Her research focuses on high-performance computing and domain-specific compiler design. Previously, she was a postdoctoral researcher at MIT and a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from McGill University in 2013. Maryam is the recipient of the NSF CRII, NSERC CGS, NSERC PDF, and the FQRNT awards. Her research has received the grand final prize of the 2017 ACM Student Research Competitions.