Mātai Team

Umayal Venkatasamy is a researcher and former Computer Science Lecturer with over nine years of experience in computer science education. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where her research focuses on the detection of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) using artificial intelligence techniques. Her thesis focuses on applying deep learning to the early detection, quantification, and prediction of Multiple Sclerosis through magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Her expertise encompasses artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, and image processing, with a particular emphasis on their applications in medical imaging.

Umayal’s PhD is supervised by Associate Professor Samantha Holdsworth (University of Auckland & Mātai), Associate Professor Alan Wang (University of Auckland & Mātai), Dr Catherine Shi (Auckland University of Technology & Mātai Senior Research Fellow), and Dr William Schierding (University of Auckland, Mātai & Vision Research Foundation)