About

👋 Hi! I’m Mahdi Islam, a researcher specializing in Deep Learning, Computer Vision, and Biomedical Image Processing.
📚 I’m currently in my last semester of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s program in Medical Imaging and Applications (MAIA) and doing my master’s thesis at the Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria, focusing on Semi-supervised segmentation strategies for cardiovascular imaging.

🎓 I am actively seeking funded PhD opportunities for Fall 2025 to continue contributing to impactful research in AI-driven healthcare innovations 🚀.

🧠 Areas of Expertise

• 🧩 Medical Image Segmentation:
  • 🧠 Brain tissue segmentation (Grey Matter, White Matter, CSF).
  • 🏥 Colorectal tissue and gland segmentation.
  • Aorta structures segmentation
  • Cervical region segmentation
• 🤖 Deep Learning:
  • 🔗 Vision-Language Models (VLMs) and Foundation Models.
  • 🌀 Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs).
  • 📉 Semi/Weakly Supervised Segmentation.
• 📊 Medical Image Processing and Analysis:
  • 🩺 Cancer detection and histopathology analysis.
  • 🚶 Gait anomaly detection with real-time predictive models.

💡 Research Interests

I’m passionate about leveraging deep learning and vision-language models 🧠 to transform medical imaging and diagnostics, with a focus on:

• 🧠 Neuroimaging: AI-enhanced analysis for brain mapping.
• ❤️ Cardiovascular Imaging: Echocardiogram, MRI and CT based diagnostics.
• 🩸 Stroke Analysis: AI-driven methods for early stroke detection.
• 🏥 Cancer and Histopathology: Machine learning pipelines for tissue classification and segmentation.
• 🛠️ Image Reconstruction & Synthesis: For accurate diagnosis and prognosis.

💼 Professional Background

• 🔬 Visiting Research Student:
  • Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria (Master’s Thesis, 2025).
  • Research Focus: Semi-supervised segmentation strategies for TAVI access route planning.
• 🔬 Deputy Coordinator:
  • Erasmus Mundus Association, Bangladesh Chapter.
  • Maintaining and developing the EMA-BD website.
• 🎓 Lecturer, Department of Computer Science & Engineering:
  • Metropolitan University, Bangladesh (2022-2023)
  • Inspired students to pursue research-based theses by introducing ML/DL concepts 🚀.
• 🧪 Undergraduate Research Assistant:
  • Islamic University of Technology (2021-2022)
  • Developed a novel gait analysis pipeline using CNNs and sensor-acquired heat-map data.

🚀 Notable Projects

• 🧠 Atlas and Tissue-Model Guided Gaussian Mixture Models for Brain Tissue Segmentation
• 🩺 Skin Cancer Detection: ML vs. DL Comparison
• 🤖 Automatic Knee Rehabilitation Exercises with UR3 Robot
• 🏥 Colorectal Cancer Tissue Classification and Segmentation

For a detailed view of my projects, check out my GitHub 🌐.

💡 I’m passionate about integrating AI into healthcare 💻, fostering innovation, and making a tangible impact on patients’ lives.

🔗 Let’s connect and collaborate 🚀!