Dr. Alireza Osareh Dr Alireza Osareh got his Ph.D from Bristol University in 2004, and currently works as an assistant professor in Computer Science Department of Shahid Chamran University. His research interest includes machine learning and data mining, medical and biomedical image processing, computational intelligence and pattern recognition. Contact Information Mail: Computer Science Department, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran         Phone: +98-611-3330010-20 (Ext. 5700) Fax: +98-611-3336642 Email: Alireza.Osareh "AT" scu DOT ac DOT ir            Alireza_Osareh "AT" yahoo DOT co DOT uk

Qualification

2004 – Ph.D.	In Medical Image Processing and Computer Vision Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, UK.
1996 – M.Sc.	In Robotics  & Machine Intelligence    Department of Computer Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
1992 – B.Sc.	In Electrical & Computer Engineering Department of Computer Science, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran.

Professional Experience

2004 – Present	Assistant Professor and head of Computer Science Department, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran.
2002 – 2004	Research Assistant at Bristol University, working on a shared project between Bristol Computer Science Department and Oncology Centre of Bristol Royal Infirmary Hospital.     Research Title: MRI Breast Image Segmentation for Treatment Planning
1999 – 2004	Research Assistant and Ph.d. Student at Bristol University, working on a shared project between Bristol Computer Science Department and Bristol Eye Hospital. Research Title: Developing an Automated Computer Aided Diagnosis System for Diabetic   Retinopathy
1999 – 2002	Teaching Assistant for Overview of Computing (B.Sc.), Multimedia Processing (M.Sc.) and Scientific Programming (M.Sc.) courses in Bristol Computer Science Department.
2001 – 2004	Co-Supervision of three B.Sc. and one M.Sc. student final projects in Bristol Computer Science Department.
1996 – 1999	Lecturer at Ahvaz University (Iran). I have taught different courses including:   Microprocessors, Computer Architecture, Digital Design, Operating Systems Design, C and  Pascal Programming Languages.

Academic Participation

2008-Present	Member of Ahvaz Council ICT Research Committee, Ahvaz Council, Ahvaz, Iran
2006-Present	Member of Editorial Board of Shahid Chamran University Journal of Engineering
2005-Present	Member of Editorial Board of Shahid Chamran University Journal of Science
2004-Present	Member of Faculty Board of the Faculty of Engineering,  Shahid Chamran University
2004-Present	Member of Research and Postgraduate Committee, Faculty of Engineering, Shahid Chamran University
2004-2006	Member of Khouzestan Gas Company Research Committee, Khouzestan Gas Company, Ahvaz, Iran
2004-Present	Member of University ICT Committee, Shahid Chamran University
1996	Cofounder of Computer Engineering Department

Teaching

Machine Learning (Postgraduate) <"trebuchet>

Digital Image Processing (Postgraduate) <"trebuchet>

Pattern Recognition (Postgraduate) <"trebuchet>

Computer Vision (Postgraduate) <"trebuchet>

Computer Architecture (Undergraduate) <"trebuchet>

Digital Design (Undergraduate) <"trebuchet>

Operating Systems Design (Undergraduate) <"trebuchet>

Microprocessors (Undergraduate) <"trebuchet>

Scientific Programming (Undergraduate)  

Research Interest

Medical and Biomedical Image Processing

Machine Learning and Data Mining

Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision

Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Diagnosis

Higher Degree Supervision

Masters

<10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:symbol;vertical-align:baseline'>·         N. Keynama (E-Learning Department, Shiraz University) Public Healthcare in Iran: Strategic issues in the ICT Development

<10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:symbol;vertical-align:baseline'>·         Pazahr (E-Learning Department, Shiraz University) Security Issues in CRM systems towards E-banking (Completed 2008) <"trebuchet>

<10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:symbol;vertical-align:baseline'>·         S. Norouzpour (Hydraulic Structure Department, Shahid Chamran University) Estimation of Total Suspended Sediment using Image Processing Techniques (Completed 2006)

<10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:symbol;vertical-align:baseline'>·         H. Nilsaz (Department, Shahid Chamran University) Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Credit Scoring (Completed 2006)

Recent Peer Reviewed Publications and Reports <"trebuchet>

Books

·         <10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align: baseline'>Alireza <10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align: baseline'>Osareh,<10.0pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline'> “Automated Identification of Diabetic Retinal Exudates In Digital Colour Images”, In Color Image Processing, Methods and Applications, Rasrislav<10.0pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline'> Lukac<10.0pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline'>, Kostas Plataniotis<10.0pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline'> Editors, pages 327-350, New York, CRC Press, 2007(Invited Chapter).

·         <10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align: baseline'>Alireza <10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align: baseline'>Osareh, “Retinal Markers for Early Detection of Eye Disease”, In Automated Image Detection of Retinal Pathology, Herbert Jelinek<10.0pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline'>, Michael Cree Editors, New York, CRC Press, to be published in 2008 (Invited Chapter).

·         B. <10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align: baseline'>Shadgar, A.Osareh<10.0pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline'>, M. Afkhamipour<10.0pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline'>, Translation of "Software Maintenance, Concepts and Practice, Penny Grubb and Amstrang<10.0pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline'> Takang<10.0pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline'>" book in Farsi, Shahid<10.0pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline'> Chamran<10.0pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline'> University Publications, Iran, 2008.

Journals & Reports

·         A. Osareh, B. Shadgar. Automated Lung Segmentation in Magnetic Resonance Images: An Active Contour based Approach, Computers in Biology and Medicine (under review).

·         A. Osareh, B. Shadgar, Richard Markham. A Computational Intelligence based Approach for Detection of Exudates in Diabetic Retinopathy Images. To be appeared in IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine. <"trebuchet>

·         A. Osareh, B. Shadgar. Automatic Blood Vessel Segmentation in Color Images of Retina. To be appeared in Iranian Journal of Science and Technology.

·         B. Shadgar, A.Osareh. Using WebDAV Protocol in Transferring RDF Documents. Shahid Chamran University Journal of Science, no. 18, pages 35-45, 2008. <"trebuchet>

·         H. Nilsaz, A. Osareh. A. Rasekh, H. Sinaee. Application of Neural Networks in Credit Scoring. Journal of Iranian Economic Research, vol. 32, no. 7, pages 12-31, 2007. <"trebuchet>

·         A. Osareh, B. Shadgar, Richard Markham. Comparative Pixel-level Exudate Recognition in colour Retinal Images, M. Kamel, A. Campilho Editors, pages 894-902, Springer LNCS 3656, September 2005.

·         A. Osareh, M. Mirmehdi, B Thomas, R Markham. Automatic Identification of Diabetic Retinal Exudates in Digital Colour Images. British Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 87, no. 10, pages 1220-1223, October 2003. <"trebuchet>

·         A. Osareh, M. Mirmehdi, B. Thomas, and R. Markham. Comparative Exudate Classification using Support Vector Machines and Neural Networks. In T. Dohi and R. Kikinis, Editors, pages 413-420, Springer LNCS 2489, September 2002.

·         A Osareh, M Mirmehdi, B Thomas, and R Markham. Classification and Localisation of Diabetic-Related Eye Disease. In A. Heyden, G. Sparr, M. Nielsen, and P. Johansen, Editors, pages 502-516, Springer LNCS 2353, May 2002.

·         Reuter’s health news report on my work: Automated Screening of Colour Photos may Identify Diabetic Retinopathy, by Karla Gale, October 2003.

Conferences <"trebuchet>

·         Alireza Osareh, B. Shadgar, Automatic Blood Vessel Segmentation in Colour Images of Retina, 13^th International CSI Computer Conference, pages 42-50, February 2008, Kish, Iran.  

·         Bita Shadgar, A. Osareh, A Framework for Using WebDAV Protocol in Transferring RDF Documents, 13^th International CSI Computer Conference, pages 63-70, February 2008, Kish, Iran. 

·         Alireza Osareh, B. Shadgar, Application of Colour Image Processing Techniques on Identification of Retinal Hard Exudates, The Eleventh International Conference of Computer Society of Iran, January 2006, Tehran, Iran.

·         Alireza Osareh, B. Shadgar, Richard Markham, Comparative Pixel-level Exudate Recognition in colour Retinal Images, Image Analysis and Recognition, Second International Conference, ICIAR, September 2005, Canada.

·         R Markham, A. Osareh, M. Mirmehdi, B Thomas, M Macipe. Automated Identification of Diabetic Retinal Exudates using Support Vector Machines and Neural Networks. The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Conference, Poster 4000/B703, May 2003, USA. <"trebuchet>

·         A Osareh, M Mirmehdi, B Thomas, and R Markham. Comparison of Colour Spaces for Optic Disc Localisation in Retinal Images. In R. Kasturi, D. Laurendeau, and C. Suen, editors, Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Pattern Recognition, pages 743-746. IEEE Computer Society, August 2002, Canada.

·         A Osareh, M Mirmehdi, B Thomas, and R Markham. Colour Morphology and Snakes for Optic Disc Localisation. In A Houston and R Zwiggelaar, editors, The 6th Medical Image Understanding and Analysis Conference, pages 21-24, BMVA Press, July 2002, UK. <"trebuchet>

·         A. Osareh, M. Mirmehdi, B. Thomas, and R. Markham. Locating the Optic Disk in Retinal Images. In Bjarne Ersbll, editor, 2nd International Workshop on Computer Assisted Fundus Image Analysis, page 35, October 2001, Denmark. <"trebuchet>

·         A. Osareh, M. Mirmehdi, B. Thomas, and R. Markham. Identifying Exudates in Diabetic Maculopathy. In Bjarne Ersbll, editor, 2nd International Workshop on Computer Assisted Fundus Image Analysis, page 17, October 2001, Denmark.

·         A. Osareh, M. Mirmehdi, B. Thomas, and Richard Markham. Automatic Recognition of Exudative Maculopathy using Fuzzy C-Means Clustering and Neural Networks. In E Claridge and J Bamber, editors, Medical Image Understanding and Analysis Conference, pages 49-52, BMVA Press, July 2001, UK. <"trebuchet>

·         E. Malekian and A. Osareh, Detection and Classification of Underwater Acoustic Signals Using Wigner-Ville Distribution. In Seventh Electrical Engineering Conference of Iran, 2000, Iran.

·         E. Malekian and A. Osareh, Underwater Digital Data Transmission Using Continuous Phase FSK Method. In Forth Annual International CSI Computer Conference (CSICC’98), 26-28 January, 1999, Iran. <"trebuchet>

Other Activities

·         Referee of IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging Journal.

·         Referee of UK Medical Research Council.

·         Referee of IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 2007. <"trebuchet>

Membership

British Machine Vision Association (BMVA), American Diabetes Association.