Team

Faculty, students, researchers, and collaborators affiliated with ACIS Laboratories.

ACIS field team setting up drone and surveying equipment beside a University of Victoria vehicle.

Current Members

Management

Portrait of Dr. Homayoun Najjaran.

Dr. Homayoun Najjaran

Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research interests

  • Robotics
  • Control Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • Computer Vision
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Industrial Automation

Alma mater

  • Ph.D., University of Toronto, Canada
Portrait of Todd Charter.

Todd Charter

Engineering Operations Manager

Research interests

  • Cyber-Physical Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Robotics

Alma maters

  • M.A.Sc., University of Victoria, Canada
  • B.A.Sc., University of British Columbia, Canada
Portrait of Ashtyn Earl.

Ashtyn Earl

Business Development Manager

Research interests

  • Adaptive Optics
  • Pyramid Wavefront Sensors
  • Machine Learning

Alma mater

  • B.A.Sc., University of British Columbia, Canada

Staff

Portrait of Rahul Niraula.

Rahul Niraula

Software Development Lead

Research interests

  • Spatial AI
  • 3D Gaussian Splatting

Alma mater

  • B.S.Eng., University of Victoria, Canada
Portrait of Keagan Potash.

Keagan Potash

Software Engineering Co-op Intern

Research interests

  • Quantum Computing
  • Gaussian Splatting
  • Artificial Intelligence
Portrait of Michael Kunkel.

Michael Kunkel

Mechatronics Engineering Co-op Intern

Research interests

  • Autonomous Systems
  • Bio-Inspired Design
  • Electromagnetism
  • LiDAR Mapping
  • UAVs

Graduate Students

Portrait of Mahmoud Chick Zaouali.

Mahmoud Chick Zaouali

Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research interests

  • 3D Computer Vision
  • Neural Rendering
  • Vision-Language Learning
  • 3D Scene Understanding
  • Robot Perception

Alma mater

  • Marmara University, Türkiye
Portrait of Shadi Alijani.

Shadi Alijani

Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research interests

  • Computer Vision
  • Trustworthy AI
  • Uncertainty Quantification

Alma mater

  • University of Tabriz, Iran
Portrait of Fereshteh Aghaee.

Fereshteh Aghaee

Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research interests

  • Computer Vision
  • Visual Object Tracking
  • Deep Learning
  • Multimodal Learning
  • Domain Adaptation

Alma mater

  • B.Sc. and M.Sc., Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Portrait of Joel Sol.

Joel Sol

Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research interests

  • Large Language Models
  • Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence

Alma maters

  • M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, Canada
  • B.A.Sc., University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada
Portrait of Amir Pouladi.

Amir Pouladi

Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering

Research interests

  • Computer Vision
  • AI-Enabled Perception
  • Sensor Fusion
  • Autonomous Systems

Alma maters

  • M.Sc., Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
  • B.Sc., Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
Portrait of Raila Adam.

Raila Adam

Ph.D. Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research interests

  • Robotics
  • Data Science
  • Natural Language Processing

Alma maters

  • University of Victoria, Canada
  • Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Portrait of Wan-Gi Bae.

Wan-Gi Bae

Ph.D. Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research interests

  • Scene Representation
  • Physical Reasoning
  • Interactive Perception

Alma mater

  • B.Sc. and M.Sc., Kyungpook National University (KNU), Korea

Matt Jing

Ph.D. Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Portrait of Jake Monsour.

Jake Monsour

M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

Research interests

  • Applications of AI
  • Aerospace
  • Mechatronics

Alma mater

  • B.A.Sc., University of Toronto, Canada

Past Members

Mostafa Abbasi Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Maryam Ahang Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Maziyar Khadivi Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Mehran Ghafarian Tamizi Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Benjamin Kappers Mechanical Engineering Co-op Intern
Peter Salmon Digital Media and Software Intern
Jamil Fayyad Postdoctoral Fellow
Hadi Zare M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Amir Mehdi Soufi Enayati Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Mehran Zoravar M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Ali Mohajerzarrinkelk M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Yehor Karpichev M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
John Brandon Graham-Knight Ph.D. in Computer Science
Yussuf Reza Esmaeili Shahmiri Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Ardeshir Shojaeinasab Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Homayoun Honari M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Jaehoon Chung M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Younes Al-Younes Postdoctoral Fellow
Mohammad Jani M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Joel Sol M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Navid Mahdian M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Todd Charter M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Noofa Hammad M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Matthew Tucsok M.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering
Jayden Hong M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Oluwaseyi Ogunfowora M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Sara Hatami Gazani M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Assef Ghamisi M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jamil Fayyad Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Debasmita Mukherjee Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Brett Aaron Cosco M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Ram Dershan M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Jesse Roch M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Kashish Gupta Postdoctoral Fellow
Kai Neubauer M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Masoud Jalayer Postdoctoral Fellow
Mohamed Tarek Aly M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Zengjie Zhang Postdoctoral Fellow
Logan James Tarasoff M.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering
Aria Salari M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Kashish Gupta Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Kyle Low M.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering
Haohan Lin M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Arash Khorrami Jahromi M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Matthew Barriault M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
George Luka Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
John Brandon Graham-Knight M.Sc. in Computer Science
Pamela Inés Rellstab Sánchez M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Abtin Djavadifar M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Brandon Robertson M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Ephraim Nowak M.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering
Marie Lynn Reid M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Bara Jamal Emran Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Fatemeh Haghjoo M.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering
Nasser Ayidh AlQahtani M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Mohamed Yafia Okba Salem Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Morteza Farrokhsiar Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Ali Mohandes M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Farzad Aminravan Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Nikolai Kummer M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Hadi Firouzi Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Md. Fuhad Hassan M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Biddut Bhattacharjee Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Miguel Angel Murran M.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering
Ali Ahmadi Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Dennis Krys M.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering
Milad Abolhasani M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

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