Asra Aslam

Dr. Asra Aslam is a Lecturer in Data Science at the University of Sheffield's School of Information, Journalism and Communication. She holds a PhD in Computer Vision and Deep Neural Networks from the University of Galway, Ireland, and has extensive industry experience as a Machine Learning Research Scientist at mindtrace.ai. Currently leading the NIHR DynAIRx project's AI efforts and serving as General Chair of Women in Computer Vision (WiCV), she specializes in health data science, medical imaging, and smart city applications.

**Research Interests**:

• Machine Learning for Healthcare (clinical codelists, electronic health records)
• Computer Vision (fire detection models, object detection systems)
• Transportation Analytics (London Underground rail asset identification)
• Data-driven medical equity projects

**Grants & Collaborations**:

• £100k NIHR Team Science Grant on Medical Equity
• Alan Turing Institute collaboration with Transport for London
• Co-PI on University of Liverpool/Alan Turing Institute project

**Notable Achievements**:

• 2024 Computing.co.uk Rising Star of the Year
• 2024 WeAreNovi Education Leader Award
• Organized 13th WiCV Workshop at CVPR 2024
• Secured NVIDIA GPU grants for PhD research

**Teaching**: Develops data science and health informatics modules focusing on AI applications in healthcare and smart cities.