Research interests:

• Applied AI • Machine intelligence, learning systems, neural networks and biologically-inspired computational models • Data analytics • Computational intelligence techniques for complex data and image processing • Sensors and intelligent sensing • Human-machine interfaces • Multimodal sensor systems for data acquisition • 3D deformable object sensing, modeling and manipulation • Tactile and vision sensing and modeling for virtualized reality environments • Selective and attention-based sensing and modeling

Research affiliations:

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The Ottawa AI Alliance

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AGE-WELL (Canada's technology and aging network)

• The Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Biomedical Engineering (OCIBME)

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The Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Electrical and Computer Engineering (OCIECE)

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The Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Computer Science (OCICS)

• The Institute of Data Science, Carleton University • UQO Cyberpsychology lab • NSERC CREATE UTILI Training and Innovation Group, Carleton University • SMART research group at the University of Ottawa  • IBM Centre for Business Analytics and Performance, University of Ottawa

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Centre for Computer Machine/Human Intelligence Networking and Distributed Systems

(CMINDS), University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Main research directions:

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Multisensory acquisition & modeling of 3D objects

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AI in engineering applications

• AI applications in computer vision • Human-machine interfaces • Health care and business data analytics