Conference Area Chair

  • 2024: ACL Rolling Review June 2024, Area Chair (8 papers)

Conference Reviewer

  • 2024: April 2024 ARR, The 1st Conference on Language modeling (COLM 2024), 6 papers
  • 2023: EACL 2023 (ARR), NAACL 2023 (ARR), ACL 2024 (ARR), 13 papers
  • 2021: ACL 2021, 3 papers
  • 2019: ACL SRW 2019, 3 papers

Conference Organization

  • 2019: EMNLP-IJCNLP 2019 Workshop on Commonsense Inference in Natural Language Processing, Program Committee (PC) member

Internal Service

  • 2024:
    • Hardware/Software Planning Committee Chair, Department of Computer Science, Brock University (July 2024 – Present)
    • Undergraduate Thesis Program Coordinator, Department of Computer Science, Brock University (July 2024 – Present)
    • Joint AI BSc + BA Artificial Intelligence Program Vice Chair, Department of Computer Science, Brock University (July 2023 – Present)
    • AI Advisory Committee Member, Brock University (June 2023 – Present)
    • Inclusion, Diversity, Equitability, and Accessibility (IDEA) Lead Member, Faculty of Math and Sciences, Brock University (June 2023 – Present)
  • 2023:
    • AI-Day Organizer, Department of Computer Science, Brock University (July 2023)
    • Curriculum Committee Member, Department of Computer Science, Brock University (July 2023 – July 2024)
  • 2022:
    • Hardware/Software Planning Committee Member, Department of Computer Science, Brock University (July 2022 – June 2024)

Professional Development and Outreach

  • 2024: Developer and Facilitator at Brock University Professional and Continuing Studies (April 2024-Present) [Details]
    • Workshops:
      • C-Suite: What you need to know about AI for your business – A half-day workshop designed for business leaders to understand AI’s impact and potential in the corporate world.
      • Exploring large language models: Beyond ChatGPT – Focuses on practical applications of LLMs in various industries.
      • AI Essentials – A six-week micro-credential course aimed at professionals new to the AI field.
Ali Emami
Ali Emami
Assistant Professor

Ali Emami is an assistant professor of computer science at Brock Uniersity. His research interests include natural language processing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. He leads the Natural Language Processing group, which develops natural language understanding and generation systems that are generalizable, interpretable, and fair.