evolution and contribute to future developments in gene editing and therapeutic discovery.

Nibir Neelim is currently pursuing his M.Sc. in Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan under the supervision of Dr. Debajyoti Mondal. His primary research interests include Graph Drawing Algorithms, Natural Language Processing and Deep Learning. Nibir completed his B.Sc. in Computer Science from BRAC University. As VP Social, Nibir believes that a meaningful graduate life for students deserve the utmost support from everyone, and is such, aims to work diligently to serve the needs of graduate computer science students to the best of his abilities.

Tarunnyamoye is a Master’s student in Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan, specializing in Software Engineering research in the era of AI. She holds a BSc in Computer Science and Engineering from Khulna University and has served as a lecturer at Sonargaon University. Throughout her academic and professional journey, she has been an advocate for women’s inclusion in STEM and sustainable computing.

Sukhrob is an M.Sc. student in Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan and is a member of Visual AI Lab supervised by Dr. Mrigank Rochan. He holds a B.S. in Data Science from Woosong University and previously worked as a machine learning engineer in South Korea. His research interests include deep learning and computer vision, with a focus on model performance on out-of-distribution problems.  

Emily Vandermeer is a PhD student in the Department of Computer Science and the University of Saskatchewan. She works in the MADMUC lab under the supervision of Dr. Julita Vassileva. Her research interests revolve around ensuring safety for everyday users who interact with LLMs. She completed her undergrad and Maser’s at the University of Alberta. Outside of school she loves swimming and running as well as baking!

Mahdi Moayeri is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan, supervised by Prof. Raymond Spiteri. His research focuses on scientific and high-performance computing, with interests in developing actor-based concurrent frameworks for high-throughput scientific workflows.