Aakash M. Rao

University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK.

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Dept. Computer Science

University of Birmingham

Edgbaston, United Kingdom

I trained as a computer scientist at Ashoka University and have grown into an applied machine learner through a multitude of research experiences over the past five years. My love for ML and Medicine has led me down a fascinating route to building interpretable models for biomedical imaging applications. I am completing my MSc in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Birmingham, where I research interpretable generative models for breast cancer histopathology image generation. My research interests span multi-modal learning, medical computer vision, ML-aided clinical decision-making, and foundation models for biomedical applications.

News

Sep 1, 2025 I successfully defended my MSc thesis studying the controlled synthesis of high-resolution histopathology images.
Aug 25, 2025 I achieved a distinction in my master’s degree at the University of Birmingham.
Sep 27, 2024 Our work on a high-resolution oral cancer image dataset was published at (Nature).
Sep 23, 2024 I joined the University of Birmingham to pursue an MSc in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
May 24, 2024 I graduated from Ashoka University with a Post-graduate Diploma

Selected Publications

2024

  1. CODA-TB-1
    Accelerating cough-based algorithms for pulmonary tuberculosis screening: Results from the CODA TB DREAM Challenge
    Devan Jaganath, Solveig K Sieberts, Mihaja Raberahona, and 3 more authors
    medRxiv, 2024

2022

  1. RaoFut
    The Future of China’s Minorities with the Growing Power and Breadth of Technology (April 14, 2022)
    Aakash Rao
    Journal of Social and Political Sciences, Apr 2022