Dr. Kalyani Selvarajah

Professor of Computer Science

Dr. Kalyani Selvarajah

School of Computer Science, University of Windsor

Understanding how people, information and influence move through networks.

Dr. Kalyani Selvarajah is a computer scientist whose research sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence and social network analysis. Her work develops graph-based machine learning methods for link prediction, community detection and influence modelling, and applies them to real problems with industry and community partners.

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Research focus

Networks, learning and their impact on people

  • Social Network Analysis
  • Graph Machine Learning
  • Link Prediction
  • Team Formation
  • Influence Modelling
  • Applied AI
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Research

Selected publications

Recent and representative work on social network analysis and graph machine learning.

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Partnerships

Industry collaborations

Applied research projects developed with industry, healthcare and public-sector partners.

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Automotive Manufacturing

Predicting Supply-Chain Disruption with Graph Learning

Regional automotive supplier network

Modelled a multi tier supplier network as a temporal graph and trained link prediction models to flag suppliers at risk of disruption weeks before delays appeared in production data.

Principal Investigator · 2023 – 2025Details
HealthcareOngoing

Community Detection for Patient Referral Networks

Regional hospital network

Analysed anonymised referral data to surface care communities and bottlenecks, helping administrators redesign referral pathways and reduce wait times for specialist appointments.

Lead Researcher · 2024 – presentDetails
Public Sector

Influence Analysis for Public Health Messaging

Municipal public health unit

Identified high influence community nodes on social platforms to improve the reach of vaccination and wellness campaigns while respecting privacy constraints.

Academic Partner · 2022 – 2023Details

Academic & professional activities

Workshops, exhibitions and talks

Events coordinated or delivered as part of research, teaching and community engagement.

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WorkshopWorkshop Chair & Organizer

Workshop on Responsible Social Network Analysis

A one-day workshop bringing together researchers, industry practitioners and policy makers on ethical and privacy-preserving network analysis.

May 14, 2026University of Windsor, Windsor, ON
ExhibitionCoordinator

Undergraduate AI Project Exhibition Day

End-of-term exhibition where capstone teams demonstrate AI and network-analysis projects developed with community and industry partners.

April 9, 2026CAW Student Centre

In the media

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