Bio
Abbas Yazdinejad is a post-doctoral scholar in the Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on artificial intelligence (AI) governance, cybersecurity, federated learning and health-care privacy. He was recognized among Stanford University’s Top 2% Scientists (2022–2025) and also serves as a security AI scientist with the Africa-Canada Artificial Intelligence and Data Innovation Consortium and the Global South AI for Pandemic and Epidemic Preparedness and Response Network.