AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab
@aimmlab.bsky.social
Home to CRC in Community-Oriented Disease Modeling, AI4PEP and ACADIC | Expert in AI, Data Analytics & Mathematical Modelling| Design & Deploy AI and Mathematical solutions for decision-makers in various sectors.
🎉 Happy New Year! 🎉
Thank you all for making 2025 amazing—61+ publications, AI solutions strengthening healthcare, and incredible teamwork. Grateful to our funders & team. Excited for 2026!
Thank you all for making 2025 amazing—61+ publications, AI solutions strengthening healthcare, and incredible teamwork. Grateful to our funders & team. Excited for 2026!
January 3, 2026 at 3:07 AM
🎉 Happy New Year! 🎉
Thank you all for making 2025 amazing—61+ publications, AI solutions strengthening healthcare, and incredible teamwork. Grateful to our funders & team. Excited for 2026!
Thank you all for making 2025 amazing—61+ publications, AI solutions strengthening healthcare, and incredible teamwork. Grateful to our funders & team. Excited for 2026!
New preprint: Equity-first governance for LLMs in digital health. We audited LLaMA-3.2, Mistral-7B & DeepSeek (450 culturally grounded prompts, FNMWCF). Takeaway: technical adequacy ≠ equitable adequacy. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #DigitalHealth #HealthEquity #ResponsibleAI
December 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
New preprint: Equity-first governance for LLMs in digital health. We audited LLaMA-3.2, Mistral-7B & DeepSeek (450 culturally grounded prompts, FNMWCF). Takeaway: technical adequacy ≠ equitable adequacy. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #DigitalHealth #HealthEquity #ResponsibleAI
🚨 Faculty jobs in Canada 🇨🇦 | Open to international researchers
The Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program is recruiting globally across Canadian universities in areas like AI, health, climate, food & water, clean tech, democracy, manufacturing & defence
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The Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program is recruiting globally across Canadian universities in areas like AI, health, climate, food & water, clean tech, democracy, manufacturing & defence
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December 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
🚨 Faculty jobs in Canada 🇨🇦 | Open to international researchers
The Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program is recruiting globally across Canadian universities in areas like AI, health, climate, food & water, clean tech, democracy, manufacturing & defence
tinyurl.com/dj9zbm9k
The Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program is recruiting globally across Canadian universities in areas like AI, health, climate, food & water, clean tech, democracy, manufacturing & defence
tinyurl.com/dj9zbm9k
🧬 New preprint out!
HPAI in Canada 🇨🇦
We identify national & local HPAI hotspots using spatial analysis + ML. Key drivers include waterfowl density, poultry premises, vegetation & air quality—supporting targeted, risk-based surveillance.
Link: tinyurl.com/2xm2rf39
HPAI in Canada 🇨🇦
We identify national & local HPAI hotspots using spatial analysis + ML. Key drivers include waterfowl density, poultry premises, vegetation & air quality—supporting targeted, risk-based surveillance.
Link: tinyurl.com/2xm2rf39
December 23, 2025 at 3:57 AM
🧬 New preprint out!
HPAI in Canada 🇨🇦
We identify national & local HPAI hotspots using spatial analysis + ML. Key drivers include waterfowl density, poultry premises, vegetation & air quality—supporting targeted, risk-based surveillance.
Link: tinyurl.com/2xm2rf39
HPAI in Canada 🇨🇦
We identify national & local HPAI hotspots using spatial analysis + ML. Key drivers include waterfowl density, poultry premises, vegetation & air quality—supporting targeted, risk-based surveillance.
Link: tinyurl.com/2xm2rf39
🌍 Building global wellness—together.
Great discussions at AIMMLab with African Health Tech Summit leaders. Excited to support planning for “Shaping a Future of Wellness, Together.”
📍 Toronto | 🗓 June 4–5, 2026
#GlobalHealth #HealthInnovation #WellnessWithoutBorders
Great discussions at AIMMLab with African Health Tech Summit leaders. Excited to support planning for “Shaping a Future of Wellness, Together.”
📍 Toronto | 🗓 June 4–5, 2026
#GlobalHealth #HealthInnovation #WellnessWithoutBorders
December 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
🌍 Building global wellness—together.
Great discussions at AIMMLab with African Health Tech Summit leaders. Excited to support planning for “Shaping a Future of Wellness, Together.”
📍 Toronto | 🗓 June 4–5, 2026
#GlobalHealth #HealthInnovation #WellnessWithoutBorders
Great discussions at AIMMLab with African Health Tech Summit leaders. Excited to support planning for “Shaping a Future of Wellness, Together.”
📍 Toronto | 🗓 June 4–5, 2026
#GlobalHealth #HealthInnovation #WellnessWithoutBorders
⭐ DSI Postdoctoral Fellowship (UofT)
AIMMLab is accepting Expressions of Interest for supervision/nomination for the 2026 DSI Postdoctoral Fellowship.
📝 Apply via form only: lnkd.in/eqvtPG5b
📅 Deadline: Jan 10, 2026
🔗 Fellowship call: lnkd.in/exi6VmgP
AIMMLab is accepting Expressions of Interest for supervision/nomination for the 2026 DSI Postdoctoral Fellowship.
📝 Apply via form only: lnkd.in/eqvtPG5b
📅 Deadline: Jan 10, 2026
🔗 Fellowship call: lnkd.in/exi6VmgP
December 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
⭐ DSI Postdoctoral Fellowship (UofT)
AIMMLab is accepting Expressions of Interest for supervision/nomination for the 2026 DSI Postdoctoral Fellowship.
📝 Apply via form only: lnkd.in/eqvtPG5b
📅 Deadline: Jan 10, 2026
🔗 Fellowship call: lnkd.in/exi6VmgP
AIMMLab is accepting Expressions of Interest for supervision/nomination for the 2026 DSI Postdoctoral Fellowship.
📝 Apply via form only: lnkd.in/eqvtPG5b
📅 Deadline: Jan 10, 2026
🔗 Fellowship call: lnkd.in/exi6VmgP
Congratulations to our Director, Prof. Jude Kong, on your new appointments. Thank you to Prof. James Orbinski, Principal of Massey College, for his leadership and support.
December 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Congratulations to our Director, Prof. Jude Kong, on your new appointments. Thank you to Prof. James Orbinski, Principal of Massey College, for his leadership and support.
🌟 At IDRC’s Annual Meeting, AIMMLab Director Prof. @dzevela.bsky.social was glad to connect with Ms. Chaitali Sinha, whose support continues to strengthen AI4PEP’s community-driven work across the Global South.
Grateful for her leadership and partnership.
#IDRC #AI4PEP #AIMMLab
Grateful for her leadership and partnership.
#IDRC #AI4PEP #AIMMLab
December 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
🌟 At IDRC’s Annual Meeting, AIMMLab Director Prof. @dzevela.bsky.social was glad to connect with Ms. Chaitali Sinha, whose support continues to strengthen AI4PEP’s community-driven work across the Global South.
Grateful for her leadership and partnership.
#IDRC #AI4PEP #AIMMLab
Grateful for her leadership and partnership.
#IDRC #AI4PEP #AIMMLab
🤝 Strengthening Canada–Africa Partnerships
Following IDRC’s Annual Public Meeting, Prof. Jude Kong
met with the African Desk at Global Affairs Canada to discuss support for locally led public health innovation across Africa.
We appreciate Global Affairs Canada for their time and engagement.
Following IDRC’s Annual Public Meeting, Prof. Jude Kong
met with the African Desk at Global Affairs Canada to discuss support for locally led public health innovation across Africa.
We appreciate Global Affairs Canada for their time and engagement.
December 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
🤝 Strengthening Canada–Africa Partnerships
Following IDRC’s Annual Public Meeting, Prof. Jude Kong
met with the African Desk at Global Affairs Canada to discuss support for locally led public health innovation across Africa.
We appreciate Global Affairs Canada for their time and engagement.
Following IDRC’s Annual Public Meeting, Prof. Jude Kong
met with the African Desk at Global Affairs Canada to discuss support for locally led public health innovation across Africa.
We appreciate Global Affairs Canada for their time and engagement.
🌍 At IDRC’s Annual Public Meeting, Prof. Jude Kong, Director of AIMMLab & Executive Director of AI4PEP, joined Prof. Bruce Mellado and Prof. Bernadette Resurrección to discuss community-rooted innovation in global health.
✨ Thank you to IDRC for organizing this discussion.
✨ Thank you to IDRC for organizing this discussion.
December 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
🌍 At IDRC’s Annual Public Meeting, Prof. Jude Kong, Director of AIMMLab & Executive Director of AI4PEP, joined Prof. Bruce Mellado and Prof. Bernadette Resurrección to discuss community-rooted innovation in global health.
✨ Thank you to IDRC for organizing this discussion.
✨ Thank you to IDRC for organizing this discussion.
Please check out our latest article:
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Silent cyber threats: How shadow AI could undermine Canada’s digital health defences
Shadow AI is the unsanctioned use of AI systems without formal institutional oversight. In health care, it means pasting patient details into public chatbots.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Please check out our latest article:
“Silent cyber threats: How shadow AI could undermine our digital health defences.” 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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✨ AIMMLab x CURE Visit ✨
Great day hosting CURE undergraduate students at AIMMLab!
Loved their curiosity about how AI & math drive real-world impact in community research. Students takeaways include understanding modelling beyond equations to seeing how AI tools are applied to help people.
Great day hosting CURE undergraduate students at AIMMLab!
Loved their curiosity about how AI & math drive real-world impact in community research. Students takeaways include understanding modelling beyond equations to seeing how AI tools are applied to help people.
December 1, 2025 at 5:33 AM
✨ AIMMLab x CURE Visit ✨
Great day hosting CURE undergraduate students at AIMMLab!
Loved their curiosity about how AI & math drive real-world impact in community research. Students takeaways include understanding modelling beyond equations to seeing how AI tools are applied to help people.
Great day hosting CURE undergraduate students at AIMMLab!
Loved their curiosity about how AI & math drive real-world impact in community research. Students takeaways include understanding modelling beyond equations to seeing how AI tools are applied to help people.
Last week, we hosted Prof. Romulo de Castro & team from AI4PEP Philippines at AIMMLab! Together with AI4PEP Ethiopia, we celebrated AI solutions strengthening healthcare systems & explored new collaborations. Thank you for the productive visit!
November 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Last week, we hosted Prof. Romulo de Castro & team from AI4PEP Philippines at AIMMLab! Together with AI4PEP Ethiopia, we celebrated AI solutions strengthening healthcare systems & explored new collaborations. Thank you for the productive visit!
AIMMLab is excited to host a CURE Lab Tour on Nov 28, 2025 (HS569)!
We’ll share our research projects, meet students, and answer questions about research + grad school.
Interested in a tour for your high school or undergrad group? Email us ([email protected])
We’ll share our research projects, meet students, and answer questions about research + grad school.
Interested in a tour for your high school or undergrad group? Email us ([email protected])
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
AIMMLab is excited to host a CURE Lab Tour on Nov 28, 2025 (HS569)!
We’ll share our research projects, meet students, and answer questions about research + grad school.
Interested in a tour for your high school or undergrad group? Email us ([email protected])
We’ll share our research projects, meet students, and answer questions about research + grad school.
Interested in a tour for your high school or undergrad group? Email us ([email protected])
🚀 Wrapping up the mod4PH × AIMMLab mini-series!
All 5 episodes with the @AimmLab team.
🎧👇
Ep1 youtu.be/MUDafukSvP4
Ep2 youtu.be/38k_i4ANhCk
Ep3 youtu.be/sf9SnNE4qBg
Ep4 youtu.be/CrsQd-R5Qkw
Ep5 youtu.be/4r_r2-zy_tg
🙏 Thanks to Wendy Xie & NCCID!
All 5 episodes with the @AimmLab team.
🎧👇
Ep1 youtu.be/MUDafukSvP4
Ep2 youtu.be/38k_i4ANhCk
Ep3 youtu.be/sf9SnNE4qBg
Ep4 youtu.be/CrsQd-R5Qkw
Ep5 youtu.be/4r_r2-zy_tg
🙏 Thanks to Wendy Xie & NCCID!
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November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🚀 Wrapping up the mod4PH × AIMMLab mini-series!
All 5 episodes with the @AimmLab team.
🎧👇
Ep1 youtu.be/MUDafukSvP4
Ep2 youtu.be/38k_i4ANhCk
Ep3 youtu.be/sf9SnNE4qBg
Ep4 youtu.be/CrsQd-R5Qkw
Ep5 youtu.be/4r_r2-zy_tg
🙏 Thanks to Wendy Xie & NCCID!
All 5 episodes with the @AimmLab team.
🎧👇
Ep1 youtu.be/MUDafukSvP4
Ep2 youtu.be/38k_i4ANhCk
Ep3 youtu.be/sf9SnNE4qBg
Ep4 youtu.be/CrsQd-R5Qkw
Ep5 youtu.be/4r_r2-zy_tg
🙏 Thanks to Wendy Xie & NCCID!
✨AIMMLab was honoured to host Dr. Romulo de Castro (AI4PEP Philippines) and Dr. Emmanuel Musa (AI4PEP Network Manager). They discussed AI, digital health, and global preparedness with our Director Prof Jude Kong. Excited for future collaborations!
#AIMMLab #AI4PEP #GlobalHealth
#AIMMLab #AI4PEP #GlobalHealth
November 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
✨AIMMLab was honoured to host Dr. Romulo de Castro (AI4PEP Philippines) and Dr. Emmanuel Musa (AI4PEP Network Manager). They discussed AI, digital health, and global preparedness with our Director Prof Jude Kong. Excited for future collaborations!
#AIMMLab #AI4PEP #GlobalHealth
#AIMMLab #AI4PEP #GlobalHealth
✨AIMMLab was honoured to host Dr. Romulo de Castro (AI4PEP Philippines) and Dr. Emmanuel Musa (AI4PEP Network Manager). Their insights on AI, digital health, and global preparedness sparked inspiring conversations with our Director. Prof Jude Kong.
#AIMMLab #AI4PEP #GlobalHealth
#AIMMLab #AI4PEP #GlobalHealth
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
✨AIMMLab was honoured to host Dr. Romulo de Castro (AI4PEP Philippines) and Dr. Emmanuel Musa (AI4PEP Network Manager). Their insights on AI, digital health, and global preparedness sparked inspiring conversations with our Director. Prof Jude Kong.
#AIMMLab #AI4PEP #GlobalHealth
#AIMMLab #AI4PEP #GlobalHealth
✨ AIMMLab hosted an insightful workshop with MDPI on Academic Publishing in the Age of AI!
Highlights:
📝 Writing stronger papers
📤 Responding to reviewers
🤖 Using AI responsibly
⚖️ Publishing ethics
🎉 Trivia hosted by Ebenezer. Congrats to Kira for the win!
Grateful to MDPI Canada.
Highlights:
📝 Writing stronger papers
📤 Responding to reviewers
🤖 Using AI responsibly
⚖️ Publishing ethics
🎉 Trivia hosted by Ebenezer. Congrats to Kira for the win!
Grateful to MDPI Canada.
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
✨ AIMMLab hosted an insightful workshop with MDPI on Academic Publishing in the Age of AI!
Highlights:
📝 Writing stronger papers
📤 Responding to reviewers
🤖 Using AI responsibly
⚖️ Publishing ethics
🎉 Trivia hosted by Ebenezer. Congrats to Kira for the win!
Grateful to MDPI Canada.
Highlights:
📝 Writing stronger papers
📤 Responding to reviewers
🤖 Using AI responsibly
⚖️ Publishing ethics
🎉 Trivia hosted by Ebenezer. Congrats to Kira for the win!
Grateful to MDPI Canada.
🎙️ Episode 5 Teaser — Now Live!
Conclusion & Future Plans of the AIMMLab
✨ Full Episode Drops: Sunday, November 23, 2025
The final episode of our Modeling for Public Health mini-series and it’s a powerful closing chapter by our Director Prof. Jude Kong.
Conclusion & Future Plans of the AIMMLab
✨ Full Episode Drops: Sunday, November 23, 2025
The final episode of our Modeling for Public Health mini-series and it’s a powerful closing chapter by our Director Prof. Jude Kong.
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🎙️ Episode 5 Teaser — Now Live!
Conclusion & Future Plans of the AIMMLab
✨ Full Episode Drops: Sunday, November 23, 2025
The final episode of our Modeling for Public Health mini-series and it’s a powerful closing chapter by our Director Prof. Jude Kong.
Conclusion & Future Plans of the AIMMLab
✨ Full Episode Drops: Sunday, November 23, 2025
The final episode of our Modeling for Public Health mini-series and it’s a powerful closing chapter by our Director Prof. Jude Kong.
#AIMMLab was proud to be represented at Science Meets Parliament in Ottawa! 🇨🇦🔬
Our director, Prof. Jude Kong, met with Hon. Robert Oliphant to discuss our work on responsible AI, including tools for mosquito tracking, air-quality monitoring & infectious-disease early warning.
Our director, Prof. Jude Kong, met with Hon. Robert Oliphant to discuss our work on responsible AI, including tools for mosquito tracking, air-quality monitoring & infectious-disease early warning.
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
#AIMMLab was proud to be represented at Science Meets Parliament in Ottawa! 🇨🇦🔬
Our director, Prof. Jude Kong, met with Hon. Robert Oliphant to discuss our work on responsible AI, including tools for mosquito tracking, air-quality monitoring & infectious-disease early warning.
Our director, Prof. Jude Kong, met with Hon. Robert Oliphant to discuss our work on responsible AI, including tools for mosquito tracking, air-quality monitoring & infectious-disease early warning.
✨ AIMMLab Weekly Lab Meeting – 14/11/2025 ✨
🎤 Sherif S. presented new modelling work on fish population dynamics in Canadian waters.
🧠 Trivia hosted by Weiran Wang
🏆 Congrats to this week’s champion: Ebenezer Adeniyi!
Grateful for another week of learning. Looking forward to next week! 🚀
🎤 Sherif S. presented new modelling work on fish population dynamics in Canadian waters.
🧠 Trivia hosted by Weiran Wang
🏆 Congrats to this week’s champion: Ebenezer Adeniyi!
Grateful for another week of learning. Looking forward to next week! 🚀
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
✨ AIMMLab Weekly Lab Meeting – 14/11/2025 ✨
🎤 Sherif S. presented new modelling work on fish population dynamics in Canadian waters.
🧠 Trivia hosted by Weiran Wang
🏆 Congrats to this week’s champion: Ebenezer Adeniyi!
Grateful for another week of learning. Looking forward to next week! 🚀
🎤 Sherif S. presented new modelling work on fish population dynamics in Canadian waters.
🧠 Trivia hosted by Weiran Wang
🏆 Congrats to this week’s champion: Ebenezer Adeniyi!
Grateful for another week of learning. Looking forward to next week! 🚀
🎙️ Episode 4 drops on November 16, 2025!
In Episode 4 of our Modeling for Public Health series, Dr. Zahra Movahedi Nia and Dr. Gelan Ayana Zewdie explore how AI and unconventional data sources are reshaping early-warning modelling systems
youtu.be/8XuFgeqmFjE?...
In Episode 4 of our Modeling for Public Health series, Dr. Zahra Movahedi Nia and Dr. Gelan Ayana Zewdie explore how AI and unconventional data sources are reshaping early-warning modelling systems
youtu.be/8XuFgeqmFjE?...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🎙️ Episode 4 drops on November 16, 2025!
In Episode 4 of our Modeling for Public Health series, Dr. Zahra Movahedi Nia and Dr. Gelan Ayana Zewdie explore how AI and unconventional data sources are reshaping early-warning modelling systems
youtu.be/8XuFgeqmFjE?...
In Episode 4 of our Modeling for Public Health series, Dr. Zahra Movahedi Nia and Dr. Gelan Ayana Zewdie explore how AI and unconventional data sources are reshaping early-warning modelling systems
youtu.be/8XuFgeqmFjE?...
ASTMH 2025 is underway in Toronto! 🌍
At the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) conference, we’re thrilled that Chaitali Sinha (she/her) took time from her busy schedule to visit AIMMLab, where she met Dr. Gelan Zewdie and our Director, Prof. Jude Kong.
At the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) conference, we’re thrilled that Chaitali Sinha (she/her) took time from her busy schedule to visit AIMMLab, where she met Dr. Gelan Zewdie and our Director, Prof. Jude Kong.
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
ASTMH 2025 is underway in Toronto! 🌍
At the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) conference, we’re thrilled that Chaitali Sinha (she/her) took time from her busy schedule to visit AIMMLab, where she met Dr. Gelan Zewdie and our Director, Prof. Jude Kong.
At the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) conference, we’re thrilled that Chaitali Sinha (she/her) took time from her busy schedule to visit AIMMLab, where she met Dr. Gelan Zewdie and our Director, Prof. Jude Kong.
Mod4PH Research Highlights: Human behaviour and novel applications of AI in modelling by Dr. Han and Dr. Yazdinejad.
Human behaviour drives how diseases spread and understanding it can make epidemic models far more accurate.
Episode 3: youtu.be/sf9SnNE4qBg?...
Human behaviour drives how diseases spread and understanding it can make epidemic models far more accurate.
Episode 3: youtu.be/sf9SnNE4qBg?...
Episode 3: Human behaviour and novel applications of AI in modelling
YouTube video by AIMMLab
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November 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Mod4PH Research Highlights: Human behaviour and novel applications of AI in modelling by Dr. Han and Dr. Yazdinejad.
Human behaviour drives how diseases spread and understanding it can make epidemic models far more accurate.
Episode 3: youtu.be/sf9SnNE4qBg?...
Human behaviour drives how diseases spread and understanding it can make epidemic models far more accurate.
Episode 3: youtu.be/sf9SnNE4qBg?...
This week AIMMLab Weekly Lab Meeting combined rigorous science, engaging discussion & community fun. Thanks to Prof. Jesse Young for his talk on the Ontario Twin Birth Cohort — twin designs help separate familial vs individual influences. Congrats to Ebenezer Adeniyi, trivia champ! #AIMMLab #UofT
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM