Students are arriving to Saint Mary's University from Nova Scotia and around the world to create the next generation of robots.
Left to right: Mohammad Rahimipour MSc in Applied Science; Professor Adel Merabet; Lucas Orychock first-year Diploma of Engineering; Uzair Tahir MSc in Applied Science; Abhishek Vijayakumar Latha MSc in Computing and Data Analytics; Francis Kuzhippallil MSc Computing and Data Analytics.
"It was a very big decision to leave my country, my family, come to Canada and start from zero," says Uzair Tahir, a Master of Science in Applied Science student who left Pakistan to join the team in Dr. Adel Merabet's lab on the third floor of the McNally Building. Only three months into his studies, he is enhancing his skills in computer vision and machine learning and can see a bright future. "My work here leads to a career in robotics and I see the potential for commercial application."
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