Arvind Gupta

Arvind Gupta

Professor

University of Toronto

Arvind Gupta is a Professor of Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. He has served as President and Vice-Chancellor of UBC , and as the CEO and Scientific Director of Mitacs Inc. He is also a founder of Palette Skills Inc. He has published extensively on theoretical computer science, computational genomics and national innovation strategies. Dr. Gupta’s significant service includes acting as an Innovation Leader for the Federal Innovation Agenda, serving on the Federal Government’s blue-ribbon innovation panel (Jenkins Panel) and serving on the national Science, Technology, and Innovation Council (STIC). He was instrumental in creating the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) and the Banff International Research Station (BIRS). He is a Senior Fellow of the Brookfield Institute and of Massey College. He serves on the Boards of the India-Canada Research Centre of Excellence (IC-IMPACTS), BIRS and SimTrec. Past service also include serving on the Boards of the Fields Institute, the Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute, Great Northern Way Trust, Canadian Mining Innovation Council, Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute, PIMS, Mitacs, the Grand-NCE (International Scientific Advisory Council), and the campaign cabinet for United Way. Dr. Gupta’s research interests are in bioinformatics and graph theory, especially in the development of new combinatorial techniques related in molecular biology.

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