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Researcher

Babak Taati

Babak Taati is a computer vision researcher who applies machine learning to rehabilitation and assistive technology. Before joining IATSL in 2009, he worked in computer vision at Feeling Software and pursued doctoral research at Queen’s University. His AI work includes video-based Parkinson’s assessment and the Toronto NeuroFace dataset, and he leads KITE’s Aging Team. In 2025, he launched a Health Canada-approved screening app for Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and received KITE’s New Visions Research Award; as of October 2026, he is a Senior Scientist at KITE and holds the Barbara G. Stymiest Chair at UHN and the University of Toronto.

Now at
KITE Research Institute and University of Toronto

Timeline

  1. By 2009

    Computer vision at Feeling Software

    Before joining IATSL in March 2009, he works as Lead Computer Vision Scientist at Feeling Software and pursues his PhD in Queen’s University’s Robotics and Computer Vision Laboratory.

  2. March 2009–September 2012

    Research at IATSL and Toronto Rehab

    He joins IATSL in March 2009 and works on computer vision, signal processing, and machine learning for assistive and rehabilitation technologies. In September 2012, he becomes a Scientist at Toronto Rehab.

  3. 2017

    Deep learning for Parkinson’s assessment

    In 2017, he coauthors a study that uses deep-learning pose estimation to extract movement trajectories from Parkinson’s assessments and a random forest to estimate parkinsonism and levodopa-induced dyskinesia severity.

  4. 2019

    Video tracking for Parkinson’s disease

    In 2019, he applies AI to use video of physical movement to follow symptoms in people with Parkinson’s disease.

  5. August 2020

    The Toronto NeuroFace dataset

    In August 2020, he releases the Toronto NeuroFace Dataset for facial motion analysis in people with neurological disorders.

  6. July 2023

    Lead of KITE’s Aging Team

    In July 2023, he becomes Lead of KITE’s Aging Team, with Tilak Dutta as Associate Lead and Andrea Iaboni as Medical Director.

  7. September 2025–December 2025

    HAT and a KITE research award

    In September 2025, he launches the Health Canada-approved HAT app to screen for Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes. In December 2025, KITE gives him its New Visions Research Award for creating the screening technology.

  8. As of October 2026

    Senior scientist at KITE

    Since April 2025, he holds the Barbara G. Stymiest Chair in Rehabilitation Technology Research at UHN and the University of Toronto. As of October 2026, he is a Senior Scientist and Lead of KITE’s Aging Team.

Career

  1. Since 2025University Health NetworkBarbara G. Stymiest Chair in Rehabilitation Technology Research
  2. Since 2025University of TorontoBarbara G. Stymiest Chair in Rehabilitation Technology Research
  3. Since 2023KITE Research InstituteLead of the Aging Team
  4. From 2012Toronto RehabScientist
  5. Until 2009Feeling SoftwareLead Computer Vision Scientist
  6. 2009–2012IATSL

Education

  1. Queen's UniversityPhD

From the biography.

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  2. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes University of Toronto. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  3. 84% of people shaping AI with recorded undergraduate and doctoral schools changed institutions for their doctorateIncludes University of Toronto. 84% of people shaping AI with recorded undergraduate and doctoral schools changed institutions for their doctorate. Across 2,116 people with both an undergraduate degree and a doctorate recorded, we trace which undergraduate schools feed which doctoral programs, how often students stay at the same school, and how paths differ by birth-country region.
  4. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of Toronto. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Babak Taati | IATSL iatsl.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. Babak Taati, PhD PEng cs.toronto.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Vision-Based Assessment of Parkinsonism and Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesia with Deep Learning Pose Estimation arxiv.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. Putting assessment in the hands of patients parkinson.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. KITE’s 2025 award winners announced kite-uhn.com. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. Babak Taati | UHN Research uhnresearch.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.