PhD Researcher, Cardiff University | AI for Health Equity
I am a PhD Researcher at Cardiff University (Cardiff Business School, CARBS-funded), working on “Reducing Health Screening Inequalities in Wales: AI-Driven Forecasting and Resource Optimisation for Underserved Communities”, supervised by Prof. Bahman Rostami-Tabar and Prof. Paul Harper. My research combines spatio-temporal graph neural networks, fairness-aware machine learning, discrete-event simulation, and qualitative social science to help health services plan more equitably.
Before starting this PhD, I earned an MSc in Computer Science (Distinction) from Manchester Metropolitan University, with a dissertation on “deep learning-based cross-domain facial expression recognition”. My earlier work on multimodal learning, affective computing, and human-centered AI now feeds into how I approach building fair, well-calibrated, and socially responsible AI systems for healthcare.
Education
- PhD in Management (AI for Health Equity), Cardiff University, Cardiff Business School — CARBS-funded, supervised by Prof. Bahman Rostami-Tabar and Prof. Paul Harper
- MSc in Computer Science (Distinction, GPA 80/100), Manchester Metropolitan University, UK — Sep 2023 to Oct 2024. Dissertation: Deep Learning-Based Cross-Domain Facial Expression Recognition
- BSc in Information Technology Engineering — Sep 2009 to Feb 2014
Experience
- Research Associate, University of Sheffield — 2024 to 2026
- Software Engineer, Novin Asan Tech Mana Company, Shiraz, Iran — 2014 to 2021
Academic Service
- Peer Reviewer, Discover Artificial Intelligence (Springer Nature) — 2025 to Present
- Peer Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics — 2025 to Present
Explore my full list of publications on Google Scholar.