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Fatemeh Golpayegani

Young Academy Ireland Member

Assistant Professor UCD

Fatemeh Golpayegani is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science, University College Dublin, and leads the Multi-agent Systems and Sustainable Solutions research group. She received her PhD in Computer Science from Trinity College Dublin, in June 2018, and her main area of research includes developing AI-based algorithms to solve problems such as climate change and sustainability in various applications including smart energy grids and intelligent transportation systems. She is leading a team of 10 researchers and currently coordinating an EU project in the area of intelligent shared mobility and leads other projects in the field.  

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