Mahsa Mohaghegh

Mahsa Mohaghegh is an Iranian-born New Zealand computer engineer specialising in artificial intelligence and natural language processing.[1] She is a professor of information technology and software engineering at Auckland University of Technology.[2]

Biography

Mohaghegh grew up in Iran.[3] She completed a bachelor of computer engineering, and a masters in computer architecture, and in 2013 she completed a doctorate in computer engineering at Massey University.[2][4] In February 2017 she was appointed a lecturer at Auckland University of Technology.[5]

Since 2013 she has been involved with Google’s Computer Science for High Schools programme and runs workshops in Auckland.[6]

Mohaghegh founded a women's networking group called She# (shesharp) to encourage girls and young women to engage with digital industries.[7]

Awards

In 2013 Mohaghegh won the Emerging Leader category at the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards.[7] In 2018 she was one of ten finalists for the New Zealander of the Year Award and also won the Auckland University Of Technology Vice-Chancellor Diversity Award for the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies.[1][8][9]

References
  1. "Dr. Mahsa Mohaghegh – Auckland University Of Technology". www.asbwaterfronttheatre.co.nz. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  2. "Mahsa Mohaghegh". Curious Minds, He Hihiri i te Mahara. 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  3. "Seeds: Dr. Mahsa Mohaghegh on founding She# and connecting Women in Tech". seeds.libsyn.com. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  4. Massey University, New Zealand. "My Doctoral Story - Mahsa Mohaghegh (2013)". www.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  5. "Mahsa Mohaghegh - AUT". www.aut.ac.nz. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  6. "AUT Lecturer Says Digital Curriculum is Not About Devices". www.scoop.co.nz. November 6, 2019. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  7. "Women of Influence alumni: Mahsa Mohaghegh". Stuff. 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  8. "Mahsa Mohaghegh". techfutureslab. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  9. "Semi-finalists for 2018 New Zealander of the Year named". nzawards.org.nz. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
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