Farah Shamout
Assistant Professor Tenure-track at Rhodes Trust
Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
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Top SchoolFarah Shamout is an assistant professor and tenure-track leader in computer engineering with nine years of experience applying AI to clinical and biomedical problems as Director of the NYU Clinical AI Lab. Trained at NYU Abu Dhabi (BSc) and Oxford (PhD in Engineering Science), she bridges academic research, medical collaboration (affiliated with NYU Grossman School of Medicine), and teaching across NYU Abu Dhabi and NYU Tandon. Her work focuses on deploying clinically oriented machine learning, and she also contributes to national education and scholarship programs through the Rhodes Trust and UAE AI initiatives. Known for translating rigorous research into practical clinical tools, she brings a rare combination of engineering depth, medical collaboration, and policy/tutoring experience across international institutions.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering at New York University Abu DhabiDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Engineering Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Engineering Science at University of Oxford
English, Arabic
Github Skills (26)
keras-neural-networks8
pydicom8
attention-model7
attention-mechanism7
icu7
dicom7
mechanism6
stochastic-processes6
python6
gaussian5
gpflow5
keras5
information-theory5
cffi5
bayesian-statistics4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
datasharing-forbesignite/medical-data-universe
Apr 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:1 release, 62 commits, 26 pushes in 12 days
farahshamout/deterioration-prediction
Apr 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:20 commits, 13 pushes in 7 months
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