Mustafa Haiderbhai
PhD Candidate
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolMustafa Haiderbhai is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at the University of Toronto with eight years of research and engineering experience focused on computer vision and machine learning for medical and surgical applications. He conducts translational research at The Hospital for Sick Children's CIGITI lab on autonomous surgical robotics and has interned on high-impact projects at X (the moonshot factory) and Universitätsklinik Balgrist. His background combines a Health Science BSc and a Master's in Biomedical Engineering with hands-on work in HCI and surgical tech, enabling him to bridge clinical needs and ML-driven solutions. Known for integrating clinical context into algorithm design, he aims to deliver safe, practical vision systems that can be deployed in operating-room environments.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of TorontoBachelor's degree, Health Science, Bachelor's degree, Health Science at University of Ottawa
Github Skills (27)
physics-engine10
simulation10
deterministic10
robotics10
python10
simulator10
hardware10
reinforcement-learning10
bullet-physics10
dynamics10
nvidia10
mechanics10
physics10
gpu10
robot-simulator10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
StafaH/mujoco_warp
Mar 2025 - Jul 2026
GPU-optimized version of the MuJoCo physics simulator, designed for NVIDIA hardware.
Contributions:125 pushes, 60 branches in 1 year 3 months
gpuhardwaremujoconvidia
shacklettbp/madrona_mjx
Jul 2024 - Jan 2026
Contributions:25 PRs, 59 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 6 months
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