The School congratulates Pd.D. student Ramtin Mojtahedi on his recent string of successes in major Queen’s University awards!
Earlier this spring, Ramtin was listed among the 2024 Champions for Mental Health.
The Champions for Mental Health project is a respected university-wide initiative that recognizes instructors and staff members who play strong roles in supporting and advancing student mental health. The nomination letters for this award mentioned Ramtin’s efforts to help students through offering monthly peer support sessions, setting up a virtual help desk during exams and high-stress periods, and developing a set of interactive workshops that taught students effective stress management techniques.
These sentiments were echoed during the 2024 School Award Ceremony on June 20, where Ramtin was presented with the School of Computing Ian A. Macleod Award. This award is granted to the graduate student who made the greatest contribution to the intellectual and social spirit of the School of Computing during the preceding academic year. Ramtin was awarded this honour for his role in the GCS Buddy Program, which helps new students adjust to University life by pairing them with senior grad student mentors. The award committee also highlighted Ramtin’s other impactful projects, such as establishing private and anonymous feedback channels for students and fostering interdisciplinary research collaborations.
The following week, Ramtin was selected as a recipient of the 2024 School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (SGSPA) Award in Leadership, Innovation, and Community Engagement. This award recognizes exceptional graduate students who are making a meaningful difference in the world while also demonstrating the highest standards of academic excellence. The award winners are selected to show demonstrable impact across a variety of areas to both Queen’s and the broader community.
Ramtin is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Simpson Lab, focusing on developing supervised and semi-supervised deep learning methods, particularly for vision transformers on segmentation tasks. He is a member of the NSERC Medi-CREATE Program and a pillar of the graduate student community through his work as Ph.D. Officer for the GSC.