Hi, I’m Mohsen. I am a Ph.D. Researcher and senior computer engineering professional in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University, affiliated with the I-SENSE: The Institute for Smarter Cities, Spaces, and Health under the supervision of Dr. Yufei Tang.

My work combines production-minded software engineering with machine learning, computer vision, and their application to healthcare, biomedical engineering, and environmental systems. Core areas include medical image analysis — spanning automated spinal biomechanics simulation, tumor segmentation, and neurological disease classification — as well as federated learning, hardware-rooted AI security, and AI-driven environmental optimization. I collaborate with the Marcus Neuroscience Institute at Baptist Health South Florida, working under the clinical mentorship of Dr. Frank Vrionis and in partnership with Ms. Wendy Elliott, (Assistant Vice President). A unifying theme across my work is developing robust, generalizable systems that bridge theoretical advances, clean implementation, and real-world clinical or engineering deployment.

I have authored 51+ peer-reviewed papers with 3,408 citations, an h-index of 31, and an i10-index of 48 (Google Scholar). I am ranked among the World’s Top 2% Scientists (Elsevier/Stanford ranking, 2024–2025) and among the top 1,000 AI and environmental scientists worldwide. I hold a Top 1% reviewer distinction in Computer Science and Cross-Field on the Web of Science, and have served as a reviewer for more than 100 international journals and as a technical program co-chair and committee member for IEEE conferences including ICTS4eHealth, FLLM2024, IACC, HECST, and WCETAS.

Open to Collaboration: I welcome research collaborations in Machine Learning, Computer Vision, AI for Healthcare, and Environmental AI. Feel free to reach out at mahmadi2021@fau.edu — I am always happy to discuss potential research synergies.

News

  • [2026]Speaker at the Next-Generation AI & Machine Learning Conference (Nxt AI-2026), Boston, November 2–4, 2026.
  • [2026]Paper published in Neural Computing and Applications: A decade of fuzzy set-based forecasting models: a bibliometric analysis of trends and research patterns.
  • [2026]Appointed Guest Editor for the Bioengineering Special Issue AI-Driven Biomedical Imaging and Disease Detection (Impact Factor: 4.4).
  • [2026]New preprint: Physically Unclonable Functions for Secure IoT Authentication and Hardware-Anchored AI Model Integrity — arXiv:2604.21188.
  • [2025]Paper accepted in Scientific Reports (Nature): Streamlined patient-specific modeling for lumbar spine segmentation and finite element analysis (PMID: 41083563).
  • [2025]Paper accepted in World Neurosurgery: Automated Finite Element Modeling of the Lumbar Spine.
  • [2025]Member of the Proposal Review Committee for the Fondecyt Initiation Research Grant, ANID, Chile.
  • [2025]Technical Program Co-Chair, 5th IEEE International Conference on ICT Solutions for eHealth (ICTS4eHealth), Bologna, Italy.
  • [2025]Technical Program Committee member, 2nd International Conference on Foundation and Large Language Models (IEEE – FLLM2024), Dubai, UAE.
  • [2025]Committee Member, International Conference on AI & Machine Learning, Osaka, Japan.
  • [2025]Committee Member, International Conference on Hydraulic Engineering Calculation and Simulation Technology (IEEE – HECST2025), Guilin, China.
  • [2024]Recognized as one of the Best Researchers at Florida Atlantic University.
  • [2024]Ranked among the World’s Top 2% Scientists for the second consecutive year (Elsevier/Stanford ranking).
  • [2024]Ranked among the Top 1,000 AI and environmental scientists out of ~200,000 worldwide.
  • [2024]Recognized as Top 1% best reviewer in Computer Science and Cross-Field on Web of Science.
  • [2024]Committee Member, 14th International Advanced Computing Conference (IACC-IEEE), December 2024.
  • [2024]Committee Member, 3rd World Conference on Engineering, Technology, and Applied Science (WCETAS-Bangkok-2024).
  • [2024]Paper published in PLoS ONE: A deeply supervised adaptable neural network for Alzheimer’s severity diagnosis.
  • [2023]Ranked among the World’s Top 2% Scientists (Elsevier/Stanford ranking, 2023).
  • [2022]Received the Best Researcher award at the 13th International Advanced Computing Conference (IACC, IEEE).

Awards & Honours

  • [2025]FAU Top Student Recognition (Among the Best Researchers, Florida Atlantic University)
  • [2025]World’s Top 2% Scientist (Stanford University, Elsevier BV, ID: A69702)
  • [2024]FAU Top Student Recognition (4.0 GPA, Florida Atlantic University)
  • [2024]World’s Top 2% Scientist (Stanford University, Elsevier BV, ID: B145922), also ranked among the top 1000 Artificial Intelligence and Environmental Scientists out of roughly 200,000 scientists.
  • [2022]IEEE IACC Top Researcher Award (13th International Advanced Computing Conference)
  • [2021]Publons Academy Mentor (over 500 reviews in ISI journals)
  • [2021]Publons Academy Excellent Reviewer Award (Publons Academy)
  • [2020]Publons Academy Graduate (Publons Academy)
  • [2019]Top 1% Reviewer in Computer Science (Web of Science)
  • [2019]Top 1% Reviewer in Cross-Field (Web of Science)
  • [2018]1st Rank Reviewer (Neurocomputing Journal)
  • [2016]1st Rank Among Master Students (Urmia University of Technology)

Research

Deep Learning for Medical Image Analysis & Visual Recognition

My work centers on neural network pipelines for automated segmentation, detection, and classification in medical and engineering imagery, with particular attention to when large vision foundation models generalize to specialized domains versus when task-specific training remains necessary.
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AI for Biomedical Engineering & Clinical Decision Support

We design computational pipelines integrating deep learning with physics-based modeling for patient-specific clinical applications, spanning spinal biomechanics, neurological disease grading, and tumor characterization from medical imaging.
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Representative works: Spine segmentation & FEA (Sci. Rep. 2025) · Automated lumbar spine FEA (World Neurosurgery 2025) · Alzheimer's severity grading (PLoS ONE 2024) · Physics-informed medical imaging (AI Review 2025)

Federated Learning, Secure AI & Intelligent Environmental Systems

This direction addresses scalability, security, and real-world deployment of machine learning in distributed and resource-constrained environments, alongside AI-driven approaches to environmental monitoring and resource optimization.
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Representative works: DQRE-SCnet federated learning (JKSUCI, Elsevier 2022) · PUF-based IoT security survey (arXiv 2026) · Smart city energy management (JNCA 2025) · Water resource optimization

Selected Engineering Projects

Patient-specific spine AI pipeline from segmentation through finite element modeling

Patient-Specific Spine AI Pipeline

End-to-end medical imaging workflow for lumbar spine segmentation, mesh preparation, and finite element analysis, designed to reduce manual preprocessing and support clinical biomechanics research.

PythonDeep LearningFEAMedical Imaging
Secure federated learning architecture with reinforcement-learning client selection

Secure Federated Learning Systems

Research software and algorithm design for distributed learning, intelligent client selection, and hardware-anchored model integrity across privacy-sensitive AI environments.

Federated LearningSecurityIoTOptimization
Environmental AI drone monitoring an agricultural field

Environmental AI & Optimization

Machine learning and multi-objective optimization models for water allocation, smart-city energy management, digital twins, and environmental decision support.

OptimizationSmart CitiesDigital TwinML

Publications

Hardware trust mechanisms for secure IoT authentication and AI model integrity
Physically Unclonable Functions for Secure IoT Authentication and Hardware-Anchored AI Model Integrity
Maryam Taghi Zadeh, Mohsen Ahmadi
arXiv preprint, 2026
Patient-specific lumbar spine segmentation and finite element modeling workflow
Streamlined and Efficient Patient-Specific Modeling for Lumbar Spine Segmentation and Finite Element Analysis
M Ahmadi, H Chen, M Lin, D Biswas, J Doulgeris, Y Tang, ED Engeberg, J Hashemi, G Pires, FD Vrionis
Scientific Reports (Nature), 2025
Automated lumbar spine finite element modeling and stress analysis
Automated Finite Element Modeling of the Lumbar Spine: A Biomechanical and Clinical Approach to Spinal Load Distribution and Stress Analysis
M Ahmadi, X Zhang, M Lin, Y Tang, ED Engeberg, J Hashemi, FD Vrionis
World Neurosurgery, 2025
Large language model cybersecurity and SMS spam detection results
Leveraging Large Language Models for Cybersecurity: Enhancing SMS Spam Detection with Robust and Context-Aware Text Classification
Mohsen Ahmadi, Matin Khajavi, Abbas Varmaghani, Ali Ala, Kasra Danesh, Danial Javaheri
Cyber-Physical Systems, 12(3), 277–303, 2025
Multi-objective water allocation and watershed management optimization
Multi-Objective Optimization of Water Resource Allocation for Groundwater Recharge and Surface Runoff Management in Watershed Systems
Abbas Sharifi, Hajar Kazemi Naeini, Mohsen Ahmadi, Saeed Asadi, Abbas Varmaghani
arXiv preprint, 2025
Alzheimer's severity classification overview
A Deeply Supervised Adaptable Neural Network for Diagnosis and Classification of Alzheimer's Severity Using Multitask Feature Extraction
M Ahmadi, D Javaheri, M Khajavi, K Danesh, J Hur
PLoS ONE, 2024
Breast tumor segmentation comparison between Segment Anything Model and U-Net
Comparative Analysis of Segment Anything Model and U-Net for Breast Tumor Detection in Ultrasound and Mammography Images
Mohsen Ahmadi, Masoumeh Farhadi Nia, Sara Asgarian, Kasra Danesh, Elyas Irankhah, Ahmad Gholizadeh Lonbar, Abbas Sharifi
Computational Intelligence, 41(5), e70145, 2025
Segment Anything Model results for civil infrastructure defect assessment
Application of Segment Anything Model for Civil Infrastructure Defect Assessment
Mohsen Ahmadi, Ahmad Gholizadeh Lonbar, Hajar Kazemi Naeini, Ali Tarlani Beris, Mohammadsadegh Nouri, Amir Sharifzadeh Javidi, Abbas Sharifi
Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 10, 269, 2025
Multi-regional terrain segmentation for coastal digital twin applications
Supervised Multi-Regional Segmentation Machine Learning Architecture for Digital Twin Applications in Coastal Regions
Mohsen Ahmadi, Ahmad Gholizadeh Lonbar, Mohammadsadegh Nouri, Amir Sharifzadeh Javidi, Ali Tarlani Beris, Abbas Sharifi, Ali Salimi-Tarazouj
Journal of Coastal Conservation, 28, 44, 2024
Multimodal AI and transformer-based clinical reasoning workflow for spine surgery
Revolutionizing spine surgery with emerging AI–FEA integration
Christopher Franceschini, Mohsen Ahmadi, Xuanzong Zhang, Kelly Wu, Maohua Lin, Ridge Weston, Angela Rodio, Yufei Tang, Erik Engeberg, Gui Pires, Talha S. Cheema, Frank D. Vrionis
Journal of Robotic Surgery, 2025
Climate parameters and COVID-19 infection rate maps across Iran
Investigation of Effective Climatology Parameters on COVID-19 Outbreak in Iran
Mohsen Ahmadi, Abbas Sharifi, Shadi Dorosti, Saeid Jafarzadeh Ghoushchi, Negar Ghanbari
Science of the Total Environment, 729, 138705, 2020
COVID-19 lung imaging ground truth, prediction, and infection probability results
Diagnosis and Detection of Infected Tissue of COVID-19 Patients Based on Lung X-Ray Image Using Convolutional Neural Network Approaches
Shayan Hassantabar, Mohsen Ahmadi, Abbas Sharifi
Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 140, 110170, 2020
Urban physical assets and digital twin model for stormwater infrastructure
Application of Artificial Intelligence in Digital Twin Models for Stormwater Infrastructure Systems in Smart Cities
Abbas Sharifi, Ali Tarlani Beris, Amir Sharifzadeh Javidi, Mohammadsadegh Nouri, Ahmad Gholizadeh Lonbar, Mohsen Ahmadi
Advanced Engineering Informatics, 61, 102485, 2024
Artificial intelligence workflow and results for economic growth forecasting
Presentation of a New Hybrid Approach for Forecasting Economic Growth Using Artificial Intelligence Approaches
Mohsen Ahmadi, Saeid Jafarzadeh-Ghoushchi, Rahim Taghizadeh, Abbas Sharifi
Neural Computing and Applications, 31, 8661–8680, 2019
Physics-informed neural network architecture for computational medical imaging
Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Advancing Computational Medical Imaging: Integrating Data-Driven Approaches with Fundamental Physical Principles
Mohsen Ahmadi, Debojit Biswas, Maohua Lin, Frank D. Vrionis, Javad Hashemi, Yufei Tang
Artificial Intelligence Review, 58, 297, 2025
DQRE-SCnet deep reinforcement learning and spectral clustering architecture
DQRE-SCnet: A Novel Hybrid Approach for Selecting Users in Federated Learning with Deep-Q-Reinforcement Learning Based on Spectral Clustering
Mohsen Ahmadi, Ali Taghavirashidizadeh, Danial Javaheri, Armin Masoumian, Saeid Jafarzadeh Ghoushchi, Yaghoub Pourasad
Journal of King Saud University – Computer and Information Sciences, 34(9), 7445–7458, 2022
Gene expression programming and sensitivity analysis workflow for gastric cancer
Application of Gene Expression Programming and Sensitivity Analyses in Analyzing Effective Parameters in Gastric Cancer Tumor Size and Location
Shadi Dorosti, Saeid Jafarzadeh Ghoushchi, Elham Sobhrakhshankhah, Mohsen Ahmadi, Abbas Sharifi
Soft Computing, 24, 9943–9964, 2020
Lumbar spine segmentation, finite element simulation, and physics-informed neural network architecture
Integrating Finite Element Analysis and Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Biomechanical Modeling of the Human Lumbar Spine
Mohsen Ahmadi, Debojit Biswas, Rudy Paul, Maohua Lin, Yufei Tang, Talha S. Cheema, Erik D. Engeberg, Javad Hashemi, Frank D. Vrionis
North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ), 22, 100598, 2025

Full list of 51+ publications on Google Scholar and ResearchGate.

Talks

Conference Presentations & Invited Talks

  • [2026]Speaker, Next-Generation AI & Machine Learning Conference (Nxt AI-2026), Boston, November 2–4, 2026.
  • [2025]Technical Program Co-Chair & Presenter, 5th IEEE International Conference on ICT Solutions for eHealth (ICTS4eHealth), Bologna, Italy.
  • [2025]Invited Talk: AI for Medical Image Analysis and Patient-Specific Biomechanical Modeling, Florida Atlantic University Research Symposium.
  • [2025]Session Chair & Presenter, 2nd IEEE International Conference on Foundation and Large Language Models (FLLM2024), Dubai, UAE.
  • [2025]Presenter, International Conference on AI & Machine Learning, Osaka, Japan.
  • [2025]Presenter, IEEE International Conference on Hydraulic Engineering Calculation and Simulation Technology (HECST2025), Guilin, China.
  • [2024]Presenter, 14th International Advanced Computing Conference (IACC-IEEE), December 2024.
  • [2024]Presenter, 3rd World Conference on Engineering, Technology, and Applied Science (WCETAS), Bangkok, Thailand.
  • [2022]Best Researcher Award Presentation at the 13th International Advanced Computing Conference (IACC, IEEE) — recognized for contributions to ML and healthcare AI.

Digital Twin Platform

All components are integrated into the AI Spinal Disease App, a deployable digital twin platform that enables AI segmentation, 3D visualization, simulation, and clinical analysis through a fully automated end-to-end workflow for patient-specific spinal decision support.

Application Video Library

Explore focused demonstrations of the patient-specific modeling, mesh preparation, simulation, and analysis workflow.

Academic Service

Editorial Board

Program Committee & Conference Roles

  • Technical Program Co-Chair — 5th IEEE ICTS4eHealth, Bologna, Italy, 2025
  • Technical Program Committee — IEEE FLLM2024, Dubai, UAE
  • Committee Member — International Conference on AI & Machine Learning, Osaka, Japan, 2025
  • Committee Member — 14th IACC-IEEE, December 2024
  • Committee Member — 3rd WCETAS, Bangkok, 2024
  • Committee Member — IEEE HECST2025, Guilin, China
  • Member — Proposal Review Committee, Fondecyt / ANID, Chile, 2025

Journal Reviewer

Review records available at Web of Science — Top 1% reviewer in Computer Science and Cross-Field.