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Researcher

Nisarg Shah

Nisarg Shah is an associate professor of computer science at the University of Toronto, and his research addresses algorithmic fairness. His social choice work extends to bias and unfairness in AI systems, including machine learning systems. He completed a PhD at Carnegie Mellon in 2016, then held a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard in 2017. In 2024 IJCAI gave him its Computers and Thought Award, which is presented to outstanding young scientists in artificial intelligence. He is also a research lead at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, a post he took up in July 2022.

Works
136
Citations
3,022
h-index
27

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2011–2016

    A PhD at Carnegie Mellon

    He earns a B.Tech. in computer science and engineering at IIT Bombay in 2011 and joins Carnegie Mellon's PhD program in fall 2011. He completes the doctorate in 2016 under Ariel Procaccia. He receives the 2016 Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award.

  2. 2016–2017

    A tenure-track post in Toronto

    He accepts a tenure-track faculty position at the University of Toronto in 2016. He holds a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University in 2017, then joins the Department of Computer Science in fall 2017.

  3. 2020

    AI's 10 to Watch

    IEEE Intelligent Systems names him one of AI's 10 to Watch in 2020. The award is given biennially to 10 young AI scientists with outstanding achievements.

  4. 2022

    An Innovators Under 35 listing

    MIT Technology Review Asia Pacific names him to its 2022 Innovators Under 35 list. He co-discovers the provably optimal method for aggregating ranked ballots, resolving a 16-year-old open problem. His recent work applies those ideas to bias and unfairness in AI systems, including machine learning systems.

  5. July 2022

    Research lead at Schwartz Reisman

    He takes up a research lead role at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society in July 2022.

  6. 2024

    A Computers and Thought Award

    IJCAI gives him the 2024 Computers and Thought Award, which is presented to outstanding young scientists in artificial intelligence. The award cites his foundational work on the theory of algorithmic fairness using principles from social choice theory.

  7. As of October 2026

    An associate professor in Toronto

    He is an associate professor of computer science at the University of Toronto and a Research Lead at the Schwartz Reisman Institute. His research covers algorithmic fairness in voting, resource allocation, matching and machine learning.

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  1. Prof. Nisarg Shah - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay acr.iitbombay.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Nisarg Shah to join the University of Toronto - Ariel Procaccia procaccia.info. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Nisarg SHAH | Innovators Under 35 innovatorsunder35.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Nisarg Shah's Homepage cs.toronto.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. IJCAI Awards | IJCAI ijcai.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. IJCAI Computers and Thought Award - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Nisarg Shah - Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence vectorinstitute.ai. Checked 15 October 2026.