Kimia Lab, founded in 2013, has been housed in many different buildings; DWE, EC2, and lately in Engineering 7. The dispersed work in several rooms in Engineering 7 was not ideal for Kimia Lab’s intensive research needs. The lab has been in the “Engineering 7” building since 2017. Therefore, the decision was made to move to a new place where Kimia lab’s researchers could work […]
Professor Tizhoosh leaves for Mayo Clinic December 2, 2021 – Professor Tizhoosh, the Director of Kimia Lab, is moving to the United States soon to join Mayo Clinic. He is a new member of the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics as a Professor of Biomedical Informatics. “The needs of the patient come first is the guiding maxim everywhere on Mayo campuses”. says Dr. Tizhoosh, […]
Pathology News, Jonathon Tunstall, interviewed Dr. Hamid Tizhoosh on June 21, 2021. The interview has been published on the Pathology News website on Sept 6, 2021. “What we have to learn from day one when we design these AI applications, is that pathology has to come with us. We cannot just design a network as computer scientists and then go to the pathologists just when […]
For many pathologists, diagnosing cancer is one stressful and complicated process. Typically, these medical professionals are alone in their office, examining a biopsy sample through a microscope. Only in major research hospitals may they have the privilege of consulting with other colleagues for a second opinion. In only very doubtful cases, they may request a teleconsultation. Although printed or digital atlases containing thousands of sample […]
March 31, 2021 – The Vector Institute announced the 2021 candidates for its Postgraduate Affiliate Program. The new cohort of 30 talented researchers is a combination of new and returning members to Vector’s growing community. Established in 2018, the program promotes engagement and collaboration among researchers in the AI community who are in the early stages of their careers. Morteza Babaie and Shivam Kalra from Kimia Lab are among […]
The Waterloo AI Institute provides twelve one-time awards valued at $5,000 each. One Master’s student and one Ph.D. student from each of the University’s six faculties were chosen to receive a scholarship. This year Shivam Kalra and Milad Sikaroudi, Ph.D. students from Kimia Lab have been awarded the AI scholarship. Shivam Kalra is a Ph.D. candidate at the Kimia Lab. He has completed his MSc […]
Waterloo Engineering researcher partners with alumnus on new technology they hope will revolutionize health care Hamid Tizhoosh was looking for a new idea, a fresh start when he began talking to doctors about how they do their jobs and how they might do them better. Six months into his consultations, with his engineering lab at the University of Waterloo reduced to a one-man show by […]
Professor Hamid Tizhoosh, the director of Kimia Lab, has been appointed as a faculty affiliate to the Vector Institute for a second time. On December 22, 2020, The Vector Institute announced that 72 faculty holding appointments at universities across Ontario have been appointed as 2020 Faculty Affiliates. The 2020 cohort is a combination of new and returning members. Dr. Tizhoosh’s first appointment was in June 2018 […]
November 4, 2020 – UW’s Kimia Lab will contribute to WHO’s global research for cancer categorization. The International Collaboration for Cancer Classification and Research (IC3R) officially accepted Kimia Lab as a full member on October 22, 2020. The UW lab, which is specialized on image search in medical archives, will assist IC3R to implement content-based image retrieval for a WHO global digital atlas of histopathology […]
Artificial intelligence technology will be used to help modernize US federal pathology facility Waterloo, ON, October 26, 2020 – Technology developed by Kimia researchers has been adopted by a major pathology facility in the United States. The Joint Pathology Center (JPC), which has the world’s largest collection of preserved human tissue samples, will use an artificial intelligence (AI) search engine to index and search its […]