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Brian Harrington

Professor, Teaching Stream
Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
University of Toronto Scarborough
brian.harrington@utoronto.ca

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I am a Teaching Stream Professor in the Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Toronto Scarborough. My research focuses on Computer Science Education and Pedagogy, with a special emphasis on involving undergraduate students in research.

I completed my Doctorate in Computer Science at the Oxford University Department of Computer Science under the supervision of Dr. Stephen Clark. My research focused on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing, in particular, the automated construction of Semantic Network with the ASKNet system.

Prior to joining UTSC, I held a Research and Tutorial Fellowship in Computer Science at Keble College, Oxford. And worked as a Research Scientist in the Medical Informatics Group at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.



URG Members at SIGCSE 2024
Undergrad research group members Rohita Nalluri and Colin Lin, and group alum Angela Zavaleta-Burnuy travelled to Portland Oregon to present at SIGCSE '24. Our team had 2 posters and 1 paper in the conference, with Rohita & Thezyrie being co-authors on another 2 papers. A great showing for the team at SIGCSE!

Team Harrington Wins Back-to-back CMS Trivia Championships
Despite my drawing ability, our team once again took home the trophy in the 2nd annual CMS Trivia Night! Great work team!



For a complete list of my publications, click here.

Interested in getting involved in research? Want to sharpen your academic skills? Just wondering what it is your professors do all day? Then come join the UTSC Computer and Mathematical Sciences Undergraduate Research Group.

The CMS Undergraduate Research Group was founded to give students in our department an opportunity to explore and participate in research. Any level of experience or commitment is welcome. We have everything from reading and discussion groups, to full-fledged research projects. We have published dozens of papers undergraduate co-authors, established an annual symposium, and had students present at local, national and international research conferences.

Research Opportunities:
If you are interested in joining our group, e-mail me at brian.harrington@utoronto.ca to find out more.