Samin Aref
Scholar

Samin Aref

Google Scholar ID: ZvfXixkAAAAJ
Engineering and Data Science, University of Toronto
Machine LearningNetwork ScienceOperations ResearchHuman-Centered AISocial Computing
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
900
 
H-index
17
 
i10-index
22
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
50
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Published multiple papers on structure and dynamics of complex networks, including:
  • - Measuring balance (arXiv:1509.04037)
  • - Computing frustration index (arXiv:1710.09876, 1611.09030)
  • - Partitioning networks of US Congress legislators (arXiv:1906.01696)
  • - Splinter coalitions of the US Congress (arXiv:2105.01913)
  • - Bayan algorithm (arXiv:2209.04562, with Python package bayanpy available via pip)
  • - PyGenStabilityOne algorithm (arXiv:2504.11621)
  • - Troika algorithm (arXiv:2505.03573)
  • Contributions in operations research and optimization, including:
  • - Hotel customer relationship management (doi:10.1057/rpm.2014.22)
  • - Green vehicle routing (arXiv:1509.08671)
  • - Concurrent product development (doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2015.09.040)
  • - Logistics network design (arXiv:1503.05960)
  • - Supply chain bottlenecks (doi:10.1007/s40171-016-0130-8)
  • - Diversity allocation in cloud computing (arXiv:2009.02030)
  • - Quantization of large language models (arXiv:2504.13932)
  • - Strengthening integer programs using LLMs (arXiv:2508.11850)
  • - Min-Max violation optimization (arXiv:2508.13437)
  • Led a 3-year project on the science of science using large-scale bibliometric data to study academic career trajectories, migration, and collaboration patterns
  • - Map of New Zealand scientific collaborations (arXiv:1709.02897)