Current Students
Healthcare

Lubna Abu Zohair
(2021-2026)Research: Focusing on actual human biomarkers, like those extracted from biofluids and brain structures, to better understand neurodegenerative diseases (Like Huntington's and Parkinson's disease), their stages, progression, and associated biomarkers through the application of artificial intelligence.
Supervisor: Prof Hind Zantout Co-supervisor: Dr Marta Vallejo Co-supervisor: Dr Md Azher Uddin

Yuchen Pan
(James Watt Scholarship)(2023-2027)Research: Heterogeneous Agent systems for Sustainable AI for Health.
Supervisor: Dr Chengjia Wang Co-supervisor: Dr Wei Pang

Ada Grecner
(2024-2028)Research: Adaptable low-power machine learning prosthetic interfaces for sEMG signal classification.
Supervisor: Dr Alistair McConnell Co-supervisor: Dr Marta Vallejo

Sheena Shabana
(2024-2028)Research: Augmenting Precision in Endovascular Neurosurgery: A Robotic Catheter System with Integrated CT Imaging.
Supervisor: Dr Maria Koskinopoulou Co-supervisor: Dr Marta Vallejo Co-supervisor: Dr Karen Donaldson (University of Edinburgh)

Hend El Mohandes
(2024-2028)Research: Myoelectric Prosthetic control with Deep Learning.
Supervisor: Dr Neamat Elgayar Co-supervisor: Dr Adrian Turcanu

Tess Watt
(2023-2029) Part-timeResearch: Development of TinyML models for melanoma cancer.
Supervisors: Dr Christos Chrysoulas Co-supervisor: Dr Rob Stewart

Ehsan Mohammadi Pasand
(2025-2030) Part-timeResearch: Foundation-aware multi-agent system for remote care using multi-modality data.
Supervisor: Dr Chengjia Wang Co-supervisor: -
General Machine Learning

Theo Harrison-Drummond
(2023-2027)Research: Compositional and associative sparse encodings for Few-shot learning.
Supervisor: Dr Chengjia Wang Co-supervisor: -
Robotics

Ciarán Johnson
(2021-2026)Research: Prognosis in the Farming Process: A Full Characterisation and Phenotyping Approach.
Supervisor: Dr Alistair McConnell Co-supervisor: Dr Steve Tonneau (University of Edinburgh)

Ed Rees
(2023-2027)Research: Mimicking the protective, tactile, and interface capabilities of human skin for soft robotics.
Supervisor: Dr Michael Crichton Co-supervisor: Dr Marta Vallejo

Ross Davidson
(2023-2027)Research: Accessibility in Robotics: Can improving accessibility for robots improve it for people?
Supervisor: Dr Alistair McConnell Co-supervisor: Prof Ron Petrick
Alumni

Dorian Gouzou
Thesis: Investigation of Deep-learning Methods for Fluorescence Lifetime nd Retinal Medical Imaging.
Completed: 2024
Supervisor: Dr Marta Vallejo
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Medical Image Analysis at the University of Edinburgh

Gordon Frost
Thesis: Actor-critic reinforcement learning algorithms for yaw control of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle.
Completed: 2022
Supervisor: Dr Marta Vallejo
Current Position: Software Developer at Renishaw