PhD - Artificial intelligence and machine learning
I have a bachelor's degree in computer science from St. Francis Xavier University.
Why
did
you
choose
graduate
studies
and
why
did
you
choose
graduate
studies
in
CS?
I
chose
to
pursue
graduate
studies
because
of
my
interest
in
research.
During
my
undergraduate
degree,
I
had
the
opportunity
to
perform
research
in
computer
vision,
and
I
found
it
so
fascinating
that
I
decided
to
continue
my
education.
What
is
your
research
area
and
why
did
you
choose
it?
My
research
area
is
computer
vision
and
applications
of
machine
learning
techniques
to
problems
in
computer
vision.
Who
is
your
supervisor
and
why
did
you
choose
to
work
with
him/her?
I
chose
to
work
with
my
supervisor,
Professor
Richard
Mann,
because
his
research
interests
aligned
well
with
my
own.
Why
did
you
choose
Waterloo
for
graduate
studies?
If
you
did
your
undergraduate
at
Waterloo,
why
did
you
stay?
There
were
several
reasons
why
I
chose
to
move
to
the
University
of
Waterloo
for
graduate
studies.
The
research
environment
at
the
Cheriton
School
of
Computer
Science
is
excellent;
there
are
a
wide
variety
of
research
groups,
interaction
and
collaboration
is
encouraged,
and
the
general
atmosphere
is
friendly
and
open.
The
city
is
also
a
pleasant
place
to
live.
What
sort
of
research/projects
are
you
working
on?
I
am
currently
working
on
incorporating
structural
assumptions
into
three-dimensional
reconstruction
of
certain
types
of
image
data
from
a
single
image.
This
project
has
applications
to
X-ray
images
and
some
types
of
astronomical
data.
What
classes
are
you
taking?
What
has
been
your
favourite
class
so
far?
I
am
currently
taking
classes
in
algorithms
(CS
860
-
Patterns
in
Words)
and
artificial
intelligence
(CS
886
-
Theory
of
Clustering).
Between
my
master's
degree
and
my
(ongoing)
doctoral
degree,
I
have
taken
courses
on
topics
including
experimental
procedures
in
system
performance
evaluation,
numerical
methods
for
image
processing,
computer
vision,
and
both
theoretical
and
applied
machine
learning.
Of
the
courses
I
have
taken
so
far,
CS
886,
Applied
Machine
Learning
has
been
my
favourite
—
the
course
project
led
to
my
MMath
thesis
topic!