Heartbeat Sub-Editor: Abu Sufian
Md Abu Sufian is a PhD researcher and Research Excellence Scholar in Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics at the University of East London, specialising in AI-driven cardiovascular imaging and early risk prediction. His research bridges deep learning, multimodal medical imaging (including in vitro microscopy and cardiac MRI), and temporal motion analysis to understand cardiomyocyte ageing and progression to heart failure. He has authored several peer-reviewed publications in BMJ Heart, Computers in Biology and Medicine, Diagnostics, and other Q1 journals. He presents regularly at international conferences, including NeurIPS, EACVI, and BSCR. Alongside his research, he lectures on AI, machine learning, and big data computing, and supervises undergraduate and master’s projects in medical imaging and data science.