Premier McGuinty Celebrates Ontario’s Top Research and Innovation Talent - Videos

Recipient of the Premier’s Catalyst Award

For Best Young Innovator

Dr. Parham Aarabi

Dr. Aarabi is a professor at the University of Toronto and the founder and president of ViewGenie Inc. The ViewGenie system allows users to search a database of images or videos to locate specific objects based on their visual content, such as cars, buildings and people. Dr. Aarabi’s innovation changes the entire nature of image and video viewing, searching and navigation, and establishes Ontario as a centre of excellence and innovation for the next generation of applications and websites on the World Wide Web.