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We welcome Dr. Tais Sigaeva, who comes to Systems Design Engineering as new faculty member.

A researcher at ��ݮ��Ƶ Engineering has been recognized by an international magazine dedicated to laboratory medicine for his work using artificial intelligence (AI) and medical imaging to diagnose cancer.

Hamid Tizhoosh, a professor of systems design engineering, was named to the 2020 Power List released annually by .

A novel method developed by graduate students from , ��ݮ��Ƶ Engineering, (1st-year MASc.), and (2nd year Ph.D.) has the potential to have a major impact in histopathological image analysis and cancer diagnostics. Their technique uses artificial intelligence (AI) to render digital representations of extremely high-resolution biopsy images.

An experienced professor is leaving Vermont to join the University of ��ݮ��Ƶ as the new chair of the Department of Systems Design Engineering.

Lisa Aultman-Hall, who comes to ��ݮ��Ƶ as a tenured full professor by way of the University of Vermont, the University of Kentucky and the University of Connecticut, is scheduled to assume her post as chair Aug. 1 for an initial four-year term.

student Saad Abbasi, supervised by , won the Best Student Paper Award at the 2020 Optical Society of America (OSA) Biophotonics Congress for the paper titled “All-optical Reflection-mode Microscopic Histology of Unstained Human Tissues”.

Professor Parsin Haji Reza director of PhotoMedicine labs is among one of the 186 recipients of New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF). New Frontiers in Research Fund awards $46.3 million for Exploration projects that push research boundaries in Canada.

Eric Jihoon Song

Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

Employer: Maisha Meds

A fourth-year student team that consists of Joanne Magbitang (4B, Systems Design Engineering), Vincent Shadbolt (4B, Biomedical Engineering), and Haneya Yunus (4B, Biomedical Engineering), has won one of the six top prizes at the annual Norman Esch Entrepreneurship Awards Pitch Competition.

Dr. Alexander Wong, a professor in Systems Design Engineering, is featured in a PC Magazine article talking about the impact of bias on healthcare AI systems []