Postdoctoral Fellow (PDF) Alumni
Yuhao Chen
My research interest lies in the development of computer vision and artificial intelligence solutions specifically designed for industrial applications. By concentrating on precision agriculture, precision health, and precision manufacturing,
Mohamed Naiel
I’m a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Systems Design Engineering Department, University of Waterloo, and Vision and Image Processing Lab, Waterloo, Canada. I did part of my research in human action recognition in videos, object detection and multi-object tracking. My research interests include signal, image and video processing, computer vision, machine learning and pattern recognition.
Mehrnaz Fani
My research interests are mainly in AI and machine learning, particularly deep learning and computer vision. I am especially interested in working with video and image data and designing novel solutions to address the real-world problems.
Linlin Xu
I am a post-doc in Vision and Image Processing Lab, working with professors David Clausi, Alexander Wong on machine learning, intelligent remote sensing analytics and environmental monitoring.
Hicham Sekkati
My primary research interests lie in visual scene understanding. I am mainly concerned with solving problems arising in visual perception and action recognition, which are key components in many vision applications such as surveillance, robot guidance, multi-modal image interpretation, remote sensing, and visual field monitoring. I focus also my attention on the processing of optical/sonar images for underwater vision applications.
Bi Hongbo
My research interests are in the fields of digital watermarking, signal processing, pattern recognition and related fields. I am currently particularly interested in statistical modeling and feature extraction of natural images.
Shelley Wang
My research interests include stochastic graphical learning and modeling for large-scale networks and data mining and visualization, affective computing, image processing, computer vision, signal processing, femtocell networking, network control theory, wideband spectrum sensing, and dynamic spectrum access. My current focus is on efficient high-resolution, remote spatial biosignals measurements using video imaging for affective computing.
Christian Scharfenberger
My research interests are in the fields of computer vision, image processing, and pattern recognition with an emphasis on saliency computation, camera calibration and stereo vision. I am particularly interested in practical applications of computer vision and image processing methods to problems in robotics and driver assistance systems.
Parthipan Siva
My research interests are primarily in the field of computer vision and pattern recognition with a focus on video analytics. I am particularly interesting in action/activity recognition in videos using a weakly supervised approach.
Zhijie Wang
My current research focuses on Image Processing and Computer Vision, or more specifically, automated image and video analysis through detection, tracking and segmentation methods.
Kai (Alex) Qin
My research interests include pattern recognition, image processing, computer vision, machine learning, evolutionary computation, remote sensing data analysis, biometrics and bioinformatics.
Philippe Maillard
My key research interests focus on remote sensing of vegetation in the tropics, digital mapping, image classification, image-based statistical models, and digital image processing for optical and radar imagery.
Xuezhi (Bruce) Yang
My research interests are primarily in the fields of image processing and pattern recognition, specifically on the topics of image denoising, image segmentation and discriminative feature extraction. I am also interested in automated interpretation of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery and automated visual inspection system.
Huawu (Gordon) Deng
My research interests are in image processing (texture modeling, image classification, image segmentation, image retrieval), computer vision, pattern recognition, and remote sensing data analysis.
Ph.D. Alumni
Saeid Taleghanidoozdoozan
Saeid is a PhD graduate in the Systems Design Engineering department.
He holds an M.Sc. in remote sensing from K. N. Toosi University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, where he developed a passion for applying advanced machine learning techniques to remote sensing applications.
Kanav Vats
Kanav was a PhD Candidate at the University of Waterloo, supervised by Prof. David Clausi and Prof. John Zelek. He worked on computer vision-based sports analytics, with a focus on problems such as player tracking, player identification, event detection, and pose estimation.
Zilong Zhong
I’m a PhD student specialized in Machine Learning & Intelligence. My research interests include deep learning, computer vision, probabilistic graph models, and their applications to various data interpretation scenarios.
Mohsen Ghanbari
Ph.D. 2021
Shahid Haider
I am very interested in spectropolarimetric optical imaging techniques and utilizing them for medical purposes. I have extended interests as well in medical image processing and analysis, in particular with prostate MRI.
Audrey Chung
My research interests include image processing and computer vision, with specific emphasis on biomedical imaging. My current research primarily focuses on computer-aided prostate cancer detection and grading via multi-parametric MRI. Other projects include lung nodule segmentation, video photoplethysmography, and illumination-robust feature detection.
Ian Kennedy
I am a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Professor Paul Fieguth. My research is on graph mapping and similarity.
Andre Carrington
My research applies computers to analysis and optimization problems in healthcare, with a focus on cancer. This involves pattern recognition, statistical machine learning, health informatics, signal & image processing and other disciplines.
Robert Amelard
My research passions lie broadly in the realm of computer vision with a HCI/human factors twist. I am focusing my PhD thesis work on extracting hemodynamic information from videos. For my Master’s, I designed intuitive image features to help doctors make more accurate diagnoses of melanoma. Apart from medical image processing, I have also dappled with remote sensing (hyper- & multi-spectral) and photogrammetry (3D stereo vision).
Elnaz Barshan
My research interests lie in the area of Machine Learning, Computer Vision and Cognitive Science. I am especially interested in developing new Machine Learning algorithms for analyzing structures in massive data sources as well as learning predictive models based on those structures. Besides this, I am researching about the functionality of human visual system and learning how to model impressive properties of this mysterious system.
Keyvan Kasiri
My research interests mainly lie in the fields of image processing and computer vision and problems related to pattern recognition, machine learning, biomedical signal and image analysis.
Farnoud Kazemzadeh
Design, build, and application of scientific multispectroscopic, hyperspectroscopic, and interferometric imaging systems for various sensing applications: up-looking (astronomy) and down-looking (space instrumentation, Earth sciences, biomedicine, security, military).
Daniel S. Cho
My research interests are in image processing, medical image registration and reconstruction and I am currently working on computer-aided melanoma (one type of skin cancer) diagnosis through the modeling of physiological characteristics of skin lesions using multi-spectral imagery.
Ahmed Gawish
My research areas include image processing (statistical), machine learning, and computer vision. I am working under the supervision of Professor Fieguth.
Fan Li
My research interests lie in the fields of machine learning, computer vision, and image processing, with particular applications in remote sensing.
Jiange Grace Liu
I’m interested in the fields of image processing, computer vision, pattern recognition and related areas. My current researches are both in biomedical imaging and remote sensing.
Lei Wang
My research interests lie in the area of data assimilation and large scale satellite image classification and mapping.
Shimon Schwartz
My research interests are in the fields of image processing, machine learning and computer vision with an emphasis on Compressive Sensing for efficient signal acquisition.
Justin Eichel
Ultra High Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography (UHROCT) Reconstruction, Corneal Imaging, Tracking Systems, Controls, Statistical Modelling, Systems Integration, Real-Time Communications, Computational Intelligence.
Li Shen
My research is focused on pattern recognition and machine learning theory and algorithms to make an optimal decision such as identifying or classifying objects in remote sensing (RS) imageries for natural disaster reduction. Currently, I’m mainly concentrating on how to apply the probabilistic topic models to conduct semantc analysis on RS imageries.
Chenyi Liu
My research interests are in the fields of remote sensing, image sparse representation and compressed sensing. I am now most interested in the techonology of using sparse representation algorithm to do image denoising, super-resolution, and medical image reconsruction, etc.
Ying Liu
My research interests lie in multidimensional signal processing, statistical modeling, and machine learning. My work is focused on the developing methodology and application algorithms for multivariate data analysis, multiresolution representation and estimation, in particular, for image and video processing, remote sensing and scientific sensing data modeling and analysis.
Amir H. Shabani
My main research interests are in the field of computer vision, pattern recognition, and machine learning for video analytics with the focus on human tracking and event/activity recognition in video. I developed several algorithms for image and video analysis including detection and tracking of humans in video, motion estimation, multi-resolution video processing, biologically-inspired spatio-temporal filtering, local video event detection, and action classification.
Li Liu
Her current research interests include computer vision, texture analysis, pattern recognition and image processing.
Akshaya Mishra
Akshaya has been working in the field of image processing, pattern recognition and computer vision for nine years. He has been publishing and serving as an reviewer for several key image processing and computer vision conferences and journals.
Azadeh Mohebi
Her current research is on statistical pattern recognition and multidimensional data modeling.
Slawo Wesolkowski
Current research interests focus on problems related to operations research and risk analysis.
Qiyao Yu
My research interests include image segmentation, remote sensing, and video analysis. I am currently working on fast and efficient algorithms on action recognition for video surveillance. I am also interested in simultaneous localization and mapping.
Simon Alexander
Research interests include medical imaging, wavelets, and algorithms.
Zohreh Azimifar
Research interests include statistical learning of generative and discriminative models for massive data sources with particular attention in statistical computer vision and pattern recognition.
Fakhry Khellah
His research interests include statistical signal and image processing, pattern recognition, and remote-sensing applications.
Gabriel Carballo
His research interests include airborne and spaceborne SAR and optical remote sensing, hierarchical algorithms, and the development of enterprisewide software solutions that integrate GIS and remote sensing techniques.
M.A.Sc. Alumni
Ryan Schmalenberg
Hi, my name is Ryan Schmalenberg. I am a graduate of the Master of Applied Science program in Systems Design Engineering. My work in the VIP lab relates to 3D computer vision through camera calibration, and is specifically related to validating methods for accurate camera calibration from out-of-focus images, which is required for long focal length cameras.
Jerrin Bright
Jerrin Bright completed his Master’s degree in the Department of Systems Design Engineering under the supervision of Prof. John Zelek. He was a member of the Sports Analytics Research Group at the Vision and Image Processing Lab. Jerrin’s primary research focused on developing robust 3D human pose estimation approaches for the quantitative analysis of baseball players.
Muhammed Patel
Hi, I am Muhammed Patel
I am a graduate student pursuing a Master of Applied Science in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Prior to this, I completed a dual degree program in Industrial Engineering and Industrial Engineering Management with a specialization in Optimization at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur.
I am currently working on automatic whale detection and sea ice classification from SAR images.
Brennan Gebotys
Brennan was a MASc student who worked on novel motion-aware strategies for efficient and accurate video analytics. His thesis highlights the significant potential of leveraging motion information in video analytics, particularly in the domains of pose estimation and action recognition
Max Manning
Max was a Master’s student in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Interested in imaging and remote sensing systems, computer vision, optics, electronic hardware design, and signal processing
Yifan Wu
My research interests include optical remote sensing image processing, building extraction, and machine learning.
Nicholas Pellegrino
Nicholas Pellegrino completed his master’s degree in Systems Design Engineering in 2022. He was associated with PhotoMedicine Labs and the Vision and Image Processing (VIP) Lab, and was co-supervised by Dr. Parsin Haji Reza and Prof. Paul Fieguth. His main research contributions were in the areas of signal processing, multi-spectral unmixing, and chromophore-selective PARS® imaging with applications in PARS histology and ophthalmology.
Pascale Walters
Pascale was a M.A.Sc. student in the VIP Lab focused on hockey game video homography.
Chris Dulhanty
Chris is a Robustness Analysis Machine Learning Engineer at Apple, where he works to anticipate, analyze, and mitigate technical and social failures of machine learning systems. He completed his M.A.Sc. in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo in 2020 as a member of the Vision and Image Processing Lab, supervised by Alexander Wong and David Clausi.
Ahmadreza Jeddi
I am doing an M.Sc. in Computer Science, under the supervision of Prof. Alexander Wong and Prof. Mohammad Javad Shafiee. My research interests include machine learning, AI, computer vision, adversarial robustness, and semantic segmentation. Prior to joining to VIP lab, I did research on big data representation learning and graph embedding.
Xiaodan (Charlotte) Hu
My research interests include image processing and computer vision. My current research primarily focuses on content-adaptive projector resolution enhancement. Other projects include GANs-based text-to-image generation, medical imaging synthesis, super-resolution, semantic segmentation, and face recognition.
Marie Hoekstra
My research interest lies with using RADARSAT-2 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery to automate the classification of ice-water on large northern lakes.
Vignesh Sankar
My research interests involve projector compensation for unconvential projection surface.
Devinder Kumar
I develop computer vision tools to analyze Image data. This includes object identification/classification, motion tracking and mobile robot vision.
Steffen Lindner
Steffen currently works in high-tech start-up environments and is a founder at Aeryon labs. His experience in developing work flows and methodologies, as well as his attention to detail have been instrumental in helping start-ups build solid foundations.
Edward Li
My research interests are in the fields of computer vision, image processing, and pattern recognition with an emphasis on sparse reconstruction, conditional random fields, Hyperspectral imaging, MRI, OCT and other medical imaging techniques and applications.
Francis Li
My research interests are in 3D computer vision, image processing, and object recognition. I’m currently working on 3D reconstruction using low-cost hardware.
Brendan Chwyl
My research interests include topics in image processing and computer vision. I am primarily interested in photopletyhsmography imaging and its application to the analysis of remote heart rate, respiratory rate, and cognitive stress. In addition, I am interested in affect recognition and illumination robust keypoint detection.
Shahid Haider
I am very interested in spectropolarimetric optical imaging techniques and utilizing them for medical purposes. I have extended interests as well in medical image processing and analysis, in particular with prostate MRI.
Andrew Cameron
I’m interested in automating and supporting complex reasoning tasks, including through applications of pattern classification, statistical modelling, image processing and computer vision, but also through data visualization, dimensionality reduction, and related techniques.
Dorothy Lui
I am passionate about image processing and pattern recognition, particularly in applications in biomedical imaging. My current research involves developing new algorithms to automate segmentation of particular features in biomedical images.
Robert Amelard
My research passions lie broadly in the realm of computer vision with a HCI/human factors twist. I am focusing my PhD thesis work on extracting hemodynamic information from videos. For my Master’s, I designed intuitive image features to help doctors make more accurate diagnoses of melanoma. Apart from medical image processing, I have also dappled with remote sensing (hyper- & multi-spectral) and photogrammetry (3D stereo vision).
Steven Leigh
My research involves the automated interpretation of images with specific applications in remote sensing.
Jeffrey Glaister
My research interests are in the fields of pattern recognition and image processing, applied to biomedical imaging. I am interested in developing image processing algorithms to automate the analysis of medical images, such as those captured using MRI, X-ray or other modalities. Other work is in the area of novel video compression algorithms.
Abhishek Kumar
My research interests are in the field of pattern recognition, robotics, and computer vision. My interests particularly revolves around practical applications like surveillance and object tracking.
Aanchal Jain
My research interests are in the field of non-parametric methods for image processing. Currently I am working with wavelets and their applications in non-parametric image processing techniques.
Namrata Bandekar
My current research interest lies in the areas of image processing and computer vision.
Neil Cavan
My research interests include robotics and computer vision, specifically 3D reconstruction of unknown scenes and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) for robotic vehicles.
Shiva Zaboli
My research interests mainly lie in the areas of image processing and computer vision including steganography, digital image watermarking and medical image processing using statistical and digital signal processing methods. My current research focuses on investigation of hypoxia induced changes in the attenuation coefficient of the human cornea using ultrahigh resolution optical coherence tomography images.
Fred Tung
Fred’s research interests lie in computer vision, image processing, and pattern recognition; his current projects include image segmentation, motion estimation, and behaviour and scene analysis for intelligent surveillance. He is currently completing a PhD at the University of British Columbia.
Wen Zhang
My research interests include computer vision, 3D input devices, motion capture, and computer graphics for stereoscopic applications.
Peter Yu
My research interests include image processing, image segmentation, data fusion, image synthesis and image enhancement for both remote sensing and medical applications.
Kurtis McBride
During his MASc, he conducted research in the VIP lab building algorithms to interpret the movement of vehicles through a traffic intersection in a digital video.
Peter Iles
Peter Iles focused his MASc research in the VIP research group on image processing and computer vision. His objective was the ability to automatically count cells in embryonic tissue.
Mark Korhonen
My main research interests are now in the video domain, including topics such as deinterlacing, compression, as well as software architecture and performance optimizations of deinterlacing/video compression on real-time embedded systems.
Shannon Puddister
My research interests lie in image processing for medical applications. I am particularly interested in efforts to develop visual prosthetics.
Renyan (Ryan) Ge
My research interests are in the design of machine vision algorithms to support real-time processing of defect analysis in plasma display panels (PDPs).
Bing Yue
My research interests include remote sensed digital image processing, target detection, SAR polarimetry, interferometry, and pattern recognition.
Faculty Alumni
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Ed Jernigan
Recently, researchers in vision and image processing have developed quantitative models of both image formation and human perceptual performance which provide new insight into the form and function of image processing and pattern recognition tasks in vision. Research in image processing in Systems Design Engineering is part of an emerging effort to develop a coherent…