James R. Wright
Prospective Students
If you are currently enrolled at the University of Alberta and you are interested in working with me, please drop by my reading group to get to know the group and our research interests, and/or take my grad class.If you are not currently enrolled at U of A and you are interested in working with me for your M.Sc., apply to my department and indicate an interest in working with me. There is no need to contact me directly.
I rarely take on new Ph.D. students from outside U of A unless I am familiar with their work from conferences I attend, or they come highly recommended from a colleague.
Current Students
- Greg d'Eon (PhD)
- Csongor Szepesvari (MSc)
- Sara Jalili Shani (MSc)
- Elaheh Toulabinejad (MSc)
- Melika Heidari Dastjerdi (MSc)
Graduated Students
- Ryan D'Orazio (MSc 2020; now at MILA)
- Michele Albach (MSc 2021)
- Shehroze Khan (MSc 2022; now at Cerebrus Systems)
- Daniel Chui (MSc 2023; now an AI consultant)
- Revan MacQueen (MSc 2023; now at RLCore)
- Amir Sattarifard (MSc 2023; now at Huawei Canada)
- Alireza Masoumian (MSc 2025; now a Research Assistant)
- Mahdieh Mallahnezhad (MSc 2025; now a Research Assistant)
- Mahdi Maghouli (MSc 2025)
- Bahar Boroomand (MSc 2025; now at a stealth-mode startup)
- Rohini Das (MSc 2025)
Last update: Oct 8/2025