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Arya Rahgozar is an Adjunct Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, and a scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He holds a PhD in Digital Transformation and Innovation from the University of Ottawa, specializing in NLP for multilingual semantic tasks, alongside M.Eng. (University of Waterloo, Management Sciences) and B.A.Sc. (Tehran Polytechnic, Engineering Design).
His research focuses on Natural Language Processing (NLP) applications in healthcare, medicine, epidemiology, and digital humanities. Notable projects include AI-driven systematic reviews in the Brain-Heart Interconnectome, NLP-based osteoporosis detection via eConsult, and dementia identification systems using Explainable AI (XAI). He has pioneered work on poetry chronology (e.g., Hafez’s works) and led initiatives in primary care recommender systems.
Rahgozar has over 20 years of industrial experience in decision science and analytics, with expertise in banking, healthcare, and supply chain optimization. As a Mitacs Principal Investigator and startup partner, he co-developed chatbot-based recommendation systems and advanced AI tools for e-health applications. His current work emphasizes improving syncope management and frailty prediction in geriatrics using NLP and LLMs.
He collaborates across disciplines, bridging computational methods with clinical and literary domains, and actively contributes to healthcare innovation through partnerships with hospitals and academic institutions.
