Mo Shahdloo
| Vicon Motion Systems, 6 Oxford Industrial Park, Yarnton, Oxfordshire, OX5 1QU |
shahdloo@gmail.com moshahdloo.com scholar.google.com linkedin.com/in/shahdloo github.com/shahdloo |
Industry Experience
| 2022 - | Machine Learning Computer Vision Scientist, Vicon Motion Systems, Oxford, UK |
| 2014 - 14 | Embedded Software developer, Farineh Fanavar, Tehran, Iran |
| 2013 - 14 | software developer, KAG inc., Tehran, Iran |
| 2011 - 13 | Research Engineer, Kerman Tablo, Tehran, Iran |
Academic Experience
Research
| 2020 - 23 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Physics Group, FMRIB, University of Oxford |
| 2014 - 20 | Graduate Researcher, ICON Lab, Bilkent University |
Teaching
| 2020 - 22 | Tutor, FMRIB Graduate Course, University of Oxford |
| 2021 - 21 | Lead Project TA, Neuromatch Academy Summer School |
| 2014 - 20 | Teaching Assistant, EE Department, Bilkent University |
Education
| 2017 - 20 | PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara Advisor: Tolga Çukur Dissertation title: Optimization and Machine-Learning in MRI: Applications in Rapid MR Image Reconstruction and Encoding Models of Cortical Representations |
| 2014 - 16 | MSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara Advisor: Tolga Çukur |
| 2007 - 11 | BSc in Electrical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran Advisor: Behzad Samadi |
Publications and Talks
Articles
- Priestley L., Chiew M., Shahdloo M., Mahmoodi A., Cheng X., Rushworth M., and Khalighinejad N. Dorsal Raphe Nucleus Controls Motivational State Transitions in Monkeys. bioRxiv 2024. doi: 10.1101/2024.02.13.580224.
- Shahdloo M, Khalighinejad N, Priestley L, Rushworth M, and Chiew M. Dynamic off-resonance correction improves functional image analysis in fMRI of awake behaving non-human primates. Frontiers in Neuroimaging 2024. doi: 10.3389/fnimg.2024.1336887.
- Shahdloo M, Çelik E, Urgen BA, Gallant JL, and Çukur T. Task-Dependent Warping of Semantic Representations During Search for Visual Action Categories. Journal of Neuroscience 2022. doi: 10.1101/2021.06.17.448789.
- Shahdloo M, Schüffelgen U, Papp D, Miller K, and Chiew M. Model-based dynamic off-resonance correction for improved accelerated fMRI in awake behaving non-human primates. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2022;87:2922-32. doi: 10.1002/mrm.29167.
- Kiremitci I, Yilmaz O, Celik E, Shahdloo M ,Huth AG, and Çukur T. Attentional Modulation of Hierarchical Speech Representations in a Multi-Talker Environment. Cerebral Cortex 2021;31:4986–5005. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhab136.
- Dar SUH, Yurt M, Shahdloo M, Ildiz E, Tinaz B, and Çukur T. Prior-Guided Image Reconstruction for Accelerated Multi-Contrast MRI via Generative Adversarial Networks. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing 2020;14:1072–87. doi: 10.1109/JSTSP.2020. 3001737.
- Shahdloo M, Çelik E, and Çukur T. Biased Competition in Semantic Representation During Natural Visual Search. NeuroImage 2020;216:116383. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019. 116383.
- Shahdloo M, Ilicak E, Tofighi M, Saritas EU, Cetin AE, and Çukur T. Projection onto Epigraph Sets for Rapid Self-Tuning Compressed Sensing MRI. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 2019;38:1677–89. doi: 10.1109/TMI.2018.2885599.
- Dar SUH, Yurt M, Shahdloo M, and Çukur T. Synergistic Reconstruction and Synthesis via Generative Adversarial Networks for Accelerated Multi-Contrast MRI. arxiv 2018. eprint: 1805.10704v1.
Peer Reviewed Conference Publications
- Shahdloo M, and Chiew M. Optimal Singular-Value Shrinkage for fMRI Denoising. In: ISMRM. London, 2022:4042.
- Shahdloo M, Khalighinejad N, Harbison C, Miller K, Rushworth M, and Chiew M. Dynamic off-resonance correction improves functional data quality in fMRI of awake behaving NHPs. In: OHBM. Glasgow, 2022:1726.
- Papp D, Schüffelgen U, Shahdloo M, Rieger SW, Hess AT, Rushworth M, and Clare S. Imaging Performance of a Multi-channel Non-human Primate Coil. In: ISMRM. Online, 2021:3224.
- Shahdloo M, Papp D, Schüffelgen U, Miller K, Rushworth M, and Chiew M. Highly Accelerated fMRI of Awake Behaving Non-human Primates via Model-based Dynamic Off-resonance Correction. In: ISMRM. Online, 2021:257.
- Dar SUH, Yurt M, Shahdloo M, and Çukur T. Joint Recovery of Variably Accelerated Multi-contrast MRI Acquisitions via Generative Adversarial Networks. In: ISMRM. Montreal, 2019:0666.
- Shahdloo M, Acar M, and Çukur T. Attention During Story Listening Modulates Temporal Receptive Windows Across Human Cortex. In: CCN. Berlin, 2019:PS–1A.52.
- Shahdloo M, and Çukur T. Trade-off Between Fat-suppression and Partial-voluming in Weighted Combination Alternating Repetition-time (ATR) Balanced SSFP. In: ESMRMB. Rotterdam, 2019:L06.09.
- Shahdloo M, Ürgen B, Çelik E, and Çukur T. Attention to Action Categories Shifts Semantic Tuning Toward Targets Across the Brain. In: OHBM. Rome, 2019:T661.
- Shahdloo M, Ilicak E, Tofighi M, Saritas EU, Cetin AE, and Çukur T. Rapid Self-tuning Compressed-sensing MRI Using Projection onto Epigraph Sets. In: ISMRM. Paris, 2018:0251.
- Shahdloo M, and Çukur T. Biased Competition in Semantic Representations During Category-based Visual Search. In: OHBM. Vancouver, 2017.
- Shahdloo M, Ilicak E, Tofighi M, Saritas EU, Cetin AE, and Çukur T. Adaptive Wavelet Thresholding for Profile-Encoding Reconstruction of Balanced Steady-State Free Precession Acquisitions. In: ESMRMB. Barcelona, 2017.
Invited Talks
| 2021 | k-space and MR image reconstruction, educational talk at British and Irish chapter of ISMRM |
| 2021 | Voxelwise modelling: unraveling natural perception, NeuroTRACT symposium |
| 2020 | Mapping language representation in the brain using deep models, 7th Iranian Human Brain Mapping Congress |
| 2019 | Biased competition in semantic representations during visual search, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS) |
Honours and Awards
| 2014 - 21 | Full scholarship granted by Bilkent University for graduate studies |
| 2012 | Ranked 28th among 100k participants in Iranian national higher education examination in Electrical Engineering |
| 2016 | Bronze medal in the Iranian National Physics Olympiad |
Voluntary Service
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Editorial board
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ad-hoc reviewing
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