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Nada Al Masri

Associate Professor – Teaching Stream

Bio

Nada Al Masri is an Associate Professor in the Teaching Stream at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto. Prior to that, she held several professorial positions in Computer Science and Information Systems in various higher education institutes, including the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon (INSA de Lyon), France; Claude-Bernard University (Lyon 1), France; the University of Waterloo, ON, Canada; and other American-based higher education institutes in the Middle East region. Throughout her career, she has assumed several administrative roles, including Deputy Vice President for Academic Affairs, Chair of the AACSB Steering Committee, and Chair of the University Strategic Planning Committee.

Nada Al Masri earned her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from The National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon, France, in 2000 and 2005, respectively, and her B.Sc. in Computer Science from the UAE University, UAE, in 1998.

Her research interests include Software Engineering, IT Ethics, and Education in Emergencies.

Teaching

INF313H1 Computational Reasoning 0.5 Credits

INF1343H Data Modeling and Database Design 0.5 Credits

Supervision

Nada is interested in supervising Master students’ theses on any of the following research topics:

  • Model-based Software Engineering (requires advanced programming skills)
  • E-Learning before and after COVID-19
  • Education in Emergencies