RESEARCH/TEACHING INTERESTS: human-centered computing, computational Intelligence, machine learning, biometrics, bioinformatics multimedia modeling, indexing and retrieval; human-computer interaction; multimodal media fusion; collaborative streaming media over wired and wireless networks. image processing, computer vision, pattern recognition, 3D data analysis and visualization. applications to digital asset management and preservation of cultural heritage, wireless. multimedia communication, security/surveillance, new media, microbiology, computer assisted referral. systems for medicial decisin support and defence. RESEARCH GROUP AFFILIATION: Biomedical Engineering. Signal and Multimedia Processing. Ryerson Multimedia Research Laboratory.