Farida Cheriet

Dr. Farida Cheriet is a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal. She serves as Director of the 4D Imaging and Vision Laboratory (LIV4D) and holds membership in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and the Institute for Data Valorization (IVADO). Her research spans medical imaging, biomedical technology, artificial vision, and 3D movement estimation.

• Ph.D. (Montreal), DEA (France), Ing. (Algeria)

Her work focuses on interpretable AI models for retinal pathology diagnosis, 3D anatomical reconstruction from medical imaging, and automated segmentation of vascular and spinal structures. She leads innovations in deep learning applications for diabetic retinopathy screening, coronary artery analysis, and spine surgery planning.

Recent publications highlight her leadership in computer vision for biomedical applications, with 15 featured articles covering ICU readmission prediction, retinal vessel analysis, dental crown design, and spinal ultrasound processing. She received CFI funding (2021) for cutting-edge facilities and collaborates on pan-Canadian ophthalmic image databases (2018).

Dr. Cheriet has supervised 28 Ph.D. students and 46 Master's students in biomedical computing, including projects on scoliosis analysis, retinal imaging, and cardiac MRI. Her teaching includes digital communications and computer graphics courses.