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Zahra Amini - Machine learning researcher in healthcare AI

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Zahra Amini

Machine learning researcher in healthcare AI

Applying for PhD and research-oriented MSc programmes in healthcare AI, Europe, 2027 intake

I 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

Manuscript under review

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.

Book, in press

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.

B.Sc. thesis, Spring 2020

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.

Details and full list

Selected projects

Project title (explainable ML)

One sentence on the problem, one on the method, one on the result.

Code on GitHub

Project title (medical image segmentation)

One sentence on the problem, one on the method, one on the result.

Code on GitHub

Project title (time-series)

One sentence on the problem, one on the method, one on the result.

Code on GitHub

All projects

Research 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.

Full CV

Teaching and impact

200+medical students taught in Neuro-AI
200+students mentored in the AI scholarship
MasterKaggle, 2021 to 2025
#3Data Science in Iran, Favikon 2025

I founded Hobot Academy and have taught machine learning, deep learning and applied mathematics since 2022. Courses and notes

News

  • MONTH YEAR
    Paediatric dentistry triage manuscript submitted for review.
  • MONTH YEAR
    Textbook Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare in press with Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Press.
  • 2025
    Named "The AI Luminary" and ranked #3 in Data Science (Iran) by Favikon.

Recommendations

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.