Current Lab members
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Marta Kersten-OertelDirector
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Zahra AsadiPhD Computer Science
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Hafsa Moontari AliPhD Computer Science
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Andrey TitovPhD Computer Science (@ ÉTS co-supervised)
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Mustafa SiddiqiPhD Computer Science
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Hamideh HosseiniPhD Computer Science
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Dominik LuderaMSc Software Engineering
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Zach JonesMSc Computer Science
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Mehrdad AsadiMSc Computer Science
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Arash HarirpooshMSc Computer Science
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Mina MasoumiMSc Computer Science
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Emmanuel AjaeroMSc Computer Science
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Joshua CastilloMSc Computer Science
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Afaf Alanzarouti
Director of the AP Lab and Assistant Professor in Computer and Software Engineering, Concordia.
My research involves developing and testing visualization, display and interaction methods in the context of image-guided surgery. I’m particularly interested in how we can improve the spatial and depth understanding of volume rendered medical data and studying the impact of augmented reality visualization for specific surgical tasks.
Mustafa Siddiqi
Hamideh Hosseini
Zach Jones
Mehrdad Asadi
Arash Harirpoosh
Mina Masoumi
Emmanuel Ajaero
Joshua Castillo
Afaf Alanzarouti
Collaborators
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D. Louis CollinsProfessor, McGill University
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Simon DrouinProfessor, ÉTS
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Jeff Golan, MDJewish General Hospital
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Hassan RivazAssistant Professor, Concordia
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Carlo Santaguida, MDMD, Montreal Neuro
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David Sinclair, MDMD, Montreal Neuro
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Amin Madani, MDUHN Toronto
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George Rakovich, MDHôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
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Yiming XiaoAssistant Professor, Concordia
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Valentine GoddardAI ethics and social impact expert, AIIA
Dr. Collins is a professor of Neurology & Neurosurgery and Biomedical Engineering, McGill University and director of the NIST lab at the BIC, Montreal Neuro.
Simon Drouin is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the NeuroImaging and Surgical Technologies (NIST) lab and Brigham Women’s Hospital and the original developer of IBIS, NIST’s Image-Guided Neurosurgery platform.
Dr. Golan is the medical director of Neuro-oncology at the Jewish General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Oncology, McGill University.
Dr. Rivaz is an assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University and Director of IMPACT Group, PERFORM Centre.
Dr. Santaguida is a spine neurosurgeon at the Montreal Neuro and Med-P (preparatory program) Faculty Director at McGill University.
David Sinclair, MD
Dr. Sinclair is a clinical professor in Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Neurosurgery in the Division of Neurosurgery, Montreal Neuro/McGill University.
Amin Madani, MD
George Rakovich, MD
Yiming Xiao
Previous Members
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Maryam AlizadehPostdoctoral Fellow
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Jonatan ReyesPhD Computer Engineering
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Mumu AktarPhD Computer Science
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Mohsen ParisayPhD Computer Science
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Étienne LégerPhD Computer Science
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Salar NorooziMSc Computer Science
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Sepehr JalayerMSc Computer Science
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Nelson FrankMSc Computer Science
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Naghmeh AnsariMSc Computer Science
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Amirhossein EtaatMSc Computer Science
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Sarah AminiMSc Computer Science
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Negar HaghbinMSc Computer Science
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Andrey TitovMSc Computer Science
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Simon CrêteMSc Computer Science
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Negar KazemipourMSc Computer Science
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Reihaneh TeimooriMSc Computer Science
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Negar HaghbinResearch Assistant
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Joseph PlazakResearch Assistant
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Niki NajafiMSc Computer Science
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Nadine El-MuftiUSRA
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Shawn GormanUSRA
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David XieUSRA
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Rodrigo ZaniniUSRA
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Amine BeschrifaUSRA
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Sana JallouliUSRA
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Mohammed GhanmehUSRA
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Joon Seung HwangResearch Assistant
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Donya MeshginUSRA
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David SemujangaUSRA
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Carlita L’AbbéUSRA
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Matthew DawsonUSRA
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Victor MolinaUSRA
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Kelly LanglaisUSRA
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Petia PavlovaUSRA
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Gabriel ValentiniUSRA
Maryam Alizadeh
Mohsen Parisay
Mohsen is working on natural interaction methods in augmented and virtual reality.
Étienne Léger is a PhD student in the lab working on augmented reality for image-guided neurosurgery.
Nelson Frank
Naghmeh Ansari
Amirhossein is working on developing a real-time balance training system to improve physical rehabilitation using motion detection and pose estimation techniques.
Sarah Amini
Negar is a Master’s student working in the area of notification, gamification and cueing in mobile health applications.
Simon Crête
Reihaneh Teimoori
Negar is working on the development of an iOS smartphone application for augmented reality visualization of injection sites in the context of multiple sclerosis.
Joseph Plazak
Niki Najafi
Rodrigo Zanini
Amine Beschrifa
Sana Jallouli
Mohammed Ghanmeh
Joon Seung is working on the development of an android smartphone application for the use of the auditory display for path guidance tasks.
Donya is an undergraduate software engineering student at Concordia University in the Real-time, Embedded and Avionics program option. Her work focuses on applying augmented reality technology to assess whether a guided visual imagery experience and an image-guided subcutaneous injection tool could reduce injection anxiety and pain perceived by Multiple Sclerosis patients during treatment.
David is an undergraduate software engineering student at Concordia University.
His work consists in developing an application platform that synthesizes the results of a research endeavour and allows for user feedback.
Carlita is an undergraduate software engineering student at Concordia University. As a research assistant on the Cerebral Vascular Visualization project she will work on developing new methods that aid clinicians to understand the spatial layout of the virtual anatomy in the real world view and the absolute depth of virtual elements.
Dawson is an undergraduate computer science student aiming to continue his education with a Master’s in deep learning.
His involvement at the AP lab is conducting research assistant work on the optimization of training neural networks on decentralized, sensitive and private, data.
Kelly Langlais
Petia Pavlova
Previous Thesis Students
PhD Students
- Jonatan Reyes, January 2018 – August 2024; PhD; Adoption of Deep Learning Models and its Applications in Dementia Research :: Faculty at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
- Mumu Aktar, Sept 2018 – Dec 2023; PhD, “Automatic Evaluation of Collaterals in Ischemic Stroke” :: Postdoctoral Fellow University of Calgary
- Mohsen Parisay, Jan 2017 – Dec 2021; Phd, “Computational Analysis of Eye-Strain for Digital Screens based on Eye Tracking Studies.” :: Software Engineer @ilume informatik AG, Mainz, Germany
- Étienne Léger, Jan 2017 – Sept 2021; PhD, “Mobile and Low-cost Hardware Integration in Neurosurgical Image-Guidance.” :: Post-doctoral research fellow in the Golby Lab, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Master’s Students
- Simon Crête, Sept 2021 – July 2023; MSc., MRI-Based Brain Age Estimation Using Supervised Contrastive Learning
- Reihaneh Teimoori, Sept 2021 – April 2023; MSc., Deep learning-based brain ventricle segmentation in Computed Tomography using domain adaptation
- Salar Noroozi, Sept 2021 – August 2023; MSc., Design and Development of LapBot: An Interactive Mobile Game for Mastering Safe Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
- Negar Kazemipour, Sept 2020 – August 2023; MSc., Mixed Reality and Force Feedback Haptic Tools for Improved Surgical Planning
- Sepehr Jalayar, Sept 2020 – April 2023; MSc., An Immersive Virtual Reality Tool for Connectome Visualization and Analysis :: Android Developer @ VOXX DEI Canada
- Naghmeh Ansari, Sept 2019 – Dec 2021; MSc., “Augmented Reality in Ventriculostomy” :: Software Developer @ Think Surgical
- Amirhossein Etaat, Sept 2019 – Dec 2021; MSc., “An Online Balance Training Application using Pose Estimation and Augmented Reality” :: Co-founder
- Sarah Amini, Sept 2018 – July 2021; MSc., “Using Visualization and Modelling to Improve Pre-Surgical Decision-Making in Breast Reconstruction surgery.” :: Full Stack Developer @ Avanade
- Negar Haghbin, Sept 2018 – Dec 2020; MSc., “Notification, gamification and cueing in mobile health applications.” :: Software Engineer @ Flipd
- Nelson Frank, Sept 2018 – Dec 2020; MSc., “Deep Learning Approaches to Multi-Modal Biomedical Image Segmentation.” :: Imaging Research and Development @ Qynapse
- Andrey Titov, Sept 2018 – Dec 2020; MSc., “Comparing Vascular Visualization Techniques with Gamification.” :: PhD @ École de technologie supérieure, Montreal, Canada.