{"id":11978,"date":"2026-02-17T14:41:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?post_type=cu-people&#038;p=11978"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:28:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T21:28:04","slug":"majid-komeili","status":"publish","type":"cu-people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/people\/majid-komeili\/","title":{"rendered":"Majid Komeili"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"\">\n\t<p>\n\t\t<a class=\"button__red button__red--outline\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/citations?hl=en&#038;user=AIHFesoAAAAJ&#038;view_op=list_works&#038;sortby=pubdate\" target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Scholar<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Dr. Majid Komeili is Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carleton University, Director of the Intelligent Machines Lab (iML), a faculty affiliate in the Institute for Data Science, and the Accessibility Institute at Carleton University. 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