Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer in Data Science/Data Analytics at UWE Bristol and an Honorary Research Fellow at Bangor University's School of Ocean Sciences. From mathematics and software engineering to artificial intelligence, I have more than 20 years of experience, and my work, grounded in the mathematical foundations of machine learning, has followed the field's own development: from neural networks, fuzzy systems and evolutionary optimisation, through probabilistic models, reinforcement learning and transfer learning, to deep learning, transformers, large language models and diffusion models. My approach centres on formulating problems precisely, understanding their underlying structure, developing appropriate solutions, and establishing why they work and under what conditions, a question that runs from the interpretable rules of fuzzy systems to today's explainable AI. I apply this approach across domains; as a Research Fellow at Bangor (2020–2025), I used it in passive acoustic monitoring, marine mammal behaviour, wind farm site selection and an offshore wind digital twin. Before that I was Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Artificial Intelligence at Azad University, South Tehran Branch. In 2023 I received a Global Talent Endorsement from the Royal Society. (university homepage)
Research Interests
Academic Positions
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Jun 2025-present
Senior Lecturer in Data Science/Data Analytics
School of Computing and Creative Technologies, UWE Bristol (Bristol, UK)
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Jun 2025-present
Honorary Research Fellow
School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University (Bangor, UK)
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Sep 2020-Jun 2025
Research Fellow in Data Science and Machine Learning
School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University (Bangor, UK)
Also led a Data Science module in the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (2023-2025).
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Apr 2019-Jun 2019
Machine Learning Expert and Data Scientist (School of AI scholar)
Pi School, Pi Campus (Rome, Italy)
One of 20 merit-based full scholarships. Project for Enel, predicting failures in medium-voltage lines from SCADA events.
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Oct 2017-Apr 2019
Head of Department of Artificial Intelligence
Azad University, South Tehran Branch (Tehran, Iran)
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Feb 2014-Sep 2021
Assistant Professor, Department of Artificial Intelligence
Azad University, South Tehran Branch (Tehran, Iran)
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Oct 2010-Feb 2014
Lecturer, Department of Computer Engineering
Azad University, South Tehran Branch (Tehran, Iran)
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Oct 2007-Jun 2010
Research Fellow, Intelligent Systems Laboratory (ISLAB)
K. N. Toosi University of Technology (Tehran, Iran)
Multi-objective optimisation (2007-2008), then hybrid optimisation of neuro-fuzzy systems (2008-2010).
Education
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September 2007-February 2014
Ph.D. in Artificial intelligence
Jobs interaction theory to train hyper-parameters of the cultural optimization algorithm.
professor Mohammad Teshnehlab.GPA:
Concentrations:cultural optimization algorithm, neural network, multi-agent system, derivative-free learning algorithm, feature extraction.
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September 2005-September 2007
M.Sc in Artificial intelligence
multi-objective optimization to train neural networks and neuro-fuzzy systems.
professor Mohammad Teshnehlab.GPA:
Concentrations:multi-objective optimization, neural network and fuzzy system, combination of both derivative-base and derivative-free learning algorithms to prevent vanishing and exploding of gradient, and overfitting.
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September 2001-July 2005
B.Sc. in Software Engineering and Applied Mathematics
implementation of an automation system for the dairy industry.
GPA:
Concentrations:RUP methodology,data base management, SQL, object oriented programing, designing algorithm, data structure, Java, Visual C++.
