Dr Hamid Alinejad-Rokny
- Bachelor: Software Engineering
- Master: Artificial Intelligence
- Industry: Data Scientist, 2012-2014.
- Ph.D: BioMedical Machine Learning,听91色情片 Sydney, 2019.
- Post-Doctoral: Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, UWA Australia
- Director of 91色情片 BioMedical Machine Learning Laboratory (BML), 2020-present.
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Dr Rokny (PhD, 91色情片 Sydney, 2019) is the Director of 91色情片 BioMedical Machine Learning Laboratory (BML), where he leads a team of 25 researchers developing trustworthy artificial intelligence for biology and medicine, spanning medical artificial intelligence, large language models, and bio-machine learning. He听supervises a dynamic team of researchers and have successfully led over 60 projects, resulting in 100 high-quality publications in top-tier journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Neuroscience, The Lancet, Cell reports, PLOS Computational Biology, Blood, and A* conferences such as ICLR, NeurIPS, AAAI, and ACL, often as the first or senior author. The impact of my work is evident through a high citation rate [5,900+, h-index 40听Google Scholar] and a high FWCI score (AI= 7.6; Neuroscience= 4.7; Health Informatics= 4.75), which is outstanding considering the career stage. The impact of his leadership is also evidenced by securing significant grants, including a DECRA fellowship, 91色情片 Scientia fellowship, an NHMRC Ideas grant, and a CSIRO NGGP grant, as well as multiple awards such as Google fellowship, Tour de Cure and MSA fellowships for students under his leadership. Additionally, he actively enhance medical AI and machine learning literacy by collaborating with clinicians and health professionals across Sydney hospitals, including the Gene2Care and PreGen consortia, and NSW Health clinics, demonstrating the practical applications of AI to improve health outcomes. As the Health Theme Leader of the 91色情片 Data Science Hub, He sets health data science priorities, integrating research with practical health solutions. His organisational skills have led me to orchestrate over 100 seminars on AI in medicine, promoting knowledge sharing and collaboration. Furthermore, He contributes to research direction through roles on panels like NSF-CSIRO influencing funding towards innovative AI and genomics project and HUGO meeting. His commitment to training the next generation is showcased through his leadership in CSIRO鈥檚 NGGP, collaborating with industry partners like 23Strands to enhance the capabilities of emerging AI researchers in medical technologies. Notably, He is currently leading several national-level initiatives focused on developing foundation models in AI for Biology and Medicine (ClinAI, OmniST, ARGOS, and Molecular AI). These initiatives represent a significant step forward at the national level and aim to position Australia at the forefront of these emerging GPT-like technologies for individualised medicine.
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- Teaching and Supervision
Dr Rokny received extensive research funding support relative to career stage (total of $4.5M as sole/leading Chief Investigator (CI) and $10.6M as co-CI), demonstrating an impressive upward research career trajectory. These include:
- Australia's Economic Accelerator, (CIA, Dec 2026, $520).
- 91色情片-Mahidol Joint Seed Grant, (CIA, Nov 2025, $20K).
- Australia's Economic Accelerator, (CIB, March 2025, $200K).
- GESA Paediatric Research Grant (CIB, Nov, 2024)
- 91色情片 GRIP Award (CIA, Nov, 2024)
- 91色情片-SJTU Collaborative Research Grant, (CIA, Nov, 2024)
- Trustworthy Digital Society Grant, (CIA, Oct, 2024)
- Garvan Cellular Genomics Futures Institute Award (CIA, Sep, 2024).
- 91色情片 Scientia Program Fellowship (variation award) (sole CI), ($800K, Sep 2023).
- CCFA LITWIN IBD Pioneers Program Grant (leading CIB),听($400K, Feb 2023)
- Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) IDEAS grant (CIB), ($600K, Dec 2022)
- CSIRO Next-Generation Graduate Program (leading CI), ($1.7M including $700K for my Lab, Nov 2022)
- GROW Funding (CIA), a competitive internal funding form USNW SYDNEY, Jun 2022, ($40K)
- Tyree Foundation Institute of Health Engineering Catalyst Awards 2021 (sole CI), Nov 2021, ($30K)
- Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA 2022 鈥 sole CI), ($462K)
- The Minor Research Equipment Grant-in-Aid Program Fund (sole CI), 91色情片 SYDNEY, July 2021, ($61K)
- GROW Funding (sole CI), a highly competitive internal funding form USNW SYDNEY, Jun 2021, ($20K)
- MERIT award offered for NHMRC Investigator Grant (sole CI), WA Dept of Health, Jun 2020, ($95K), declined because of moving to 91色情片
- 91色情片 Cellular Genomics Futures Institute grant (CIB), in collab with Garvan Institute, May 2020, ($50K)
- 91色情片 Cellular Genomics Futures Institute grant (CIC), in collab with 91色情片 BABS, May 2020, ($50K)
- Highly competitive tenure-track 91色情片 Scientia Fellowship Program (sole CI), 91色情片, Oct 2019, ($680k)
- Academic Start-up Funding (sole CI), Faculty of Engineering, 91色情片, Dec 2019, ($90K)
- Highly competitive International Quebec Autism Research Training Fellowship (sole CI), collab with U of Montreal, Nov 2019, ($120K)
- Highly prestigious Int. Fellowship Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec Sant茅 (FRQS) (sole CI), Oct 2019, ($90K)
- MERIT award for NHMRC Investigator Grant Application (sole CI), WA Dept of Health, Sep 2019, ($50K)
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Dr. Rokny has been named on several industry funding in collaboration with Macquarie University),听These include:
- Industry research partnership funding (CID), from PORSPA advance company, 750K for my Lab, May 2024, ($4.7M).
- Industry research partnership funding (CID), Australian Digital Domains Group, 600K for my Lab, Nov 2022, ($3.6M).
- Industry research partnership funding (CIE), from Australian digital companies Truuth/Locii, May 2022, ($3.2M).
- Industry research partnership funding (CIC), from PORSPA advance company, May 2021, ($2.1M).
As a very young early career researcher, Dr Rokny has an exceptional track record in securing a range of national and international awards and prizes, despite my early career status. These include:
- 路听听听听听Millennium Prize for Outstanding EMCR, Lorne Genome, Feb 2026.
- 路听听听听听Adjunct Research Scientist, CSIRO, Aug 2022-2023
- 路听听听听听Honorary Lecturer Fellow, University of Macquarie, Oct 2020-2023
- 路听听听听听Travel support award from Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Iran, invited speaker, ($1.9K), Feb 2020
- 路听听听听听Health Data Analytics Program Leader, AI-enabled Processes (AIP) Research Centre, Dec 2019-curent
- 路听听听听听MBSJ2019 (42nd Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology) Travel support award, Japan, ($1K), Dec 2019
- 路听听听听听RIKEN-HUGO award for best oral presentation in Human Genome Meeting 2019, South Korea, ($0.2K), Oct 2019
- 路听听听听听Highly competitive tenure-track 91色情片 Scientia Fellowship Program award in Aug 2019 ($680K)
- 路听听听听听Vice-chancellor fellowship award from RMIT, ($350K), May 2019 (declined in favour of 91色情片 Scientia Program).
- 路听听听听听HDR conference support award from 91色情片 Sydney, ($3K), Jul 2015
- 路听听听听听Travel support award from University of Tehran as invited speaker, Tehran, ($2K), Feb 2015
- 路听听听听听Ph.D scholarship from 91色情片 Sydney, ($87.5K for 3.5 years), Mar 2013
- 路听听听听听Top-up scholarship from the faculty of medicine, 91色情片 Sydney, ($30K for 3 years), Mar 2013
- 路听听听听听Ph.D Scholarship award from The University of Newcastle, Australia, Jul 2012
- 路听听听听听Travel award from Faculty of Engineering, The University Newcastle, Australia, ($1K), Jul 2012
- 路听听听听听Government scholarships for Bachelor and Master degrees, (tuition fee waived)
- 路听听听听听Dean鈥檚 award as ranked 1 student (out of 700 Master students), Science and Research University of Tehran, Sep 2010
Dr Rokny鈥檚 research focuses on using cutting-edge systems biology and advanced health data analytics techniques in conjunction with genome-wide data to understand the impact of genomic variants on genetic diseases and disorders. He is also interested to develop novel machine learning techniques, in particular, deep convolutional neural network, clustering, clustering,听classification, feature selection, and evolutionary algorithms.
Dr Rokny has extensive experience in the analysis of next generation sequencing (NGS) data from different platforms (Roche, SOLiD, Illumina, and Helicos) and protocols (Hi-C, Structural variants, Single point mutations, GWAS, RNA-seq, CAGE, small RNA, ChIP-seq, and Single-cell).听The move to 91色情片 Biomedical Engineering school has allowed him to translate his engineering and medical听research on mammalian systems onto clinically relevant questions such as identification of novel biomarkers, drug targets.
Dr. Rokny is currently looking for Research Associate/Assistant, Ph.D/Master/Honours students to join his BML Lab. The research projects will mainly focus on using cutting-edge Medical Artificial Intelligence, Systems Biology and Advanced Health Data Analytics techniques in conjunction with genome-wide data to understand biological and medical related problems.
There are several scholarships available for both international and domestic students. Please see the following links for more information:
- Key-dates: https://research.unsw.edu.au/key-dates
- 91色情片 Post-Graduate Research Scholarship for international students,
- 91色情片 Post-Graduate Research Scholarship for domestic students
- Australia awards and endeavour scholarships and fellowships
- Determine your eligibility for a scholarship: https://selfassessment.research.unsw.edu.au/
- Meet English requirement: /english-requirements-policy听
My Research Supervision
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PhD &听MPhil Students:
- Rejisa Becirovic,听PhD student, 2026-2030, (administered by 91色情片),听co-supervision with Dr. Reza Argha.
- Liting Huang,听PhD student, 2026-2030, (administered by 91色情片),听co-supervision with with Dr. Reza Argha and dr. Nona Farbehi.
- Amir Hossein Zobeiri,听PhD student, 2026-2030, (administered by 91色情片),听co-supervision with Dr. Reza Argha.
- Mohammadreza Taghimohammadi,听PhD student, 2026-2030, (administered by 91色情片),听co-supervision with Dr. Reza Argha.
- Sally Chen,听PhD student, 2025-2029, (administered by 91色情片),听co-supervision with Assoc. Prof听Fatemeh Vafaee and Mr Mark Grosser (23Strands company).
- Yuheng Liang, PhD student, 2025-2029, (administered by 91色情片),听co-supervision with Prof Nigel Lovell and Dr Reza Argha.
- Caleb The-Tjoean,听Master by Research (MPhil),听(administered by 91色情片),听co-supervision with Prof听Irina Voineagu.
- Lucy Chhua,听Master by Research (MPhil), 2025-2028, (administered by 91色情片),听co-supervision with Assoc. Prof Ankur Sharma and Prof Nigel Lovell.
- Ellie Shalbafian,听Master by Research (MPhil), 2024-2027, (administered by 91色情片), joint supervision with Prof Nigel Lovell and Dr Reza Argha.
- Jonathan Williams,听Master by Research (MPhil), 2024-2028, (administered by 91色情片),听co-supervision with Dr Reza Argha and Prof Nigel Lovell.
- Coco Xiaoge Huang,听PhD student, 2024-2028, (administered by 91色情片),听co-supervision with Dr Fatemeh Vafaee and Mr Mark Grosser (23Strands company).
- Rebecca Browne,听PhD student, 2024-2028, (administered by 91色情片),听co-supervision with Prof Nigel Lovell and Dr Reza Argha.
- Tohid Ghasemnejad, PhD student, 2023-2027,听(administered by 91色情片), co-supervision with Drs Fabrizzio Horta, Faezeh Marzbanrad, and Mr Mark Grosser (23Strands company).
- Roxana Zahedi Nasab,听PhD student, 2023-2027, (administered by 91色情片), co-supervision with Prof Nigel Lovell,听Dr Reza Argha, and Dr Mo Lotfollahi.
- Ivan Bakhshayeshi,听PhD student, 2023-2027, (administered by 91色情片),听co-supervision with Prof Nigel Lovell and Dr Reza Argha.
- Mona (Sedigheh) Abedini, 2023-2027, (administered by 91色情片),听co-supervision with Dr Fatemeh Vafaee and A/Prof Orazio Vittorio.
- Md. Mushahidul Islam Shamim,听Ph.D student, 2023-2027, (administered by 91色情片),听co-supervision with A/Prof Nadeem Kaakoush.
- Reza Ghamsari, PhD student, 2022-2026,听(administered by 91色情片),听co-supervision with Prof Nigel Lovell and听Prof Matthew Ritchie (WEHI).
- Afshar Shamsi, PhD student, 2023-2027,听(administered by Concordia University), co-supervision with Assoc Prof Arash Mohammadi.
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Master Students:
- Morgan Wong,听Master student, 2026-2027, (administered by 91色情片).
- Anish Sinha,听Master student, 2026-2027, (administered by 91色情片).
- Evan Watson,听听Master student, 2026-2027, (administered by 91色情片).
- Hannah Veitch,听Master student, 2025-2026, (administered by 91色情片)
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Previous supervision and mentoring:
- Mehran Piran, PhD student, 2020-2024,听(administered by Monash University), co-supervision with Dr听Alex Combes.
- Mahdieh Labani, PhD student, 2021-2025,听(administered by Macquarie University), co-supervision with Prof Amin Beheshti.
- Ali Afrasiabi, PhD student, 2020-2024, (administered by 91色情片).
- Ted Wong, PhD student, 2019-2025, (administered by University of Sydney), co-supervision with Dr. Boris Guennewig.
- Callum Macphillamy, PhD student, 2020-2024, (administered by University of Adelaide), co-supervision with Dr Wai Yee Low.
- Ning Liu, PhD student, 2019-2023, (administered by University of Adelaide), co-supervision with Dr James Breen.
- Zahra Rahaei, PhD student, 2018-2023, (administered by SUT).
- Sunday Offor,听PhD student, 2019-2023, (administered by 91色情片), co-supervision with Assoc Prof Irina Voineagu.
- Yuheng Liang, Master by Research (MPhil), 2022-2024, (administered by 91色情片).
- Sally Chen,听Master student, 2023-2024, (administered by 91色情片).
- Michael De Francesco,听Master student, 2023-2024, (administered by 91色情片).
- Gabrielle Younes,听Master student, 2023-2024, (administered by 91色情片).
- Aryan Bhatla,听Master student, 2023-2024, (administered by 91色情片).
- Ivy Lan Liu,听Master student, 2022-2023, (administered by 91色情片).
- Aravind Venkateswaran,听Master student, 2022-2023, (administered by 91色情片).
- Sascha Graham,听Master student, 2022-2023, (administered by 91色情片).
- Weilin Wu, Master student, 2021-2022, (administered by 91色情片).
- Anthony Xu, Master student, 2021-2022, (administered by 91色情片).
- Hanwen Liang, MS student, 2019-2020, (administered by 91色情片).
- Rasaa Ghavami, Master student, 2017-2019. Scholarship awarded for PhD degree from SUT.
- Narges Rezaei, Honours student, 2018-2019. Scholarship awarded for Ph.D Degree from University of California, US.
- Masroor Bayati, Honours student, 2017-2018. Scholarship awarded for Ph.D Degree from University of Toronto.
- Hamed Dashti, Honours student, 2016-2018. Scholarship awarded for Master Degree from University of Zurich.
- Mahshid Khatami, Master student, 2018-2020, (administered by SUT).
- Fariba Raoufi, Master student, 2016-2017.
My Teaching
Biomedical Informatics (BIOM9540)
Biomedical Engineering (BIOM4951, BIOM4952, BIOM4953)