Mostafa Rahimi Azghadi

S. Mostafa Rahimi Azghadi is Professor of Electronics and Computer Engineering at James Cook University and founding Director of the JCU Centre for AI and Data Science Innovation (CADSI). His work brings together neuromorphic engineering, machine learning and computer vision to solve real-world problems in agriculture, aquaculture, health and biosecurity.

After completing his Bachelor’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Master of Engineering in Computer Architecture with first-class honours, he received an IPRS and APA scholarship to pursue his PhD at the University of Adelaide, where he was awarded both the Doctoral Research Medal and the University Alumni Medal.

Since joining JCU in 2016, Professor Rahimi Azghadi has led major AI initiatives with industry, government and community partners, including AI-enabled weed and disease management in sugarcane, digital phenotyping in aquaculture, and stress and mental-health monitoring using low-cost sensors and language data. He has secured close to $20M in research funding and is ranked among the global top 2 per cent of highly cited researchers in electrical, electronic and AI-related fields.

He heads JCU’s Electrical and Electronic Engineering discipline and holds leadership roles as Deputy Director in the ARC Training Centre in Plant Biosecurity and the Agriculture Technology and Adoption Centre, and AI Leader in the ARC Research Hub for Supercharging Tropical Aquaculture. He also serves on editorial boards and IEEE technical committees in neuromorphic and AI systems.