Waqar Haque

Haque, Dr. Waqar

PhD (Computer Science), MSc (Computer Science), MSc (Mech Engineering)

Professor
Commerce, MBA, Faculty of Business and Economics, Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering
Phone
250-960-6522
Email
waqar.haque@unbc.ca
Office
10-2052
Campus
Prince George

Biography

Dr. Haque received his Masters and PhD in Computer Science from Iowa State University, USA. He joined ÂÜÀòÉäÇø in 1995 and is presently Full Professor, cross-appointed in the Department of Computer Science and School of Business. His academic background includes a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from University of Alberta.

Dr Haque's research interests include advanced data analytics, business intelligence, parallel and distributed computing, high performance computing, visual analytics, and real-time database systems. Dr Haque has been involved in industrial collaborative research that has led to commercialization of software. His work was nominated, and won, the Industrial Collaborative Research and BC Top Innovation awards. Dr Haque has been a recipient of NSERC, SSHRC and multiple other research grants.

Dr Haque leads the Business Intelligence Research Group (BIRG) at ÂÜÀòÉäÇø with a primary focus on healthcare applications. He also serves on the Research Computing Management Board and Health Research Institute (HRI) Leadership Council.

Research and Expertise

Research Fields
  • Business
  • Computer Science
Areas of Expertise
Advanced analytics, business intelligence, high-performance computing, data science, management information systems
Not accepting graduate students
Supervises In
MSc Computer Science, MSc Business Administration, MSc Health Sciences, PhD Health Sciences

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