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Zahra Amini - Machine learning researcher in healthcare AI
Zahra Amini
Machine learning researcher in healthcare AI
Applying for PhD and research-oriented MSc programmes in healthcare AI, Europe, 2027 intakeI develop explainable, well-calibrated machine learning models for biomedical data: clinical tabular records, medical images and physiological signals.
Research interests
Explainable and calibrated clinical ML
Prediction models for clinical decision support whose probabilities can be trusted and whose decisions can be explained to clinicians.
Example: general anaesthesia triage in paediatric dentistry.
Medical image and 3D segmentation
Deep learning for semantic segmentation, from U-Net on medical images to superpoint graphs on large-scale 3D point clouds.
Example: B.Sc. thesis on point cloud segmentation.
Time-series and anomaly detection
Signal processing and unsupervised models for sensor and bio-signal data, including predictive maintenance in heavy industry.
Example: Isolation Forest models at NICICO.
Research outputs
A calibrated prediction model for general anaesthesia triage in paediatric dentistry: development, explainability, and preliminary external evaluation
Seyed-Ali Sadegh-Zadeh, Mahshid Bagheri, Zahra Amini, Shayan Saadat, Mohammad Amin Barati, Delaram Jarchi
A calibrated ML prediction model on clinical tabular data for general anaesthesia triage, with explainable AI (XAI) techniques to ensure clinical transparency.
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Zahra Amini (lead author), et al. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Press.
An interdisciplinary textbook bridging machine learning, data analytics and healthcare, for medical students and professionals.
Large-scale semantic point cloud segmentation with superpoint graphs
Zahra Amini. Department of Software Engineering, Sirjan University of Technology. Supervisor: Dr. Amir Salarpour. Grade: 20/20.
A 3D point cloud processing framework for semantic segmentation.
Selected projects
Project title (explainable ML)
One sentence on the problem, one on the method, one on the result.
Code on GitHubProject title (medical image segmentation)
One sentence on the problem, one on the method, one on the result.
Code on GitHubProject title (time-series)
One sentence on the problem, one on the method, one on the result.
Code on GitHubResearch experience
- 2024 to present Research Assistant, University of Staffordshire
Supervisor: Dr. Seyed-Ali Sadegh-Zadeh. Calibrated, explainable triage model on clinical tabular data. - 2024 and 2025 Data Scientist and Research Consultant, NICICO
Anomaly detection and predictive maintenance on sensor time series; an LLM assistant over internal technical documents. - 2019 to 2021 Research Assistant and thesis student, Sirjan University of Technology
Supervisor: Dr. Amir Salarpour. Scalable 3D point cloud segmentation.
Teaching and impact
I founded Hobot Academy and have taught machine learning, deep learning and applied mathematics since 2022. Courses and notes
News
- MONTH YEARPaediatric dentistry triage manuscript submitted for review.
- MONTH YEARTextbook Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare in press with Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Press.
- 2025Named "The AI Luminary" and ranked #3 in Data Science (Iran) by Favikon.
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Open to PhD and MSc opportunities in healthcare AI
I am applying to programmes across Europe. If our research interests align, I would be glad to hear from you.