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.
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario
Core Member, Brain and Mind Institute, Western University
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
2023
Multi-view Contrastive Learning for Unsupervised Domain Adaptation in Brain-Computer Interfaces
2024
Predicting memorability of face photographs with deep neural networks
2024
Visual perception of highly memorable images is mediated by a distributed network of ventral visual regions that enable a late memorability response
2024
Identifying developmental changes in functional brain connectivity associated with cognitive functioning in children and adolescents with ADHD
2024
Shared representations of human actions across vision and language
2024
Unveiling the neural dynamics of conscious perception in rapid object recognition
2024
Investigating Task-Free Functional Connectivity Patterns in Newborns Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
2024
Exploring Brain Responses to Memorability-Controlled Generated Images
2024
Multivariate Pattern Analysis of EEG Reveals Neural Mechanism of Naturalistic Target Processing in Attentional Blink
2025
Neural Processing of Naturalistic Audiovisual Events in Space and Time
2025