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Biography Prof. Ashkan Sami is a faculty member in the Computer Science Department at Edinburgh Napier University, with a focus on Software Engineering. His current research is on using foundational models to solve research problems across a broad spectrum of disciplines, including Software Engineering, medicine, and engineering.

Throughout his academic journey, Ashkan has engaged in a wide range of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research, striving to contribute meaningfully to these areas. His efforts have led to publications in respected journals and presentations at notable conferences. Prof. Sami has received several national awards for industrial and applied research, acknowledging his contributions to the field.

Ashkan is the founder and co-lead of the System and Software Engineering research theme at the Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA), a collaboration of 14 Scottish universities and three Scottish Innovation Centres. From 2015 to 2020, he had his own startup company. His work has gained media attention, including features on the BBC, The Register, and Stack Overflow team blogs, as well as international news outlets in China, Japan, Germany, and Spain.

Ashkan earned his Ph.D. from Tohoku University in Japan in 2006, which led to a significant research grant from MEXT, where he became an assistant professor at the university. His educational background also includes an M.Sc. in AI and Robotics from Shiraz University (1996) and a B.Sc. from Virginia Tech (1991).
Research Interests Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary Applied AI, Software Engineering, Building deployable AI-based systems, Mining Software Repositories, SE4AI, AI4SE
ResearcherID https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ashkan-Sami
Scopus Author ID 0000-0002-0023-9543