I am an enthusiastic applied research professional, passionate about leveraging deep learning techniques to solve real-world problems with tangible impact. My current focus is on video prediction, building upon my previous work in document understanding. I hold a Ph.D. degree in Robotics, Control, and Intelligent Systems from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, earned in 2018. During my Ph.D. and postdoctoral research at DISAL, I developed an end-to-end framework for cooperative human-aware navigation and coordination of multi-robot systems in social environments. I earned my M.Sc. in Machine Learning and Robotics in 2012 and my B.Sc. in Computer Software Engineering in 2009, both from the University of Tehran.

• June 2022: I have joined Luminance AI in Cambridge, UK, as a Machine Learning Research Engineer. My focus will be on document structure understanding utilizing NLP, with a particular emphasis on transformer-based techniques.
• July 2021: I have joined the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health at UBC, as a Machine Learning and AI research scientist working in the field of neuroscience on functional connectivity networks of the brainstem based on fMRI data.
• May 2021: Our collaborative paper on "Harnessing the Power of Smart and Connected Health to Tackle COVID-19: IoT, AI, Robotics, and Blockchain for a Better World" has been published in the journal of IEEE Internet of Things (IoT).
• April 2021: Join our discussion on “Modeling Human Interaction with Robots”, in the Machine Learning AI club, in Clubhouse. I will be discussing the role of AI and Robotics in Health with Dr. D. Sadigh (Assistant Professor at Stanford University), Dr. C. Kidd (CEO of Catalia Health), hosted by Hossein Akhlaghpour.
• January 2021: I have joined the Univeristy of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, as a post-doctoral fellow working between academia and industry in Advanced Intelligent Systems Inc. as a Robotics and AI research scientist.
• November 2020: Our work on ML-based COVID-19 diagnosis is now being deployed at the Sina Univeristy hospital in Terhan, Iran, to be used by the medical doctors and the nursing team.
• June 2020: I was an invited speaker and a panelist at the "Connected Health and COVID-19: Now and Beyond the Great Lockdown" Virtual Conference, University of Duke, giving a talk on "Diagnosis of COVID-19 and Classification of Clinical Categories in Patients with High Risk Symptoms".
• August 2019: I have joined PAND CO., as a senior ML and Robotics scientist.
• December 2018: I have successfully defended my Ph.D. work at DISAL, EPFL, and started my post-doc on Interactive human-aware multi-robot systems.
• October 2018: I was the ABB best student paper award finalist at IROS 2018 . I am honoured to receive this distinction for my work on human-aware multi-robot coordination.

                @ARTICLE{9406879,
                    author={Firouzi, Farshad and Farahani, Bahar and Daneshmand, Mahmoud and Grise, Kathy and Song, Jaeseung and Saracco, Roberto and Wang, Lucy Lu and Lo, Kyle and Angelov, Plamen and Soares, Eduardo and Loh, Po-Shen and Talebpour, Zeynab and Moradi, Reza and Goodarzi, Mohsen and Ashraf, Haleh and Talebpour, Mohammad and Talebpour, Alireza and Romeo, Luca and Das, Rupam and Heidari, Hadi and Pasquale, Dana and Moody, James and Woods, Chris and Huang, Erich S. and Barnaghi, Payam and Sarrafzadeh, Majid and Li, Ron and Beck, Kristen L. and Isayev, Olexandr and Sung, Nakmyoung and Luo, Alan},
                    journal={IEEE Internet of Things Journal}, 
                    title={Harnessing the Power of Smart and Connected Health to Tackle COVID-19: IoT, AI, Robotics, and Blockchain for a Better World}, 
                    year={2021},
                    volume={8},
                    number={16},
                    pages={12826-12846},
                    doi={10.1109/JIOT.2021.3073904},
                    url={https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2021.3073904}
                }
                @article{Talebpour2019,
                    doi = {10.1109/lra.2019.2926966},
                    url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/lra.2019.2926966},
                    year = {2019},
                    month = oct,
                    publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ({IEEE})},
                    volume = {4},
                    number = {4},
                    pages = {3790--3797},
                    author = {Talebpour, Zeynab and Martinoli, Alcherio},
                    title = {Adaptive Risk-Based Replanning For Human-Aware Multi-Robot Task Allocation With Local Perception},
                    journal = {{IEEE} Robotics and Automation Letters}
                }
                @inproceedings{Talebpour2018,
                    doi = {10.1109/iros.2018.8593586},
                    url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/iros.2018.8593586},
                    year = {2018},
                    month = oct,
                    publisher = {{IEEE}},
                    author = {Talebpour, Zeynab and Martinoli, Alcherio},
                    title = {Risk-Based Human-Aware Multi-Robot Coordination in Dynamic Environments Shared with Humans},
                    booktitle = {2018 {IEEE}/{RSJ} International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems ({IROS})}
                }
                @inproceedings{Talebpour2018,
                    doi = {10.1109/icra.2018.8460978},
                    url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/icra.2018.8460978},
                    year = {2018},
                    month = may,
                    publisher = {{IEEE}},
                    author = {Zeynab Talebpour and Alcherio Martinoli},
                    title = {Multi-Robot Coordination in Dynamic Environments Shared with Humans},
                    booktitle = {2018 {IEEE} International Conference on Robotics and Automation ({ICRA})}
                }
                @inproceedings{Talebpour2017,
                    doi = {10.1109/iros.2017.8202281},
                    url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/iros.2017.8202281},
                    year = {2017},
                    month = sep,
                    publisher = {{IEEE}},
                    author = {Zeynab Talebpour and Stefano Savarè and Alcherio Martinoli},
                    title = {Market-based coordination in dynamic environments based on the Hoplites framework},
                    booktitle = {2017 {IEEE}/{RSJ} International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems ({IROS})}
                }
                @inproceedings{Canepa2017,
                    doi = {10.1109/ipin.2017.8115905},
                    url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ipin.2017.8115905},
                    year = {2017},
                    month = sep,
                    publisher = {{IEEE}},
                    author = {Alessio Canepa and Zeynab Talebpour and Alcherio Martinoli},
                    title = {Automatic calibration of ultra wide band tracking systems using a mobile robot: A person localization case-study},
                    booktitle = {2017 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation ({IPIN})}
                }
                @inproceedings{PalaciosGasos2017,
                    doi = {10.1109/icra.2017.7989156},
                    url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/icra.2017.7989156},
                    year = {2017},
                    month = may,
                    publisher = {{IEEE}},
                    author = {Jose Manuel Palacios-Gasos and Zeynab Talebpour and Eduardo Montijano and Carlos Sagues and Alcherio Martinoli},
                    title = {Optimal path planning and coverage control for multi-robot persistent coverage in environments with obstacles},
                    booktitle = {2017 {IEEE} International Conference on Robotics and Automation ({ICRA})}
                }
                @inproceedings{Talebpour2016,
                    doi = {10.1109/roman.2016.7745175},
                    url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/roman.2016.7745175},
                    year = {2016},
                    month = aug,
                    publisher = {{IEEE}},
                    author = {Zeynab Talebpour and Deepak Viswanathan and Rodrigo Ventura and Gwenn Englebienne and Alcherio Martinoli},
                    title = {Incorporating perception uncertainty in human-aware navigation: A comparative study},
                    booktitle = {2016 25th {IEEE} International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication ({RO}-{MAN})}
                }
                @inproceedings{Talebpour2015,
                    doi = {10.1109/sii.2015.7404955},
                    url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/sii.2015.7404955},
                    year = {2015},
                    month = dec,
                    publisher = {{IEEE}},
                    author = {Zeynab Talebpour and Inaki Navarro and Alcherio Martinoli},
                    title = {On-board human-aware navigation for indoor resource-constrained robots: A case-study with the ranger},
                    booktitle = {2015 {IEEE}/{SICE} International Symposium on System Integration ({SII})}
                }
                @inproceedings{DiMario2013,
                    doi = {10.1109/cec.2013.6557565},
                    url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/cec.2013.6557565},
                    year = {2013},
                    month = jun,
                    publisher = {{IEEE}},
                    author = {Ezequiel Di Mario and Zeynab Talebpour and Alcherio Martinoli},
                    title = {A comparison of {PSO} and Reinforcement Learning for multi-robot obstacle avoidance},
                    booktitle = {2013 {IEEE} Congress on Evolutionary Computation}
                }
            

@article{9406879,
  url = { https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2021.3073904 },
  doi = { 10.1109/JIOT.2021.3073904 },
  pages = { 12826-12846 },
  number = { 16 },
  volume = { 8 },
  year = { 2021 },
  title = { Harnessing the Power of Smart and Connected Health to Tackle COVID-19: IoT, AI, Robotics, and Blockchain for a Better World },
  journal = { IEEE Internet of Things Journal },
  author = { Firouzi and Farahani and Daneshmand and Grise and Song and Saracco and Wang and Lo and Angelov and Soares and Loh and Talebpour and Moradi and Goodarzi and Ashraf and Talebpour and Talebpour and Romeo and Das and Heidari and Pasquale and Moody and Woods and Huang and Barnaghi and Sarrafzadeh and Li and Beck and Isayev and Sung and Luo },
}

@article{Talebpour2019,
  journal = { {IEEE} Robotics and Automation Letters },
  title = { Adaptive Risk-Based Replanning For Human-Aware Multi-Robot Task Allocation With Local Perception },
  author = { Talebpour and Martinoli },
  pages = { 3790--3797 },
  number = { 4 },
  volume = { 4 },
  publisher = { Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ({IEEE}) },
  month = { oct },
  year = { 2019 },
  url = { https://doi.org/10.1109/lra.2019.2926966 },
  doi = { 10.1109/lra.2019.2926966 },
}

@inproceedings{Talebpour2018,
  booktitle = { 2018 {IEEE} International Conference on Robotics and Automation ({ICRA}) },
  title = { Multi-Robot Coordination in Dynamic Environments Shared with Humans },
  author = { Zeynab Talebpour and Alcherio Martinoli },
  publisher = { IEEE },
  month = { may },
  year = { 2018 },
  url = { https://doi.org/10.1109/icra.2018.8460978 },
  doi = { 10.1109/icra.2018.8460978 },
}

@inproceedings{Talebpour2018,
  booktitle = { 2018 {IEEE}/{RSJ} International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems ({IROS}) },
  title = { Risk-Based Human-Aware Multi-Robot Coordination in Dynamic Environments Shared with Humans },
  author = { Talebpour and Martinoli },
  publisher = { IEEE },
  month = { oct },
  year = { 2018 },
  url = { https://doi.org/10.1109/iros.2018.8593586 },
  doi = { 10.1109/iros.2018.8593586 },
}

@inproceedings{PalaciosGasos2017,
  booktitle = { 2017 {IEEE} International Conference on Robotics and Automation ({ICRA}) },
  title = { Optimal path planning and coverage control for multi-robot persistent coverage in environments with obstacles },
  author = { Jose Manuel Palacios-Gasos and Zeynab Talebpour and Eduardo Montijano and Carlos Sagues and Alcherio Martinoli },
  publisher = { IEEE },
  month = { may },
  year = { 2017 },
  url = { https://doi.org/10.1109/icra.2017.7989156 },
  doi = { 10.1109/icra.2017.7989156 },
}

@inproceedings{Canepa2017,
  booktitle = { 2017 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation ({IPIN}) },
  title = { Automatic calibration of ultra wide band tracking systems using a mobile robot: A person localization case-study },
  author = { Alessio Canepa and Zeynab Talebpour and Alcherio Martinoli },
  publisher = { IEEE },
  month = { sep },
  year = { 2017 },
  url = { https://doi.org/10.1109/ipin.2017.8115905 },
  doi = { 10.1109/ipin.2017.8115905 },
}

@inproceedings{Talebpour2017,
  booktitle = { 2017 {IEEE}/{RSJ} International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems ({IROS}) },
  title = { Market-based coordination in dynamic environments based on the Hoplites framework },
  author = { Zeynab Talebpour and Stefano Savarè and Alcherio Martinoli },
  publisher = { IEEE },
  month = { sep },
  year = { 2017 },
  url = { https://doi.org/10.1109/iros.2017.8202281 },
  doi = { 10.1109/iros.2017.8202281 },
}

@inproceedings{Talebpour2016,
  booktitle = { 2016 25th {IEEE} International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication ({RO}-{MAN}) },
  title = { Incorporating perception uncertainty in human-aware navigation: A comparative study },
  author = { Zeynab Talebpour and Deepak Viswanathan and Rodrigo Ventura and Gwenn Englebienne and Alcherio Martinoli },
  publisher = { IEEE },
  month = { aug },
  year = { 2016 },
  url = { https://doi.org/10.1109/roman.2016.7745175 },
  doi = { 10.1109/roman.2016.7745175 },
}

@inproceedings{Talebpour2015,
  booktitle = { 2015 {IEEE}/{SICE} International Symposium on System Integration ({SII}) },
  title = { On-board human-aware navigation for indoor resource-constrained robots: A case-study with the ranger },
  author = { Zeynab Talebpour and Inaki Navarro and Alcherio Martinoli },
  publisher = { IEEE },
  month = { dec },
  year = { 2015 },
  url = { https://doi.org/10.1109/sii.2015.7404955 },
  doi = { 10.1109/sii.2015.7404955 },
}

@inproceedings{DiMario2013,
  booktitle = { 2013 {IEEE} Congress on Evolutionary Computation },
  title = { A comparison of {PSO} and Reinforcement Learning for multi-robot obstacle avoidance },
  author = { Ezequiel Di Mario and Zeynab Talebpour and Alcherio Martinoli },
  publisher = { IEEE },
  month = { jun },
  year = { 2013 },
  url = { https://doi.org/10.1109/cec.2013.6557565 },
  doi = { 10.1109/cec.2013.6557565 },
}

1. Maryam Saeidi, research project (Summer 2021), co-supervised with Maryam Mirian, UBC: Analysis of the freezing of gate problem in Parkinson's patients using deep neural networks (ST-GCN)
2. Reza Moradi, Master project (Spring 2020): COVID-19 Diagnosis Using Clinical Data Collected at Sina University Hospital [1]

1. Cyrill Baumann, Master Thesis (Spring 2018), Co-supervised with EiraTech, Ireland: Distributed vs Centralized Path-planning and Task Assignment Solutions for A Fleet of Mobile Warehouse Robots
2. Florian Maushart, Master Thesis (Spring 2017), Co-supervised with Grasp Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, USA: Intrusion Detection for Stochastic Task Allocation in Robot Swarms, contributed to this paper.
3. Paul Prevel, Internship project (Summer 2018): Human Involvement in Risk-Based Cooperative Human-aware Navigation Through HRI.
4. Paul Prevel, Semester project (Spring 2018): Integrating Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) with Cooperative Human-aware Navigation for Social Environment.
5. Niclos Talabot, Semester project (Fall 2017): Human-aware Navigation Using Kinect-based Active Perception.
6. Paul Alderton, Semester project (Fall 2017): Market-based Coordination for Social Robots in Highly Dynamic Environments Based on CBBA.
7. Stefano Savare, Semester project (Spring 2016): Market-based Coordination for Social Robots in Human-populated Environments [5].
8. Wilson Colin, Semester project (Fall 2016): Human-aware Navigation in Populated Environment with Special Focus on Group Interaction.
9. Audrey Marullaz, Semester project (Fall 2016): Human Motion Prediction for Better Trajectory Planning Using MOnarCH Robots.

1. Cyrill Baumann, Master Thesis (Spring 2018), Co-supervised with EiraTech, Ireland: Distributed vs Centralized Path-planning and Task Assignment Solutions for A Fleet of Mobile Warehouse Robots
2. Florian Maushart, Master Thesis (Spring 2017), Co-supervised with Grasp Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, USA: Intrusion Detection for Stochastic Task Allocation in Robot Swarms, contributed to this paper.
3. Jose Manuel Palacios Gasos, Internship project (Spring 2016): Optimal Path Planning and Coverage Control for Multi-Robot Persistent Coverage in Environments with Obstacles [7].

1. Alaa Bakr Maghrabi, Semester project (Fall 2016): Ultra-Wideband Localization for Person Tracking.
2. Christophe Reiners, Semester project (Fall 2016): Ultra-Wideband Localization in Multi-Robot Systems for Person Tracking
3. Alessio Canepa, Master Thesis (Spring 2015), Co-supervised with Politecnico di Torino, Italy: Ultra-Wideband Localization in Multi-Robot Systems [6]

• Regular review service (from 2016 to present) for: IEEE RA-L, IEEE Intelligent Systems Journal, Autonomous Robots Journal, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Journal, IEEE-TRO, IEEE ICRA, IEEE IROS, IEEE MRS, IEEE RO-MAN, and IEEE RAM.
• Guest lecturer, teaching assistant and head TA in “Signal, Instruments and Systems”, and “Distributed Intelligent Systems” courses at EPFL. These courses involve heavy labwork and course projects with up to 70 students.