Dr Mansour Vali

Complete Biography:
Dr. Mansour Vali was born in 1973 in Esfahan, Iran. He received his B.Sc. degree in 1997 from Isfahan University of Technology in Electrical Engineering, M.Sc. degree in 2000 from Sharif University of Technology in Bioelectric Engineering and Ph.D. degree in 2006 from Amirkabir University of Technology in Biomedical Engineering, Tehran, Iran. Then he worked for one year at University of Isfahan as a faculty member of Biomedical Engineering group. From 2007 to 2012, he was faculty member of Biomedical Engineering group at Shahed University. On February 2013, he joined K.N. Toosi University of Technology. Now he is an Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering group of this university. His main research interests are focused on sound and speech processing in medical and psychological assessments whose experiences and results are presented as a new course at Electrical Engineering department of K.N. toosi University for supplementary students. Also he is working on Big Data processing in medical applications recently and he is trying to progress the advantages of it among physicians and hospital managers.

Educational Background:

• Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2006
  Thesis title: Robust Speech Recognition to Compensate Microphone_Telephone Speech Variations Based on ANN.
• M.Sc. in Bioelectric Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2000
  Thesis title: Design and Implementation 1.2 kbps Vocoder Based on Human Speech Production Models
• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Esfahan, Iran, 1997
  Thesis title: Investigation of Electromagnetic Compatibilities for Designing Electrical Equipment

Detailed Research Interests:

• Speech and Sound Processing
• Biomedical Signal Processing
• Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence
• Biomedical Instrumentation

Courses Taught:
B.Sc. Courses:

• Signals and Systems
• Electrical Circuits II
• Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

Ph.D. and M.Sc. Courses:

• Biomedical Instrumentation
• Digital Signal Processing
• Sound Processing in Medical Assessment
• Advanced Digital Signal Processing

Main Research Projects:

• Sound and Speech Processing in Medical Assessment
  • Automatic Detection of Parkinson's Disease Based on Speech Processing
  • Separation of Heart and Lung Sounds from Breath Sound
  • Dysphagia Diagnosis by Sound Processing of Swallowing
  • Multichannel Lung Sound Analysis in Cystic Fibrosis Patients
• Speech and Sound Processing in Psychological Assessment
  • Automatic Personality Trait Recognition from Reading Text Speech
  • Music Emotion Recognition
  • Depression Detection Based on Reading Speech Features
  • Drossiness Detection Based on Speech Processing
• Speech Processing in Speech Therapy
  • Automatic Detection of Hypernasal Speech in Children with Cleft Palate
  • Detection and Classification of Stuttering in Continuous Speech
• Medical Data Processing
  • Predicting Colorectal Cancer Metastases from Registry Data
  • Predicting the Survival Time of Breast Cancer Patients
  • Analysis of Heart Failure Registry Data to Predict Severity of Disease
  • Classification of Gene Mutations and Stages of Lung Cancer by Using Multi-Modal Data Processing
• Biomedical Instrumentation
  • Design and Implementation of 32 channels Lung Sound Recording System and Dynamic Imaging of Lungs Condition
  • Design and implementation of non-invasive bilirubin meter
  • Design and implementation of a device for detecting the depth of tooth root for endodontic operation (apex locator)