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Current Graduate Students

Hassan Hamidi

Hassan Hamidi

PhD Student, Joined Fall 2023

Lassonde School of Engineering, York University

hhamidi.he@gmail.com

Google Schoolar Github

Short Bio

Hassan is a PhD student in Computer Science at York University, specializing in Computer Vision, with a particular emphasis on generative models and their applications in the healthcare sector.

Area of Research

  • Generative AI
  • Fairness of AI models
  • AI in medical imaging

Selected awards and achievements

  • $40,000 from the VISTA program.


Amirreza Naziri

Amirreza Naziri

Master's Student, Joined Winter 2024

Lassonde School of Engineering, York University

naziriam@yorku.ca

Github

Short Bio

Amirreza is an MSc student specializing in AI-driven drug discovery, with research interests spanning computer vision, NLP, and big data. He leverages cutting-edge machine learning techniques to advance bioinformatics, focusing on drug discovery solutions.

Area of Research

  • AI in drug discovery
  • Bioinformatics

Selected awards and achievements

  • $20,000 from Connected Minds.


Artur Parkhimchyk

Artur Parkhimchyk

Master's Student, Joined Winter 2024

Lassonde School of Engineering, York University

arturp@my.yorku.ca

Google Schoolar Github

Short Bio

After graduating with a Bachelor degree in Physics from York UNiversity, worked at RBC Capital Markets as a Lead Developer. Now pursuing Masters in Computer Vision, and AI at York University.

Area of Research

  • Computer Vision
  • Deep Learning
  • Medical Imaging


Arash Asgari

Arash Asgari

Master's Student, Joined Summer 2024

Lassonde School of Engineering, York University

arashasg@yorku.ca

Personal Page Github

Short Bio

Arash is an MSc student researching the fusion of decoder-based generative Large Language Models (LLMs) with contemporary Computer Vision methods, particularly Multimodal LLMs. He also explores the application of Natural Language Processing (NLP) in medical image processing, driven by a passion for innovative AI research.

Area of Research

  • Multimodal Large Language Models (LMMs)
  • Medical Image Processing
  • AI Fairness

Selected awards and achievements

  • $17,500 from Vector Institute.


Current Undergraduate Students

Muhammad Hassan Fourghan

Bachelor's Student, Joined Summer 2023

furquanh@my.yorku.ca

Thesis

  • Large Language Models Fairness Evaluation, Capstone Project.


Visiting Graduate Students

Gebreyowhans Hailekiros Bahre

Gebreyowhans Hailekiros Bahre

Master's Student, Summer 2024 - Winter 2024
(Visting thesis scholar from the University of Calabria.)

gebreyohans2005@gmail.com

Thesis

  • Performance and fairness analysis of vector embedding Chest X-ray representations.

Selected awards and achievements

  • Erasmus Award $11,000 from MOST (overseas) mobility.