Dr Nashid Alam

Nashid’s research interests are in computational (machine-learning based) analysis. This is of medical images (especially focusing on mammographic and histopathology data) and the development of decision-support tools for medical professionals. Her research is motivated by unmet clinical needs. It involves early disease detection and improved treatment outcomes. Much of her recent works are in the areas of: medical image understanding, pattern recognition, statistical methods, texture-based segmentation, and feature-detection techniques.

Nashid is responsible for supervising students. She participates in the research activities of the Centre for Digital Life. She has previous experience in supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students. This has been in the field of digital image processing and machine learning. Students with ideas that overlap with her research interests are welcome to contact her.