Computer Vision News - April 2019

Parvin Mousavi, PhD, is the Director of the Medical Informatics Laboratory and a professor at the School of Computing at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Read more interviews with women scientists First of all, Parvin, happy 8th of March! Thank you very much! Today it’s International Women’s Day so it’s a great day to speak to you. When we were kids, we used to go in the streets of Milan on the 8th of March and celebrate. Really? When I was a kid, I wasn’t aware that there was such an occasion. I’m very impressed to hear that! We used to bring flowers to women on the 8th of March, a yellow flower called mimosa. That is so lovely to hear. Italians always do everything right! Thank you for saying that! I will ask you first about your work, Parvin. Can you tell us what you do? Yes, I am the Director of the Medical Informatics Laboratory at Queen’s University in Canada. I am a professor at the School of Computing as well. The focus of my lab is on the applications of Parvin Mousavi 18 Women in Science Computer Vision News Women in Science photo: Timothy Archibald “We can better impact patient care if industry is with us!” Photo: Bernard Clark