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• Director , Digital Health Hub, www.canadadhh.com
• CEO and Founder , MetaOptima Technology Inc, www.metaoptima.com
• Digital Health, e-Health, m-Health, and Tele-Health Applications
• Image Processing and Computer Vision
• Tele-Dermatology, Skin Lesion Analysis, Skin Cancer Diagnosis
• Medical Imaging and Computer Aided Diagnosis
• Video Surveillance and Object Recognition
• PhD in Computing Science: Medical Image Analysis Lab, Computing Science Department, Simon
Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada, 2008-2012
• Bachelor of Science : Computer Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST),
Tehran, Iran, 2000-2005
1.
M. Sadeghi, P. Wighton, TK Lee, D. McLean, H. Lui, MS Atkins, “Pigment Network Detection and Analysis”,
Computer Vision Techniques for the Diagnosis of Skin Cancer, 1-22, Jan 2014
2.
A. Madooei, M. Drew, M. Sadeghi, M.S. Atkins, “Automatic Detection of Blue-White Veil by Discrete Colour
Matching in Dermoscopy Images”, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention–MICCAI 2013,
453-460, Sep 2013
3.
M Sadeghi, T Lee, H Lui, D McLean, S Atkins, “Detection and analysis of irregular streaks in dermoscopic images of skin lesions”, IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2013 May, 32(5):849-61
4.
M Sadeghi, “Towards prevention and early diagnosis of skin cancer: computer-aided analysis of dermoscopy images”, PhD Thesis, Applied Science: School of Computing Science, SFU 2012
5.
M. Sadeghi, T. Lee, H. Lui, D. McLean, M. S. Atkins,” Oriented Pattern Analysis for Streaks Detection in
Dermoscopy Images”, Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, Springer-Verlag Lecture
Notes in Computer Science, MICCAI (1) 2012: 298-306
6.
A. Madooei, M. Drew, M. Sadeghi, M.S. Atkins. “Automated Pre-processing Method for Dermoscopic Images and its Application to Pigmented Skin Lesion Segmentation ” Color Imaging Conference 2012,
7.
A. Madooei, M. Drew, M. Sadeghi, M.S. Atkins. “Intrinsic Melanin and Hemoglobin Colour Components for Skin
Lesion Malignancy Detection”, Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions, Springer-Verlag
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, MICCAI (1) 2012: 2012, 315-322
8.
M. Sadeghi, T. Lee, H. Lui, D. McLean, M. S. Atkins, “Automated detection and analysis of pigment networks, streaks and scale for melanoma diagnosis on dermoscopic images”, the 3rd World Congress of Dermoscopy, 17-19
May 2012, Brisbane, Australia
9.
M. Sadeghi, T. Lee, H. Lui, D. McLean, M. S. Atkins, “Recovering Intrinsic Skin Reflectance Under Arbitrary
Illumination From Dermoscopy Images”, the 3rd World Congress of Dermoscopy, May 2012, Brisbane, Australia
10.
M. Sadeghi, B. Mohabbati, M. Razmara, N. Kaviani, T. Lee, , H. Lui, D. McLean, S. Atkins, “UV CANADA: Skin
Cancer Prevention on Fingertips”, The Annual Cancer Care Conference 2011, BC Cancer Agency ( Best award winner in Population Health and Health Sciences ).

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11.
M. Sadeghi, T. Lee, H. Lui, D. McLean, M. S. Atkins, Global Pattern Analysis and Classification of Dermoscopic
Images Using Textons, SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, Feb 2012, San Diego.
12.
M. Sadeghi, T. Lee, H. Lui, D. McLean, M. S. Atkins, “Automated Skin Lesion Analysis for Melanoma Diagnosis”, for the 6th Workshop for Women in Machine Learning, co-located with NIPS, Granada, Spain, Dec 12. 2011.
13.
M. Sadeghi, T. Lee, H. Lui, D. McLean, M. S. Atkins, “Automated Detection and Analysis of Dermoscopic
Structures on Dermoscopy Images”, Silver Medal winner in ACM Student Research Competition , Grace Hopper
Celebration, November 2011, Oregon, USA.
14.
M. Sadeghi, T. Lee, H. Lui, D. McLean, M. S. Atkins, “Modeling the Dermoscopic Structure Pigment Network
Using a Clinically Inspired Feature Set”, Grace Hopper Celebration, Nov 2011, Oregon, USA.
15.
M. Sadeghi, T. K. Lee, H. Lui, D. McLean, and M. S. Atkins, “Automated Detection and Analysis of Dermoscopic
Structures on Dermoscopy Images”, UBC and CIHR Skin Res. Day, Canada, 2011
16.
M. Sadeghi, T. Lee, H. Lui, D. McLean, M. S. Atkins, “Automatic detection and analysis of dermoscopic structures on dermoscopy images”, Gold Award winner among more than 2400 submissions , the 22 nd
World Congress of
Dermatology (held every four years), 2011, Seoul
17.
M. Sadeghi, T. Lee, S. Atkins, “Modeling the dermoscopic structure pigment network using a clinically inspired feature set for skin cancer diagnosis”, The Annual Cancer Care Conference 2010, BC Cancer Agency, Nov 2010
18.
M. Sadeghi, T. Lee, M. S. Atkins, ”A novel method for detection and classification of pigment network in dermoscopic images”, Pan American Society for Pigment Cell Research 2010 Annual Conference PASPCR2010,
Vancouver, Canada, September 30 – October 2, 2010
19.
M. Sadeghi, M. Razmara, P. Wighton, T. Lee, M. S. Atkins, “Modeling the Dermoscopic Structure Pigment
Network Using a Clinically Inspired Feature Set”, In Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted
Intervention, The 5th Int. Workshop on Medical Imaging and Augmented Reality, (MICCAI MIAR 2010), 19-22
September, Beijing, China.
20.
M. Sadeghi, T. K. Lee and M. S. Atkins, “A Novel Method for Detection and Classification of Pigment Networks in
Dermoscopic Images”, Annual UBC and CIHR Skin Research Day, 2010
21.
M. Sadeghi, M. Razmara, T. K. Lee, M. S. Atkins, “A novel method for detection of pigment network in dermoscopic images using graphs”, Special Issue: Skin Cancer Imaging, Computerized Medical Imaging and
Graphics Journal, volume (35), number 2, pages 137-143, 2011, Featured on the cover page of the journal
22.
M. Sadeghi, M. Razmara, M. Ester, T. K. Lee, M. S. Atkins, “Graph-based Pigment Network Detection in Skin
Images”, SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, Town and Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego,
California, USA, 13 - 18 February 2010
23.
P. Wighton, M. Sadeghi, T.K. Lee and M.S. Atkins. Fully automatic random walker segmentation for skin lesions in a supervised setting.” Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions – MICCAI 2009, Springer-
Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Sept. 2009, London, UK.
24.
M. Sadeghi, T. Lee and M. S. Atkins, “Skin lesion segmentation using the Gray-conversion by a customized colormap”, Annual UBC and CIHR Skin Research Day, Canada, 2009
25.
M. Sadeghi, G. Tien, G. Hamarneh, and M. S. Atkins, “Hands-free Interactive Image Segmentation Using Eyegaze”,
SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, Florida (Orlando Area), February 2009
26.
E. Adeli, M. Sadeghi, and M. Fathy, “A Low-cost Strong Shadow-based Segmentation Approach for Vehicle
Tracking in Congested Traffic Scenes”, International Conference on Machine Vision, Islamabad, Pakistan,
December 28-29, 2007
27.
E. Adeli, M. Sadeghi, and M. Fathy, “A New Approach for Vehicle Detection in Congested Traffic Scenes Based on
Strong Shadow Segmentation” , 3rd International Symposium on Visual Computing ISVC07, Lake Tahoe, Nevada,
California, USA, November 26-28, 2007
28.
M. Sadeghi, M. Fathy, M. Amintoosi and A. Amiri ,”Traffic Control Using Image processing” , 7th International
Conference on Transportation Systems (TTC7), Tehran, Iran, April 2007

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29.
M. Sadeghi and M. Fathy. “A Low-cost Occlusion Handling Using a Novel Feature in Congested Traffic Images”.
Accepted for presentation at The 9th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems – (ITSC
2006), Toronto, Canada. 17-20 September 2006.
30.
M. Sadeghi and M. Fathy. “A Low-cost Occlusion Handling Using a Novel Feature In Congested Traffic Images”.
B.Sc. Thesis, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, Feb 2006.
31.
M. Sadeghi, “JINI Technology and Ad-hoc Networks” , the 8th Azad University Computer Science Conference
(AUCSC), Azad University , Tehran ,Iran, May 30-31 2005
32.
M. Sadeghi. “Features of Information Technology and Virtual World”. The 6th International Computer Faculty
Student Conference (CFSC), Dec 17-18 2003
• SFU Entrepreneure of the Year, SEY2013, $20,000 prize package, Nov 2013
• Wavefront Wireless prize package, $40,000, New Venture Competition 2013
• NSERC Innovation Challenge Award, Honorable Mention Award (2012), $1500
• NSERC Industrial R&D Fellowship (IRDF), 2012, $30,000
• Best award of Population Health and Health Sciences at the BC Cancer Agency for UV CANADA iPhone application, 2011
• The Silver Medal of ACM Student Research Competition from Microsoft Research, 2011
• SFU President’s PhD Research Stipend (PRS) Award, 2012, $6250
• Ebco/Eppich, The Anna Kreykenbohm Graduate Scholarship, 2011, $700
• The Brian J. Blaha Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Computing Science, 2011, $1,000
• Gold Award winner among more than 2400 submissions in the 22
Dermatology (held every four years), $500 nd World Congress of
• ACM Student Research Competition Travel Award, Grace Hopper Celebration, 2011, $500
• Conference Travel Award for WCD2011, CIHR Skin Research Training Center, UBC, $500
• The Computer Research Association-Women (CRA-W) Grad Cohort Travel Scholarship, 2011
• CIHR Skin Research Training Centre Scholarship, Spring 2011, $17,850
• Ebco/Eppich, Jardine Rolfe Ltd. Graduate Scholarship, Spring 2011. $700.
• Graduate Fellowship (PhD), Simon Fraser University, Spring 2011. $6,250
• Travel and Minor Research Award, Simon Fraser University, September 2010. $250
• CIHR Skin Research Training Centre Scholarship, Spring 2010. $17,850
• Graduate Fellowship, Simon Fraser University, Fall 2009. $6,250
• Graduate Scholarship, January 2008. $6,000
• 3rd Place of National Scientific Competition in Iran, 1995.
• Head , Digital Health Hub, Surrey Innovation Boulevard, Simon Fraser University and Fraser
Health, Aug 2013-present
• Post-doc Fellow , BC Cancer Agency, SFU Computing Science and UBC Dermatology, Vancouver,
Canada, July 2012-Sep 2013
• Research Assistant, Skin Cancer Research, British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA), Vancouver,
BC , Canada, May 2008 to July 2012

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• Research Assistant, Mole Research Group, Medical Image Analysis Lab, Computing Science
Department, Simon Fraser University, Jan 2008 to present
• Member of Image Processing Research Group, Intelligent Machine Lab, Computer Engineering
Dept., IUST University, Tehran, Iran, 2004-2007.
• Member of Web Design Research Group, Student Information Technology Association (SITA),
IUST University, Tehran, Iran , 2000-2003
• Co-founder and CEO , MetaOptima Technology Inc., 2012
• Researcher and Programmer, ITS Persia Company, 2006-2007 (Full time)
• Web Programmer , Entrepreneurship Center Project , Iran University of Science and Technology,
Tehran, Iran, 2000-2003 (part-time).
• MoleScope : Molescope is a proprietary medical device/software product designed to enable earlier and more reliable screening for skin cancer from home. Based on four years of research the product was designed with the assistance of medical professionals. MoleScope combines a compact, affordable imaging device with a smartphone application that interfaces with a Patient Archiving and Communication System (PACS) that provides specialists with the ability to better manage patient care and to perform remote diagnosis. MoleScope offers a mini-microscopic high-resolution imaging device, which is attachable to smarthphones and comes with an app that allows the patient or care provider to capture and share high quality microscopy images with specialists. Our Patient
Archiving and Communication System (PACS) offers a private, secure, and convenient teledermatology platform for specialists and optimizes local referrals by selecting patients who need immediate medical service. This will lead to an efficient working place for clinics with lower patient traffic. ( WaveFront Wireless Prize Package Winner in the New Venture BC 2013, SFU SEY Award)
• BADAS Dynamic Mood Monitoring for Bipolar Disease Patients: BADAS is a dynamically generated survey (app), which is scheduled and controlled by researchers in real time to study and report current mood, medication adherence and recent life events in elderly with Bipolar diseases.
We provide GPS locations provided electronically by an iPad or similar tablet-type device to allow determining if periods of mania are heralded by expanding geographic range, rapid movement between points or, novelty seeking; conversely, contraction of movements may be a precursor to major depression episodes. In this research project, two-hundred and five participants will be recruited from both urban and rural communities with a 10+ year BD diagnosis. This project will be held at SFU Gerontology Research Center.
• Designer and developer of UV Canada iPhone app , to transfer our computing science and engineering knowledge to our health community. Our e-Health smart-phone apps focus on skin
cancer prevention and detection. Our first application, UV CANADA, is released in June 2011. It is a free app for skin cancer awareness and prevention, donated by our team to BC Cancer Agency and
Vancouver General Hospital. Global National TV interviewed me and our story was casted over
Canada ( Link ). This project won the award of Population Health and Health Sciences at the
Annual Cancer Care Conference 2011, BC Cancer Agency.
• Reviewer since 2006, for the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE
Transactions on Medical Imaging, Elsevier Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, and Journal

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American Academy of Dermatology, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Journal of
B3iomedical Signal Processing and Control.
• CIHR Synapse Mentor, for high school and undergrad students through the Science Outreach
Opportunity program of Let’s Talk Science volunteering for classroom visits, field trips, lab tours, and science fairs to workshops at schools, museums and community events.
• Member of the Core Organizing Committee, 2012 Annual UBC and CIHR Skin Research Day
Conference, Skin Research Training Center, UBC Dermatology.
• Poster Session Coordinator and Graphic Designer , Try/CATCH (Computing and Technology
Conference for Her), Women In Computing Science, SFU, 2010-present, http://trycatch.cmpt.sfu.ca/
• Administrator and designer , the website of our research Team that contains our research projects and publications. See http://www.sfu.ca/skinimaging/index.htm
• Member of Child Foundation, An international charity helps children living in poverty to remain in school, 2007-present
• Treasurer and executive member, Computer Science Grad Students Association, 2009
• Member, Women in Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, 2008-present
• Head of Graphics Group, Entrepreneurship projects in the Student Information Technology
Association (SITA), Iran University of Science and Technology, 2003-2006
• Head of Student Union , Computer Eng. Dept., IUST University, Iran, 2003-2005
• Head of Public Relations, 6th National Computer Faculty Student Conference 2005
• Member , Mianeh Women Volleyball Team, Mianeh, Iran, 1997-1999
• 2 Years of training at UBC Dermatology, Skin Care Center 2010-2012
• The workshop on Foundation of Project Management, Communication and Effective Teamwork by
MITACS,
•
The Annual Leadership Summit Conference at SFU
• Certificate from International Teaching Assistant Program, which was a 4 month training course in
Continuing Studies at Simon Fraser University
• Teaching Assistant , Social Implications of a Computerised Society, Simon Fraser University,
Burnaby, BC, Canada, Spring 2008
• Certificate from International teaching Assistant Program, 4 month training in Continuing
Studies, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada, March 2008
• Programming : Python , C/C++/C#, Html, XML, Java, Java Script, Visual C++, ASP.NET
• Software: MATLAB (Image Processing Toolbox, Control Toolbox), ITK, AMIRA, CorelDraw, Adobe
Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage
• English, Farsi, Turkish (Azeri): Fluent
• French, Arabic : Intermediate