Biography
Hello! I am a final-year PhD candidate in Machine Learning to understand Mitochondrial Disease Pathology at Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research and EPSRC CDT for Big Data, Newcastle University. I am a member of Newcastle AI Lab led by Prof. Stephen McGough. I am advised by Prof. Stephen McGough, Dr. Conor Lawless and Dr. Amy Vincent.
My research focuses on applying artificial intelligence/machine learning methods to understand mitochondrial disease pathology. I work with tissue image data (Image Mass Cytometry & Immunofluorescence) with an aim to automate (where possible) the process of understanding disease pathology which includes i) Upstream Data Preparation: this include precise segmentation and curation (selecting cells with good uniform quality) of single-cells in tissue images using novel machine learning (ML) methods. ii) Downstream Data Analysis: this include using ML to classify deficient (affected by disease) cells based on multi-dimensional protein expression data. And iii) Using explainable ML profile various genetically diagnosed mitochondrial diseases based on their protein expression data.
The experience of working on these topics allowed me to develop expertise in Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Explainable ML, Biomedical Image Data (IMC & Microscopy).
Prior to this I spent 8 years as a DevOps and Software Engineer, developing big data applications in cloud. This help me built expertise in Java, OpenShift , Python and various public cloud services.
Education
PhD in Computer Science (Applied Machine Learning to Biomedical Sciences), April 2024 (expected)
Newcastle University, United Kingdom.
MRes in Cloud Computing for Big Data & Machine Learning, 2020
Newcastle University, United Kingdom.
MSc in Cloud Computing, 2019
Newcastle University, United Kingdom.
MSc in Computer Network Systems, 2008
Sunderland University, United Kingdom.
BEng in Electronics Engineering, 2007
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India.
Update Spring 2024:
I am available on the job market for Post Doctoral research positions either in academia or industry from April 2024. Please feel free to reach out (a.khan21@newcastle.ac.uk or atif.khan.ncl@gmail.com) if you think I would be a good fit.