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Khashayar Ghamati - AI engineer and researcher in AI and robotics

Khashayar Ghamati

Principal AI Engineer · Inframatic · University of Hertfordshire

I build AI systems that keep learning after they’re deployed.

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About Me

I’m Khashayar -- an AI engineer working on systems that keep learning after they’re deployed.

I’m currently Principal AI Engineer at Inframatic Engineering, where I lead the design and delivery of adaptive AI for compliance automation in critical infrastructure: knowledge-graph retrieval, multi-agent architectures, and computer vision, built to run in production rather than in a notebook. Behind that sits more than a decade of Python and software engineering, and a habit of taking research-grade ideas -- online learning, reinforcement learning, continual and meta-learning -- and making them reliable enough to ship.

That engineering practice is grounded in published work. I defended my doctoral thesis at the University of Hertfordshire’s Robotics Research Group in June 2026, on NOVA, a framework for novelty detection and continual learning in human–robot interaction, validated on the ARI humanoid platform. I continue to hold an academic appointment there, supervising BSc and MSc students. My work appears in IEEE TCDS, RO-MAN, ICSR and Sensors, alongside an Alan Turing Institute output; I review for IEEE TCDS and co-organised the SS03 workshop at ICSR 2026.

If you’d like to get in touch about research collaboration, speaking, or anything at the intersection of adaptive AI and real-world systems -- say hello.

Industry Experience

Principal AI Engineer
Inframatic · 2024--Present

Leading the design and delivery of adaptive AI for compliance automation in critical infrastructure -- knowledge-graph retrieval, multi-agent architectures, and computer vision, running in production

AI Engineer
Vect AI · 2023--2024

Principal developer of the company's AI platform, building machine learning pipelines for natural language processing and recommendation

Technical Lead
SnappRoom! · 2022--2023

Led development of intelligent booking systems with ML-driven demand prediction

Product Manager
Alef Market · 2019--2021

Managed AI-powered e-commerce platform with focus on personalisation and user experience

Senior Software Engineer
Arta Vision AVA · 2017--2019

Developed computer vision solutions for industrial automation and quality control

Software Developer
Karina Mobile Solutions · 2016--2017

Built mobile applications with integrated AI features for enhanced user interaction

Earlier Roles
2011--2015

Software Developer at Kaman Academy (2014--2015) and Atie Dade Pardaz (2013--2014); Volunteer Software Developer at the Mechatronic Research Lab, MRL (2011--2013), where the RoboCup journey began

Education

PhD in Computer Science
University of Hertfordshire (2023--2026)

Thesis: Robot Adaptation to Unseen Environments: On-the-Fly Learning Using Novelty Detection and RL

Viva passed June 2026; award recommended subject to minor amendments

Supervisors: Dr. Abolfazl Zaraki, Prof. Farshid Amirabdollahian, and Dr. Frank Foerster

Funded PhD Studentship focusing on agentic AI and continual learning for adaptive robotics

MSc in Computer Science -- Artificial Intelligence
Science and Research Branch of Azad University

Thesis: Predicting Next Customer Purchases with Recommender Systems

Distinction in machine learning and data science applications

BSc in Computer Engineering
Qazvin Azad University

First Class Honours with specialisation in robotics and embedded systems

Member of MRL Humanoid Kid Size and MRL At-Home Robot teams -- contributing to motion control, vision, world modeling, localization, AI, and embedded system design for RoboCup competitions

Research Interests

Agentic AI & Cognitive Architectures Continual & Lifelong Learning Novelty Detection & Transfer Learning Reinforcement Learning & Policy Transfer Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Vision-Language Models & Multimodal AI Neuroadaptive AI & Affective Computing Explainable & Trustworthy AI

Technical Skills

Programming & ML
Python Java JavaScript (React) C++ MATLAB PyTorch HuggingFace Keras TensorFlow scikit-learn
Robotics & RL
OpenAI Gym Ray RLlib IsaacSim Stable-Baselines3 ROS/ROS2 Kinect EEG Systems Arduino Raspberry Pi CUDA
Specialised AI
Large Language Models Vision-Language Models Continual Learning Transfer Learning
Dev Tools & Data
Docker Docker-compose ZMQ Git Linux Cloud Computing PostgreSQL SQLite MongoDB Neo4j Vector DBs LaTeX Jupyter

Research & Engineering Projects

CAPA-AI Framework
2023--Present
Continual adaptation system with 89% novelty detection accuracy for real-world HRI
Personalised LLM for HRI
2024--2025
EEG-driven emotion-adaptive dialogue system with real-time neural signal processing
Cognitive Plausibility Study
2024--2025
Eye-tracking evaluation of AI vision models against human attention patterns
ARI Robot Gaze Imitation
2023--2024
RL-based humanoid robot achieving human-like gaze behaviour in natural environments
Alan Turing Institute DSG
2023
Machine learning system for tiger identification from stripe patterns
Memory-Driven Activity Recognition
2024--2025
Agentic AI framework for robust human activity recognition with temporal memory
Indoor Navigation System
2019--2020
Beacon-based user tracking with advanced localisation algorithms
Adaptive Robot Navigation
2012--2017
Octomap integration with ROS for autonomous exploration in unknown environments
Persian Blues Sessions
Music Project · 2026--Present
I'm an AI engineer, not a musician -- so I used generative AI to set classical Persian poetry (Rumi, Hafez, Ferdowsi) to blues and blues-fusion. Listen ↗

Teaching & Academic Activities

Special Session Co-Organiser, ICSR 2026
18th International Conference on Social Robotics, London (July 2026)
MSc & BSc Project Supervisor
University of Hertfordshire (2024--Present)
Supervising final-year and research projects in AI, robotics, and machine learning -- 20+ BSc and MSc students to date
Visiting Lecturer (AI & Robotics)
University of Hertfordshire (2024--Present)
Delivering lectures on advanced AI topics, continual learning, and HRI
Workshop: From Prompt to Agent -- Build Your First Intelligent AI System
University of Hertfordshire (April 2026)
Hands-on workshop taking practitioners from prompt engineering to building agentic AI systems
RL & Robotics Workshop Instructor
University of Hertfordshire (2024)
Hands-on workshop on reinforcement learning applications in robotics
Visiting Lecturer (LLMs & Python)
Brunel University London (2023)
Guest lectures on large language models and practical AI implementation
Technical Support Tutor
University of Hertfordshire (2023)
Supporting undergraduate and postgraduate students in AI and programming modules

Awards & Recognition

Funded PhD Studentship
Scholarship
University of Hertfordshire (2023--2026)
Competitive research funding for doctoral studies in AI and robotics
1st Place, RoboCup Competition
Champion
Home & Humanoid Robots League (2013--2015)
International robotics competition focusing on autonomous robot behaviour
Travel Grant
Grant
IEEE RO-MAN Conference (2025)
Travel funding for presenting research at the IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

Contact

If you're interested in research collaboration, consulting, or simply want to connect, please reach out!

Contact email: k.ghamati@herts.ac.uk

Based in: Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Available for: Research collaborations, consulting, speaking engagements, and academic partnerships