Kiana Hooshanfar

AI Researcher | Computer Vision | Saliency Prediction

About

Hi! I'm Kiana - an AI researcher and developer working on computer vision, saliency, and generative models. I hold a B.Sc. from IUST and recently defended my M.Sc. at the University of Tehran. I collaborate with the Machine Learning & Computational Modeling Lab and build real-world AI systems at AVIR AI.

My research focuses on visual attention modeling, multimodal learning, and human-computer interaction. I'm always happy to discuss research ideas and collaborations.

Publications

DTFSal: Audio-Visual Dynamic Token Fusion for Video Saliency Prediction
Kiana Hooshanfar, Alireza Hosseini, Ahmad Kalhor, Babak Nadjar Araabi
BMVC 2025
Brand visibility in packaging: a deep learning approach for logo detection, saliency-map prediction, and logo placement analysis
Alireza Hosseini, Kiana Hooshanfar, Pouria Omrani, Reza Toosi, Ramin Toosi, Zahra Ebrahimian, Mohammad Ali Akhaee
Discover Applied Sciences, 2025
Hybrid Retrieval-Augmented Generation Approach for LLMs Query Response Enhancement
Pouria Omrani, Alireza Hosseini, Kiana Hooshanfar, Zahra Ebrahimian, Ramin Toosi, Mohammad Ali Akhaee
ICWR 2024
Eye-Tracking Based Control of a Robotic Arm and Wheelchair for People with Severe Speech and Motor Impairment
Maryam Asad Samani, Kiana Hooshanfar, Helia Shams Jey, Seyed Majid Esmailzadeh
ICRoM 2023

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