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Sharon Ho

Sharon Ho (she/her) is a MASc student in Software Engineering at Concordia University under the NSERC CREATE SE4AI training program. Her research focuses on the social and ethical implications of synthetic media and generative AI systems. She is co-supervised by Dr. Emad Shihab (DAS Lab) and Dr. Tanja Tajmel (EDI Lab).

Education​

  • Software Engineering (MASc; In Progress) - Concordia University
  • Software Engineering (BEng; Graduated with Distinction) - Concordia University

Publications​

Conferences

  • S. C. Y. Ho, "From Development to Dissemination: Social and Ethical Issues with Text-to-Image AI-Generated Art," in Proceedings of the 36th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (CANAI 2023), 2023
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  • V. Majdinasab, S. C. Y. Ho, M. Islam, D. E. Costa, E. Shihab, F. Khomh, S. Nadi, and M. Raza, "An Empirical Study on Bugs Inside PyTorch: A Replication Study," in Proceedings of the 39th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2023), 2023
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Posters​

  • S. C. Y. Ho, “From Development to Dissemination: Social and Ethical Issues with Text-to-Image AI-Generated Art,” at the 36th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (CANAI 2023), Graduate Student Symposium, 2023, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Research​

Visiting Researcher​

  • Mitacs-JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (Summer Program) [Jun 2023 - Aug 2023] (Dr. Arisa Ema, Institute for Future Initiatives, University of Tokyo)

Research Assistant​

  • Graduate Research Assistant [2021-present] (Dr. Tanja Tajmel and Dr. Emad Shihab, Concordia University)
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant [2019-2020] (Dr. Tanja Tajmel and Dr. Stefanie Ruel, Concordia University)

Teaching​

Teaching Assistant​

  • ENCS691 - Social Aspects of AI Systems [Winter 2023; Winter 2024] (Concordia University)
  • SOEN390 - Software Engineering Team Design Project [Winter 2022; Winter 2023] (Concordia University)

Guest Lecture​

  • COMP472 - Artificial Intelligence [Fall 2023] (Concordia University)
    • Topic: Case Studies on the Social and Ethical Implications of Generative AI Models

Awards​

  • Concordia Merit Scholarship (2021)
  • Concordia’s Dean’s List Award (2019-2020)
  • Concordia University Memorial Endowment Entrance Scholarship (2017)

Other​

  • Concordia Connect Mentorship Program (Mentor to an Undergraduate Student) [Fall 2023]

Contact​

  • Email: h_sharon [at] encs [dot] concordia [dot] ca

  • LinkedIn: Sharon Ho

  • Address:

Data-driven Analysis of Software (DAS) Lab
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
Concordia University

ER 11.57
2115 Rue Guy
Montreal, QC H3H 2L9