Congratulations to Atousa Parsaei and Reza Ahmadi. Reza Ahmadi and Atousa Parsaei have both been recognized with prestigious accolades from the SSE: Reza with the SSE Research Excellence Award and Teaching Assistant Award, Atousa with the SSE Teaching Assistant Award. Within iHADLab, we take immense pride in nurturing individuals who exemplify not only a commitment […]

A team of engineering students from the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering, guided by their academic advisor Dr. Amin Komeili, has achieved remarkable success, securing second place at the engineering capstone fair. Their project, titled “Developing a Biosensor to Detect Cortisol Levels In The Human Body,” earned them a well-deserved silver medal in […]

The iHADLab is proud to announce that PhD candidate Reza Kakavand has been awarded the prestigious Eyes High International Doctoral Scholarship. This esteemed scholarship is part of the University of Calgary’s ambitious Eyes High vision, aiming to position the university among the top five research institutions in Canada. The award recognizes exceptional doctoral students from […]

Date: 2023-03-28 Another good news from Peyman. He won 3rd place in the University of Guelph CEPTS 3 Minutes Thesis competition. I wish I could be there to listen to his presentation and support him. Having seen him present the problem he is attempting to address in his PhD program, I am grateful for his […]

I am delighted to hear the news that Peyman won the 2nd place award in 3 minutes thesis presentation competition at the 2022 CEPS Graduate Student Research Day. Peyman ability to connect with others and communicate his idea in a clear, engaging, and easy-to-understand way is superior. It is hard to get distracted when he […]

Congratulations to Team#23 (Anna Koevoet, Kieran Roberts, Jake Ruschkowski, Eddie Kuhnlein) for winning first place in Capstone Fair 2022  at the University of Calgary. Their project was focused on creating a device that can be used to capture knee angle by performance athletes, clinicians, and physiotherapists as an alternative to motion capture. It was a […]

My former supervisor Dr. Walter Herzog was named a Killam Annual Professor. This prestigious award was given to Walter for his remarkable research on skeletal muscle properties, function and mechanisms of contraction.

I am pleased to announce that our MSc student, Abdullah Al-Hayali,  won the Microsoft Discover AI Challenge competition which was coordinated by Microsoft and Agorize. Abdullah has a unique perspective and interest in AI that is reflected in his innovative approaches in developing AI solutions for disease diagnosis and monitoring.  I most certainly see a […]

Dr. Patrick Winston is one of my favourite scientists. He was a beloved professor and computer scientist at MIT. He died on July 19 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. His teaching method is different, in a way that you can not stop watching his lectures. To me, his lectures are reminiscent of the Breaking […]