🏛️ I am a Professor of Machine Learning at the School of Computer Science and the Head of AI Research Engineering at the Centre for Machine Intelligence, University of Sheffield. I am also the Director of the UK Open Multimodal AI Network (UKOMAIN), funded by EPSRC, building on the Meta-learning for Multimodal Data interest group at the Alan Turing Institute. Subscribe to the Multimodal AI Community mailing list for updates on UKOMAIN.

🖥️ My research focuses on translational multimodal AI technologies for healthcare and scientific discovery:

• Multimodal AI: Foundation models, generative AI, domain adaptation, and transfer learning.
• Healthcare: Brain/cardiac imaging, and cancer diagnosis/treatment.
• Scientific Discovery: Protein engineering, and drug/materials discovery.

I lead the development of the open-source software library PyKale, part of the PyTorch ecosystem, enabling accessible machine learning for interdisciplinary research.

🏅 I serve as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems and IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems. My awards include a Turing Network Development Award, an Amazon Research Award, and joint Wellcome Trust Innovator and NIHR AI in Health and Care awards.

📘 Three of my MSc dissertation students have won the Fretwell-Downing Prize for the best MSc Dissertation: Peizhen Bai (2017), Hao Xu (2019), and Mohammod N. I. Suvon (2022). Learn more about the whereabouts of my past team members.

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📩 PhD enquiries: Email me ONE PDF including your CV, a statement on why and your source of funding, 1-3 papers, and transcripts before applying. Also check the English language requirements.