Yalda Mohsenzadeh

Faculty Member

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario

Core Member, Brain and Mind Institute, Western University

Dr. Yalda Mohsenzadeh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Western Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Western Ontario. She is also a faculty member of the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence. From 2016 to 2019, Yalda was a postdoctoral associate in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) and McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA. Prior to that (2014 to 2016), she was a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Vision Research at York University, Toronto, ON, Canada. Yalda received her PhD in statistical machine learning in 2014 from Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. Her research is interdisciplinary, spanning computer vision, deep learning, machine learning and their application in cognitive computational neuroscience and medical imaging with a successful track record of collaboration with industry sectors.

Research Interests

  • Computer Vision and Deep Learning
  • Machine Learning and its applications in brain data analysis and medical imaging
  • Cognitive Computational Neuroscience and Brain-Inspired Artificial Intelligence

Publications

Memoir study: Investigating image memorability across developmental stages

Gal Almog and Saeid Alavi Naeini and Yu Hu and Emma G Duerden and Yalda Mohsenzadeh

2023

Multi-view Contrastive Learning for Unsupervised Domain Adaptation in Brain-Computer Interfaces

Sepehr Asgarian and Ze Wang and Feng Wan and Chi Man Wong and Feng Liu and Yalda Mohsenzadeh and Boyu Wang and Charles X Ling

2024

Predicting memorability of face photographs with deep neural networks

Mohammad Younesi and Yalda Mohsenzadeh

2024

Visual perception of highly memorable images is mediated by a distributed network of ventral visual regions that enable a late memorability response

Benjamin Lahner and Yalda Mohsenzadeh and Caitlin Mullin and Aude Oliva

2024

Identifying developmental changes in functional brain connectivity associated with cognitive functioning in children and adolescents with ADHD

Brian Pho and Ryan Andrew Stevenson and Sara Saljoughi and Yalda Mohsenzadeh and Bobby Stojanoski

2024

Shared representations of human actions across vision and language

Diana C Dima and Sugitha Janarthanan and Jody C Culham and Yalda Mohsenzadeh

2024

Unveiling the neural dynamics of conscious perception in rapid object recognition

Saba Charmi Motlagh and Marc Joanisse and Boyu Wang and Yalda Mohsenzadeh

2024

Investigating Task-Free Functional Connectivity Patterns in Newborns Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Homa Vahidi and Alexandra Kowalczyk and Kevin Stubbs and Melab Musabi and Sriya Roychaudhuri and Michaela Kent and Soume Bhattacharya and Sandrine de Ribaupierre and Keith St Lawrence and Yalda Mohsenzadeh and Emma G Duerden

2024

Exploring Brain Responses to Memorability-Controlled Generated Images

Hyewon Willow Han and Mansoure Jahanian and Johann Cardenas and Yalda Mohsenzadeh

2024

Multivariate Pattern Analysis of EEG Reveals Neural Mechanism of Naturalistic Target Processing in Attentional Blink

Mansoure Jahanian and Marc F Joanisse and Boyu Wang and Yalda Mohsenzadeh

2025

Neural Processing of Naturalistic Audiovisual Events in Space and Time

Yu Hu and Yalda Mohsenzadeh

2025