eSAM — Exposure Sensing Animated Mannequin
Sep 2022 - Feb 2024Human-sized robotic mannequin for chemical exposure testing with distributed sensors
AI Engineer · Agentic AI, LLMs & Multimodal ML · PhD
I work where AI meets the physical world — robots, wearables, and systems that help people live independently. These days that mostly means agentic AI: teams of specialist AI agents that can see, reason, and act. I recently built Linguagent, a live adaptive tutor run entirely by AI agents, and as a Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire I develop assistive AI for healthcare — from vision–language fall detection to wearable robots that sense what you intend to do. I also love teaching this stuff, from university modules to hands-on workshops on building your first AI agent.
Publishing as Mohamad Reza Shahabian Alashti.
Human-sized robotic mannequin for chemical exposure testing with distributed sensors
Web-based platform for synchronized multimodal emotion data collection with EEG and facial recognition
Collaborative data science research sprint addressing industrial manufacturing challenges
A personalized, adaptive learning tutor built as a team of specialist AI agents on Google ADK and Gemini, assessing learners against the CEFR standard (or a mastery scale for any subject) and tutoring them with feedback grounded in real rubrics.
AI-driven virtual ward system for ambient assistive care with multimodal patient monitoring
AI-driven intent-detection system using multi-sensor biomechanical data for wearable robotics
Comprehensive multi-view HAR research with benchmark datasets and advanced AI architectures
An interactive introduction to Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC): subnets, routing, gateways, and secure network design on AWS.
13 lessons
Interactive learning suites for information security management and compliance: ISO/IEC 27001 (ISMS), ISO/IEC 27005 (risk management), ISO/IEC 27017 (cloud security), a hands-on risk-treatment activity, and UK cyber law & compliance.
5 lessons
📅 18 April 2026
📍 University of Hertfordshire, UK
A full-day hands-on workshop on Agentic AI at the University of Hertfordshire — designing, building, and deploying intelligent AI agents capable of autonomous decision-making.
📅 1-4 July 2026
📍 University of London, London, UK
Building interdisciplinary bridges through assistive technologies, social robots, and creative therapies
20+ publications · 67 citations · h-index 5 · i10-index 2 — Google Scholar
Antonios Doukakis, Aikaterini Smyrli, Makis Livadas, et al.
Mohamad Reza Shahabian Alashti, Shadiya Alingal Meethal, Patrick Holthaus, et al.
Shadiya Alingal-Meethal, Mohamad Reza Shahabian Alashti, Martina Mosso, et al.
Khashayar Ghamati, Mohamad Reza Shahabian Alashti, A. Fallahirahmatabadi, et al.
Baobing Zhang, Sehrish Rafique, Mohamad Reza Shahabian Alashti, et al.
Mohamad Reza Shahabian Alashti, Shadiya Alingal-Meethal, Patrick Holthaus, et al.
Mohamad Reza Shahabian Alashti, Khashayar Ghamati, Abolfazl Zaraki, et al.
Mohamad Reza Shahabian Alashti, Khashayar Ghamati, Hooman Samani, et al.
Mohamad Reza Shahabian Alashti, Mohammad Bamorovat Abadi, Patrick Holthaus, et al.
Mohammad Bamorovat Abadi, Mohamad Reza Shahabian Alashti, Patrick Holthaus, et al.
Mohamad Reza Shahabian Alashti, Mohammad Bamorovat Abadi, Patrick Holthaus, et al.
Mohamad Reza Shahabian Alashti, Mohammad Bamorovat Abadi, Patrick Holthaus, et al.
Mohammad Bamorovat Abadi, Mohamad Reza Shahabian Alashti, Patrick Holthaus, et al.
Mohamad Reza Shahabian Alashti, Alan Turing Institute Team, AMRC Collaborators
Mohamad Reza Shahabian Alashti, Mohammad Bamorovat Abadi, Patrick Holthaus, et al.
Mohammad Bamorovat Abadi, Mohamad Reza Shahabian Alashti, Patrick Holthaus, et al.
Mohamad Reza Shahabian Alashti, Mohammad Reza Daliri, Behnam Jamei
Farzad Cheraghpour, Farbod Farzad, Milad Shahbabai, et al.
Farzad Cheraghpour Samavati, Majid Iranikhah, Parastoo Dastangoo, et al.
University of Hertfordshire, UK
Aug 2024 - Present • Hatfield, UK
Various Institutions, London & Hertfordshire
Sep 2021 - Present • London & Hertfordshire, UK
Arta Vision Ava Eng. Co., Tehran, Iran
Feb 2015 - Nov 2020 • Tehran, Iran
University of Hertfordshire, UK
Oct 2022 - Feb 2024 • Hatfield, UK
SYNTECH Technology & Innovation Center, Iran
Feb 2012 - Mar 2016 • Qazvin, Iran
University of Hertfordshire, UK
2020 - 2024
Thesis: Human Activity Recognition in Ambient Assisted Living Scenarios
Azad University (IAU), Qazvin, Iran
2011 - 2015
Thesis: Intelligent System for Estimating Spinal Cord Injury using Medical Image Segmentation
Hadaf University, Sary, Iran
2006 - 2011
Thesis: Design and Implementation of an Advanced Path-Following Robot
Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Facial Emotion Recognition, Video-Based Human Activity Recognition, Pose Estimation, Sensor Fusion, Meta-Learning, Agentic AI, Vision Transformers (ViT), GANs
Python, C, C++, JavaScript, ReactJS, Node.js, HTML/CSS
PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, OpenCV, Scikit-Learn, NumPy, Pandas, Streamlit, QT, Docker, ROS1/ROS2
ROS2, MoveIt, Navigation, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Maxon Motor Control, Modbus RTU, Mechatronics Integration
Cloud Computing (AWS), Edge AI Deployment, Data Pipelines, Secure Cloud Storage, Scalable Web-Based Systems
I've been building machines since before I could name what I was doing. It started with electronics as a student — a path-following robot for my bachelor's — and grew into years with a RoboCup @Home team, where I led the electronics group and we won the national league five times. Somewhere along the way the question shifted from "can I make this move?" to "can I make this understand?" — and that question has carried me ever since.
Following it took me through industry — years as an engineer and project lead, shipping monitoring systems that ran quietly in data centres across the country — and then to the UK for a PhD in Computer Science, teaching machines to recognise what people are doing in their own homes. Today I'm a Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire, working on AI for assistive care: wearable robots that sense what you intend to do, and vision–language models that notice when something goes wrong. My side of the lab is where deep learning meets EMG signals, cameras, and people who need a bit of help to live independently.
Lately I've fallen for agentic AI — systems built not as one model but as a team of specialists that reason and act together. My playground for this is Linguagent, an adaptive AI tutor I designed and built end-to-end, live on the web and run entirely by agents. It's equal parts research lab and product, and it's taught me more about making AI reliable than any paper deadline ever has.
The other thing I can't stop doing is teaching. I lecture in AI, cloud computing, and software engineering; I chaired the special session on assistive robotics at ICSR 2026; and I ran "From Prompt to Agent", a full-day workshop where 55 people built their first AI agent with me. The tutorials on this site are part of the same habit — if I learn something worth knowing, I'd rather share it.
Full career details are on the resume page and LinkedIn. I'm based in the UK on a Global Talent visa.