Principal Investigator
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Md Niaz Imtiaz
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Recently completed his PhD with Dr. Khan. Expert in physiological signal analysis and unsupervised domain adaptation, with a focus on cross-dataset generalization for ECG and EEG-based applications.
Randy Tan
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Completed his PhD with Dr. Khan on explainable AI. Currently leads the DOVA Health NSERC Alliance project, focusing on AI-based bowel ultrasound analysis for gastrointestinal disease assessment.
Muhammad Rehman Zafar
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Leads the Immigration Discourses and Information Observatory (IDIO) project at the Bridging Divides initiative, where he also serves as a cluster lead. Completed his PhD with Dr. Khan specializing in explainable AI — his DLIME paper is widely cited in the interpretable ML community.
Graduate Students
Yasaman Ahmadiadli
PhD Student
Research focuses on deepfake audio detection using generalizable deep learning approaches. Also contributing to an industry project with Wellwave Inc. on therapeutic applications of AI.
Somayeh Barzegar
PhD Student
Research focuses on medical image segmentation under limited pixel-level supervision, developing semi-supervised and weakly supervised approaches for clinical imaging applications.
Connor Collington
MASc Student
Research focuses on machine learning-assisted sub-diffraction localization of quantum dots.
Bardia Dehbasti
MASc Student
Research focuses on multimodal assessment of user engagement in VR environments using eye tracking and controller movement analysis.
Safwan Hasan
MASc Student
Research focuses on facial expression synthesis for ALS patients using agentic AI frameworks.
Samiul Islam
MASc Student
Research focuses on multi-agent AI collaboration for improved mental health chatbot support, in partnership with Kids Help Phone.
Behzad Mahaseni
PhD Student
Research focuses on multimodal emotion recognition under missing modality conditions, developing robust fusion strategies for physiological and behavioural signals.
Salma Mohamed
MASc Student
Research focuses on VR-based exposure therapy applications for children on the autism spectrum. Co-supervised with Prof. Karen Soldatic (CERC in Health Equity).
Yashar Mohammadi Kelasi
PhD Student
Research focuses on AI-driven cancer staging from medical imaging. Also a Senior Data Analyst at the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), bringing real-world health data expertise to his research.
Meghan Muldoon
PhD Student
Research focuses on automated volume estimation of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) from Doppler ultrasound, with applications in neonatal cardiac assessment.
| Name | Position | Active | Current Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zeeshan Ahmad | PhD Student | 2018-2022 | Assistant Professor, University of Niagara Falls Canada |
| Boujemaa Guermazi | PhD Student | 2021-2025 | Scientist, Klick Health |
| Carol Wasef | MASc Student | 2023-2025 | ML Researcher, Foqus Technologies Inc. |
| Parmiss Kiani | MASc Student | 2022-2024 | Research Associate, University Health Network |
| Ragavie Pirabaharan | MASc Student | 2021-2023 | Product Manager, IBM |
| Julian True | MASc Student | 2018-2021 | Machine Learning Engineer, Kindred |
| Nino Cauli | Post-Doctoral Fellow | 2018-2019 | Researcher, University of Catalina |
| Noureldin Elmadany | PhD Student | 2014-2020 | Assistant Professor, Arab Academy of Science |
| Nabila Abraham | MASc Student | 2017-2019 | ML Engineer, Cohere Inc |
| Julien Li Chee Ming | Post-Doctoral Fellow | 2017-2018 | Autonomous Machines Engineer, Applanix |