Carolyn McGregor

Professor Carolyn McGregor AM is Dean of the Faculty of Business and IT, Ontario Tech University, Canada and a two-time Canada Research Chair. She is Founding co-Director of the Joint Research Centre in AI for Health and Wellness between Ontario Tech University and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia. She received her PhD (Computer Science) from UTS in 2003. Dr McGregor leads pioneering research in AI, big data analytics, stream computing, internet of things, temporal data mining, edge computing and cloud computing. She progresses research within the context of critical care medicine, precision public health, mental health, astronaut health together with military and civilian tactical training. She is the inventor of two internationally leading AI/big data real-time platforms Artemis and Athena used to improve health, wellness, resilience and adaptation.

She’s received over $CAD20 million in research funding and has led multiple large research programs. She has over 200 refereed publications and 3 patents in multiple jurisdictions. She has extensive research collaborations in Canada, USA and Australia. She serves on government committees in Canada, France and Germany. She has received many awards for her research. In 2014 she was awarded Order of Australia membership (AM) for her significant service to science and innovation through health care information systems. She deployed her Artemis platform in hospitals in Ontario and leads Canadian Department of National Defence collaborative research for new pre-deployment acclimation skill and resilience training. In 2018 she received Digital Health Canada’s Women Leader in Digital Health award. In 2022, she led a research study on the Axiom Ax-1 first all-private astronaut mission and she leads the Space Health study, supported by the Canadian Space Agency, on the International Space Station. She is the founding President and CEO of the Interplanetary Chamber of Commerce, the chamber of commerce for Space.