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Marta Kersten
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Professor of Computer Science @Concordia | Director @Applied Perception Lab | Digital Health and Surgical Technologies Researcher | Mom to 3 boys | #womeninSTEAM
Had a great time visiting Robarts Research Institute and Western University last week, getting a tour of the amazing imaging facilities and labs. Thank you to all who welcomed me so warmly and generously shared insights into their research. Looking forward to future collaborations!
May 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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🚨 Call for Papers – VAHC 2025 🚨
📅 Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
📍 Co-located with IEEE VIS 2025 in Vienna, Austria

I'm thrilled to announce that Visual Analytics in Healthcare (VAHC) is back with a grand challenge!

To know more, visit: www.linkedin.com/posts/visual...

#VAHC2025 #IEEEVIS
Call for Papers – VAHC
VAHC 2025 Call for Papers and Demonstrations
visualanalyticshealthcare.github.io
May 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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The UN World Food Programme says it has depleted all its food stocks in Gaza, where Israel has blocked deliveries of humanitarian aid for seven weeks. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gaza: WFP runs out of food aid after seven-week Israeli blockade
The UN agency has delivered its last supplies to meals kitchens, which it warns will run out of food in the coming days.
www.bbc.com
April 26, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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When the IDF started bombing hospitals in Gaza, we said that unless the world acted - actually acted - to stop them, they'd do it again.

They've done it again. And again. And again.

apnews.com/article/isra... #Gaza
Israeli airstrike hits hospital entrance in Gaza, killing medic and wounding 9
An Israeli airstrike has struck the northern gate of a field hospital in the Gaza Strip, killing a medic and wounding nine other people.
apnews.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Check out iSurgARy! youtu.be/TKjAUTRD220?...
iSurgARy, a new technique for ventriculostomy
YouTube video by Concordia University
youtu.be
April 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
📰 Thrilled to see our latest work on AR guidance for ventriculostomy featured in Concordia News! This system runs on a phone or tablet, making neurosurgical guidance more accessible in low-resource settings. Huge kudos to the team! 🔗 Read more: www.concordia.ca/news/stories...
A new Concordia-developed app can greatly improve ventriculostomy safety and accuracy - Concordia University
iSurgARy uses augmented reality to guide catheter insertion into the brain
www.concordia.ca
March 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Check our PhD student Hamideh's work (and amazing co-authors on VR simulations for MRI anxiety! 🩻
Are you at #IEEEVR 2025? Go check out our
Hamideh Hosseini's presentation "Evaluating the Impact of Immersiveness in Virtual Reality Simulations on Anxiety Reduction for MRI Procedures: A Preliminary Study" in Session 9-A Immersive Experiences.
March 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Check out our work at #IEEEVR!
At #IEEEVR check out AP Lab MSc, Zachary Jones' poster "Exploring Interaction Paradigms for Performing Medical Image Segmentation Tasks in Virtual Reality" at (Booth ID: 1225 video here: youtu.be/uE7AMdRkBuM)
IEEEVRPoster
YouTube video by Manhiem
youtu.be
March 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"Feeling so touched and grateful—my amazing students surprised me with a birthday cake at our lab lunch today. 🥹🎂 Moments like these remind me how lucky I am to work with such thoughtful and wonderful people. 💖 #BestTeam #ThankYou
December 19, 2024 at 11:50 PM
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This is huge.

The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:19 AM
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“We want international law, not impunity, to prevail."

In the wake of the #ICC issuing international arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, Spain announces a €1.6 million funding boost for the Court t.co/84KOZiGKtV
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/spain-announces-funding-boost-for-international-criminal-court/3407504
t.co
November 30, 2024 at 6:23 PM