Amir Ardalan Kalantari is a Senior Applied Research Scientist at the Government of Canada and has extensive experience in research and education. Amir has held positions as a Researcher and Teaching Assistant at McGill University and has worked as a Graduate Researcher at Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute. Additional experience includes working as a Researcher at Bluewater Technologies Inc. and as a Research Assistant at the University of Toronto. Amir holds a Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence from Mila and a Master of Science in Computer Science from McGill University.