Tala Talaei Khoei

(She/her)

Assistant Teaching Professor

  • PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of North Dakota
  • MSc in Information Technology, Southern New Hampshire University
  • BSc in Software Engineering, Azad University — Iran

Tala Talaei Khoei is an assistant teaching professor at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, based at the Roux Institute in Portland, Maine.

Khoei is passionate about engaging with students, as well as learning from and communicating with other faculty members. Her research interests encompass inclusivity in computer science, integrating computational thinking and data science education, data science and mining, artificial intelligence, deep learning, and reinforcement learning. Khoei enjoys working on projects associated with data quality, visualization, and interpreting data in different networks. Notably, she has a track record of publications in top-tier journals and high-ranked conferences and was awarded Best Paper Presenter at the 13th IEEE UEMCON.

Prior to joining Khoury College in 2024, she received her doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of North Dakota, where she also worked as a graduate teaching and research assistant. In her free time, she likes watching horror movies, spending time with her puppy, traveling, and cooking international cuisines.