Hossein Rahnama (born 1980) is a recognized figure in ubiquitous and pervasive computing.
His research explores artificial intelligence, mobile human-computer interaction, and the effective design of contextual services.
In 2017, Hossein was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40.
In 2012, he was recognized by the MIT Technology Review as one of the world’s top innovators under the age of 35 for his research in context-aware computing.
The Smithsonian named Hossein as one of the top six innovators to watch.
Hossein has 30 publications and 10 patents in ubiquitous computing, is serving on the board of Canadian Science Publishing, and was a Council Member of the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).
Hossein is also a visiting scholar at the Human Dynamics group at MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, MA.
He has a PhD in Computer Science from Ryerson University.
Hossein is the Founder & CEO of Flybits, "a context-as-a-service company that enables enterprises to unify disparate sources of data and create highly personalized customer experiences." Hossein is also an assistant professor at the RTA School of Media, and the Co-Founder/Director of Research at the Ryerson Centre for Cloud and Context Aware Computing (RC4) in Toronto, Canada.