Research

Publications

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  • Cultivating Pluralism In Algorithmic Monoculture: The Community Alignment Dataset
    Lily Hong Zhang*, Smitha Milli*, Karen Jusko, Jonathan Smith, Brandon Amos, Wassim (Wes)Bouaziz, Manon Revel, Jack Kussman, Lisa Titus, Bhaktipriya Radharapu, Jane Yu, Vidya Sarma, Kris Rose, Maximilian Nickel
    Models of Human Feedback for AI Alignment @ ICML 2025
    [paper] [data]

  • Case studies of AI policy development in Africa
    Kadijatou Diallo*, Jonathan Smith*, Chinasa T Okolo, Dorcas Nyamwaya, Jonas Kgomo, Richard Ngamita
    Data for Policy 2025
    [paper]

  • Temporal Dependencies in Feature Importance for Time Series Prediction
    Kin Kwan Leung, Clayton Rooke, Jonathan Smith, Saba Zuberi, Maksims Volkovs.
    ICLR 2025
    [paper]

  • Compound Screening with Deep Learning for Neglected Diseases: Leishmaniasis
    Jonathan Smith*, Hao Xu*, Xinran Li*, Laurence Yang, Jahir M. Gutierrez
    Machine Learning in Computational Biology 2022
    [paper] [conference]

  • Variation in the Canadian provincial and territorial responses to COVID-19
    Emily Cameron-Blake, Charles Breton, Paisley Sim, Helen Tatlow, Thomas Hale, Andrew Wood, Jonathan Smith, Julia Sawatsky, Zachary Parsons, Katherine Tyson
    Blavatnik School of Government Working Paper Series 2021
    [paper]

  • Characterizing early Canadian federal, provincial, territorial and municipal nonpharmaceutical interventions in response to COVID-19: a descriptive analysis
    Liam G. McCoy*, Jonathan Smith*, Kavya Anchuri, Isha Berry, Joanna Pineda, Vinyas Harish, Andrew T. Lam, Seung Eun Yi, Sophie Hu, COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group: Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions, Laura Rosella, Benjamin Fine
    Canadian Medical Association Journal Open 2020
    [paper]

  • Non-Pharmaceutical Intervention Discovery with Topic Modeling
    Jonathan Smith, Borna Ghotbi, Seungeun Yi, Mah Parsa
    Machine Learning for Global Health @ ICML 2020
    [paper] [workshop]

* equal contribution

Projects

  • #HowsMyFlattening. A centralized data analytics and visualization hub monitoring Ontario’s response to COVID-19.
  • Mobius Ray Tracer. Computer graphics engine from scratch with raytracing.
  • Awkward Moving Robots. Laser-mapping, planning, and mobility framework for a two-wheeled robot running ROS.
  • Votesavvy. Canadian civic engagement platform for 2015 federal election.
  • Film Portfolio. Short films and documentaries from around the world.

Awards