Mahsa McCauley (Mohaghegh) | |
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| Other names | McCauley |
| Alma mater | Massey University |
| Occupation(s) | Director, Engineer, Scientist at Auckland University of Technology |
| Known for | Founder of She Sharp & Director of Women in Technology at AUT |
Mahsa Mohaghegh (McCauley) is an Iranian-born New Zealand computer engineer specialising in artificial intelligence and natural language processing. [1] She is a professor of information technology and software engineering at Auckland University of Technology. [2]
Mohaghegh grew up in Iran. [3] She completed a bachelor of computer engineering, and a masters in computer architecture, and in 2013 she completed a doctorate in computer engineering at Massey University. [2] [4] [5] In February 2017 she was appointed a lecturer at Auckland University of Technology. [6]
Since 2013 she has been involved with Google’s Computer Science for High Schools programme and runs workshops in Auckland. [7]
Mohaghegh founded a women's networking group called She# (She Sharp) to encourage girls and young women to engage with digital industries. [8]
In 2013 Mohaghegh won the Emerging Leader category at the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards. [8] In 2018 she was one of ten finalists for the New Zealander of the Year Award and also won the Auckland University Of Technology Vice-Chancellor Diversity Award for the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies. [1] [9] [10]
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