PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Amirhassan Monajemi

Amirhassan Monajemi is an AI researcher whose work spans machine vision, deep learning, and explainable depression detection. He earned computer-engineering degrees in Iran, completed a Bristol doctorate by 2005, began teaching AI in 2005, and served as a professor at the University of Isfahan before joining NUS. His work includes a 2021 network for single-image super-resolution, a 2025 paper on AI and video games, and ProtoDep, a neurosymbolic framework for depression detection. As of October 2026, he is a Senior Lecturer (Educator Track) at NUS Computing.

Timeline

  1. 1991

    A hardware engineering degree

    At Isfahan University of Technology, he earns a BSc in computer engineering with a hardware focus in 1991.

  2. 1994

    Machine intelligence and robotics

    At Shiraz University, he earns an MSc in computer engineering, specializing in machine intelligence and robotics, in 1994.

  3. By 2005

    A Bristol doctorate

    He earns a PhD from the University of Bristol in computer engineering, pattern recognition, and image processing by 2005.

  4. Since 2005

    Teaching AI and neural networks

    Since 2005, he teaches AI, Advanced AI, Expert Systems, Decision Support Systems, Neural Networks, and Cognitive Science to undergraduate and postgraduate students.

  5. 2012

    A provincial teaching award

    He receives the Best University Teacher of the Province award in 2012.

  6. 2021

    Single-image super-resolution

    In 2021, he coauthors a memory- and time-efficient dense network for single-image super-resolution.

  7. 2025

    Games and explainable depression detection

    In 2025, he coauthors Simple and Cheap Video Games and Artificial Intelligence, which explores how games can support AI methods and how AI can contribute to game development. In 2025, he also coauthors ProtoDep, a neurosymbolic framework that integrates clinically grounded symptom categories with large language model-assisted prototype learning for explainable depression detection.

  8. As of October 2026

    Senior lecturer at NUS

    As of October 2026, he is a Senior Lecturer (Educator Track) at NUS's School of Computing. Before joining NUS, he serves as a professor at the University of Isfahan's Faculty of Computer Engineering. In the 2026 course schedule, he teaches Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and his stated interests include artificial neural networks and deep learning, machine vision, and fuzzy logic.

Career

  1. NowNational University of SingaporeSenior Lecturer (Educator Track)
  2. University of IsfahanProfessor

Education

  1. 2005University of BristolPhD
  2. 1994Shiraz UniversityMSc
  3. 1991Isfahan University of TechnologyBSc

From the biography.

  1. People shaping AI work at a median of 3 organizations over a career: 3 for university starters and institute and lab starters, versus 2 for company startersIncludes National University of Singapore. Across 6,853 people shaping AI with a dated work role, we estimate a median of 3 parent organizations over a career (mean 3.6), comparing role groups, starting sectors and starting decades from the 1950s to 2020–2026.
  2. The United States employs an estimated 48% of people shaping AIIncludes National University of Singapore. We estimate where the people shaping AI work today, how universities, companies and research institutes split across countries, and how country shares have changed since the 1960s.
  3. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes National University of Singapore. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  4. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes National University of Singapore. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.

Sources and credits

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  1. MONAJEMI Amirhassan - NUS Computing comp.nus.edu.sg. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. Simple and Cheap Video Games and Artificial Intelligence ijfcc.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Towards Explainable Depression Detection: A Neurosymbolic Approach to Uncover Social Media Signals with Generative AI proceedings.mlr.press. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. People – NUS AI Lab nusail.comp.nus.edu.sg. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. School of Computing Course Schedule - NUS Computing comp.nus.edu.sg. Checked 20 October 2026.