Sadia Shakil

Research Assistant Professor

I work and play with data received from human body and brain. I am a Research Assistant Professor in the department of Biomedical Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) with research focus on bio-signal processing and computational neuroscience.

Before joining CUHK in July 2023, I was an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and the Founding Director of ‘Biosignal processing and Computational NeuroSceince (BiCoNeS)’ lab at the Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan. I was also an Adjunct Research Associate with the Turner Institute of Brain and Mental Health at the Monash Uinversity, Australia from September 2021 till September 2023. 

I did my PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology after securing a Fulbright Scholarship award. My focus during PhD was to analyze the dynamics of resting-state functional connectivity. I did my postdoctoral fellowship in ‘Computational Connectomics’ from Rotman Research Institute at the Baycrest Health Sciences, Canada, after securing Schlumberger Faculty for the Future Fellowship award. During Postdoc, my research focus was to understand the relationship between brain and behavior using EEG data collected during naturalistic stimuli of music listening. Currently, my research focuses on influence of naturalistic stimuli of movie watching and narration on human memory and emotions. Some of the tools I utilize in my research are machine learning, AI, modeling, topological data analysis, and computer vision. I have also worked on design and development of low-cost hardware devices/systems using EEG, EMG, and sensors’ data for monitoring and rehab of patients using AI and IoT.