Role
Dr Golnaz Shahtahmassebi is an Associate Professor in Statistics and Course Leader for MRes Mathematical Sciences.
Professional Registrations and Recognition:
I am also:
- Adjunct Professor at University of Walter Sisulu, South Africa
- Honorary Fellow at school of Medicine, University of Plymouth
- Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
- FHEA, Fellow of Higher Education Academy
Research areas
Areas of research interest include:
- Dynamic models and their applications in real life
- Statistical Learning Theory
- Bayesian inference
- Computational Statistics
- Sequential Monte Carlo methods and Particle Filters
- Statistical Image Processing
Current and Past PhD students:
- 2024-present Ravidu Rammuni Silva, Thesis: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Education Systems for Adaptive Learning (Co-Supervisor)
- 2023-present Rob Lockett, Thesis: Modelling high-frequency vibrations of complex built-up structures using transport theory (Co-Supervisor)
- 2022 – Present Jake Hollis, Thesis: An automated approach for identification, authentication and classification of historical artworks and manuscripts using multimodal imaging techniques. (Director of Studies) in collaboration with British Museum
- 2020 – Present Bruna Falgueras Vallbona, Thesis: Scale and Uncertainty in Chemical Analysis (Director of Studies)
- 2016-2024 Marcin Fiedziukiewicz, Thesis: Stable Isotopic Composition of Anthropogenic Compoundsin Surface Waters (Director of Studies)
- 2021-present Chinyere Ifeoma Ajonu, Thesis: Interrogating Molecular Disease Pathways at the population Level Using Machine Learning (Co-Supervisor)
- 2018-2022 Jack Sutton, Thesis: Allometric and Fluctuation Scaling in Health, Well-Being, and Mortality (Co-Supervisor)
- 2017-2022 Yu Li, Thesis: Remote laser spectroscopy at standoff distances (Co-Supervisor)
- 2015-2018 Moulay Chalal Larbi, Thesis: A smart urban energy prediction system to support energy planning in the residential sector (Co-Supervisor)
- 2014-2017 Mr Bassem Amr (Doctor of Medicine Degree, University of Plymouth), Thesis: Aspects of the Preoperative Pathway In Pancreatic Head Malignancy (Co-Supervisor, statistics supervisor)
Successful Grants (Co-I):
- 2020-20224D Ionosphere - Swarm+, funding body: European Space Agency4, PI: Dr Alan Wood (PI) (NTU/UB), Dr Golnaz Shahtahmassebi, collaborators: University of Oslo (UiO, Norway), Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV, Italy), GMV Innovating Solutions (GMV-POL, Poland).
- 2020-2022For DIGILAB: A New Concept In Digital Infrastructure For Heritage Materials, funding body: AHRC,PI: Professor Haida Liang, Dr Golnaz Shahtahmassebi, partners: University of Southern Maine, The Getty, The National Archives, The National Gallery, Yale University
- 2016-2019KTP-Opus, PI: Professor Haida Lian, Dr Golnaz Shahtahmassebi, funded body: KTP, partners: Opus Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Consultants (UK) Limited
Opportunities arise to carry out postgraduate research towards an MPhil / PhD in the areas identified above. Further information may be obtained on the NTU Research Degrees website /research/research-degrees-at-ntu .
Sponsors and collaborators
Current and recent research has been conducted with the collaboration of:
- Professor Taufiq Asyhari (Monash University, Indonesia)
- Dr Sabina Puspita (Monash University, Indonesia)
- Dr Teke Apalata (Walter Sisulu University, South Africa)
- Dr Mark Altaweel (University College London, UK)
- Dr Jack Sutton (University of Derby)
- Dr Quentin Hanley (UK)
- Dr Thomas Peron (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
- Dr Haroldo V. Ribeiro (Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Brazil)
- Professor Jose Maria Sarabia (University of Cantabria, Spain)
- Professor Haida Liang (Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé)
- Mr David Stell (Derriford Hospital, Plymouth)
- Dr Rana Moyeed (Plymouth University)
Publications
Sutton, Jack, Golnaz Shahtahmassebi, Quentin S. Hanley, and Haroldo V. Ribeiro. "A heteroscedastic Bayesian generalized logistic regression model with application to scaling problems." Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 182 (2024): 114787.