Invited Speakers
Assoc. Prof. Md Shakhawat Hossain
Kochi University of Technology, Japan
Md Shakhawat Hossain, PhD, is an Associate Professor
at the School of Informatics, Kochi University of
Technology (KUT), Japan, where he leads the AI for
Medical Imaging (AIM) Laboratory. He received his
Ph.D. from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan,
in collaboration with the Memorial Sloan Kettering
Cancer Center (MSK) in the USA. He subsequently
worked as a Research Fellow at MSK and later
accepted a Senior Researcher position in Machine
Learning for Medical Imaging at the University of
Oxford, UK.
Dr. Hossain has developed a clinically validated
AI-based HER2 grading system for breast cancer,
which was recognized by the Association of Pathology
Informatics (API) in the USA. In addition, he has
developed AI-driven diagnostic and decision-support
systems for patients with ovarian, breast, and
colorectal cancer, aiming to improve diagnostic
accuracy, guide therapeutic decision-making, and
support precision oncology in real-world clinical
settings. His research focuses on designing
clinically deployable, lightweight, and explainable
AI solutions for medical image analysis. Dr. Hossain
is a member of IEEE and the Association of Pathology
Informatics, USA.