Hassan Rivaz

Hassan Rivaz, PhD, PEng

Full Professor & Research Chair in Medical Imaging with Deep Learning

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Concordia University

Founding Director, IMPACT Lab

Biography

Professor Hassan Rivaz is a Professor and Concordia University Research Chair in Medical Imaging with Deep Learning at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is also cross-appointed to the Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering and serves as the Founding Director of the IMPACT Lab.

Dr. Rivaz has been an Associate Editor for:

  • IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (TMI, since 2017)
  • Medical Image Analysis (MedIA, since 2025)
  • IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control (TUFFC, since 2018)
  • IEEE OJEMB (2021-2024)

He was a member of the Organizing Committee of IEEE EMBC 2020, ISBI 2021, and IEEE IUS 2023. He served as an Area Chair of MICCAI for 7 years from 2017 to 2024, and IPCAI 2022. He co-organized tutorials on advances in ultrasound imaging at IEEE ISBI 2019 and ISBI 2018. He co-organized the CURIOUS 2018, CURIOUS 2019 and CuRIOUS-SEG 2022 Challenges on registration of ultrasound and MRI in neurosurgery, and the CereVis 2018 Workshop, all in conjunction with MICCAI.

He received his PhD from Johns Hopkins, Masters from UBC, and BSc from Sharif University. He did his postdoctoral fellowship at McGill University. He was selected as a Rising Star in Bio-Imaging in Quebec in 2022.

Contact Information

Office: 1515 Sainte-Catherine West, Montreal, QC, H3G 2W1. Email: hassan.rivaz@concordia.ca

PhD Student Opportunities

I am actively seeking talented PhD students. If you are interested, please contact me at hassan.rivaz@concordia.ca.

Awards & Honors

  • Concordia University Research Chair in Medical Imaging with Deep Learning (2023–2028)
  • QBIN/RBIQ Rising Star in Bio-Imaging in Quebec (2022)
  • Concordia University Research Chair in Medical Image Analysis (2018-2023)
  • Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award (2016–2018)
  • NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2012–2013)
  • Jeanne Timmins Costello Post-Doctoral Award (2011, 2014)
  • DoD Pre-Doctoral Traineeship Award (2008–2011)
  • Advanced Simulation Fellowship, Link Foundation (2008)
  • STACOM best paper award, 2012 ($400)
  • MICCAI travel award, 2009 ($700)
  • SPIE Medical Imaging second best paper award (2009)
  • Ranked 2 among >15,000, Iranian national university entrance exam for graduate studies (2003)
  • Ranked 5 among > 200,000, Iranian national university entrance exam for undergraduate studies (1999)
  • Silver medal, 12th National Physics Olympiad (1998)

Best Paper Awards

Student Achievements

Publications

See all publications on Google Scholar. Selected publications are available here, with codes here and on GitHub.

Teaching