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Ali Ghoroghi

Dr Ali Ghoroghi

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Overview

I am a Senior Research Fellow at the Urban Intelligence Research Centre within Cardiff University's School of Engineering. My expertise lies in data science, machine learning engineering, simulation, and optimization models, where I design and deploy advanced AI systems to tackle real-world challenges in sustainability, urban systems, and energy efficiency. With nearly three decades of experience as an industrial engineer and computer scientist, I've held diverse roles in academia, industry, and management, blending technical innovation with practical application.

I earned my BSc in Industrial Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), followed by an MSc in Industrial Engineering from Esfahan University of Technology. I later pursued an MSc in Computer Science at Imperial College London, exploring game theory in human societies, and completed my PhD there in Computer Science, focusing on multi-games and Bayesian Nash equilibria.

Throughout my academic career, I have held different teaching, supervision and research roles in academia. I was working on the following project at Urban Intelligence Research Centre: The notable projects I've worked on at the Urban Intelligence Research Centre include:

  • AntifragiCity (Horizon Europe-funded): Pioneering the concept of antifragile cities that not only withstand disruptions like crises or climate challenges but actually grow stronger from them, with a focus on sustainable urban mobility. Through international collaboration and pilots in cities like Odessa, Bratislava, and Larissa, the project develops adaptive systems integrating AI, citizen input, and socio-technical strategies to revolutionize urban planning and resilience.

  • SemanticLCA (EPSRC-funded): Developing a semantic-based dynamic life cycle assessment framework to minimize buildings' environmental impact, using AI that learns from real-time data to guide sustainable operations and district-level strategies, helping combat climate change.

  • Digitising Construction Regulations (funded by Building Research Establishment Ltd.): Creating AI-driven automated compliance checking systems for buildings, incorporating innovative data capture methods to enhance regulatory adherence during operations.
  • SPORTE.3Q (European-funded): Optimizing the energy-water nexus in stadiums and sports facilities through smart integrated systems, improving user comfort, health, and safety while supporting decision-making for efficient resource use.
  • piSCES (EU Interreg Wales-Ireland): Implementing machine learning for smart grid optimization in the fish processing industry, cutting energy costs and carbon emissions via predictive analytics.
  • Utilising Innovative Data Capture Methods for Regulatory Compliance Checking (UCL-funded): Building automated assessment tools to streamline building compliance processes.
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My research interests span data science modeling, simulation and optimization, game theory and multi-agent systems, and supply chain management. I actively review for prestigious journals, including the Journal of Industrial Ecology, International Journal of Web Research, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, and Frontiers in Energy Efficiency.

Beyond academia, I've bridged research and industry through a secondment as Senior AI Engineer at Optimise-AI (a Cardiff University spin-off) since 2024, translating AI innovations into commercial tools like predictive analytics, LLM-based applications, and decision support systems. Earlier, as a management consultant and board member in manufacturing firms like Bahman Manufacturing Co. and Saipa Glass Co., I optimized processes, led technology transfers.

Publication

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Articles

Conferences

Research

Recent Publications and Talks:

  • Ali Ghoroghi, Ioan Petri, Yacine Rezgui, Ateyah Alzahrani (2023). "A deep learning approach to predict and optimise energy in fish processing industries". In: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.
  • Zahi Alqarni, Yacine Rezgui, Ioan Petri, Ali Ghoroghi (2023). "Factors and strategies affecting indoor air quality in
    educational buildings" In:
    2023 IEEE 29th International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC).
  • Petri, Ioan et al. (2023). “Digital twins for performance management in the built environment”. In: Journal of Industrial
    Information Integration, p. 100445. issn: 2452-414X. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jii.2023.100445.
  • Wallace, Ruth, Yacine Rezgui, and Ali Ghoroghi (2022). “Designing Out the Risk of Infections via Aerosols by Updating
    Restrictions on Indoor Environments Depending on Local Incidence Rates and the Dominant SARS-Co V -2 Strain”. In:
    2022 IEEE 28th International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC) & 31st International
    Association For Management of Technology (IAMOT) Joint Conference, pp. 1–9. doi: 10.1109/ICE/ITMC-IAMOT55089.2022.10033279.
  • Fnais, Abdulrahman, Ali Ghoroghi, Yacine Rezgui, Thomas Beach, and Ioan Petri (2022). “SemanticLCA: A new
    generation of life cycle assessment methods applied to buildings”. In: 2022 IEEE 28th International Conference on
    Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC) & 31st International Association For Management of Technology
    (IAMOT) Joint Conference, pp. 1–7. doi: 10.1109/ICE/ITMC-IAMOT55089.2022.10033206.
  • Ghoroghi, Ali, Yacine Rezgui, Ioan Petri, et al. (Mar. 2022). “Advances in the application of machine learning to life cycle
    assessment: a literature review”. In: International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. This article is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. url: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/149185/.
  • Fnais, A., Rezgui, Y., Petri, I., Ghoroghi, A. et al. The application of life cycle assessment in buildings: challenges, and directions for future research. Int J Life Cycle Assess (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-022-02058-5.
  • Ghoroghi, Ali et al.  “Advances in application of machine learning to life cycle assessment: a literature
    review”.  Int J Life Cycle Assess (2022). url: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/149185/.
  • Alzahrani, Ateyah, Ioan Petri, Ali Ghoroughi, et al. (2021). “A proposed roadmap for delivering zero carbon fishery
    ports”. In: Energy Reports 8. The 8th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research – “Developing
    the World in 2021 with Clean and Safe Energy”, pp. 82–88. issn: 2352-4847. doi:
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.01.083. 
  • Ateyah Alzahrani, Ioan Petri, Yacine Rezgui, Ali Ghoroghi (2021), "Decarbonisation of seaports: A review and directions for future research", Energy Strategy Reviews, Volume 38, 2021, 100727, ISSN 2211-467X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2021.100727 .
  • A. Alzahrani, I. Petri, Y. Rezgui and A. Ghoroghi, "Optimal control-based price strategies for smart fishery ports micro-grids," 2021 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC), 2021, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/ICE/ITMC52061.2021.9570267.
  • Abedinzadeh, Setareh, Ali Ghoroghi, and Hamid Reza Erfanian (2020). “Application of Hybrid GA-SA Heuristic for
    Green Location Routing Problem with Simultaneous Pickup and Delivery”. In: Advances 1.1, pp. 1–10. doi:
    10.11648/j.advances.20200101.11.
  • Alzahrani, Ateyah, Ioan Petri, Yacine Rezgui, and Ali Ghoroghi. 2020. "Developing Smart Energy Communities around Fishery Ports: Toward Zero-Carbon Fishery Ports" Energies 13, no. 11: 2779. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13112779.
  • Abedinzadeh, S., A. Mostofi, and A. Ghoroghi (2018). “Application of hybrid GA-SA heuristic for green location routing problem with simultaneous pickup and delivery”. In: 48th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (CIE48). Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Edalat, Abbas, Samira Hossein Ghorban, and Ali Ghoroghi. 2018. "Ex Post Nash Equilibrium in Linear Bayesian Games for Decision Making in Multi-Environments" Games 9, no. 4: 85. https://doi.org/10.3390/g9040085 .
  • Abedinzadeh, S., S. Afshar, and A. Ghoroghi (2017). “A Two-Echelon Green Supply Chain with Simultaneous Pickup and Delivery”. In: International Journal of Transportation Engineering and Technology (IJTET) 3, pp. 12–18.
  • Edalat, A., S. Hossein Ghorban, and A. Ghoroghi (2017). “Multi-games for Decision Making in Multi-environments”. In: MLSE. Maastricht University, Netherlands.
  • Rafiefar, N. and A. Ghoroghi (2017a). “An efficient helicopter routing model for location and storage optimisation in Tehran’s earthquake disasters”. In The First International Congress on Engineering Science (NCIES017). Shiraz, Iran.
  •  – (2017b). “Application of genetic algorithm for location routing problem with simultaneous pickup & delivery in emergencies”. In: The first national Conference on Applied Researches in Science and Engineering Science. Mashhad, Iran.
  • Ghoroghi, A. (2015). “Multi-Games and Bayesian Nash Equilibria”. Logic Seminar. Imperial College London, UK.
  • Edalat, A. and A. Ghoroghi (2013). Multi-Games. Invited talk, Imperial College London Graduate School’s Summer Research Symposium, UK.
  • Edalat, A., A. Ghoroghi, and G. Sakellariou (2012). “Multi-Games and a double game extension of the Prisoner’sDilemma”. In: 10th Conference on Logic, the Foundations of Game, and Decision Theory (LOFT). Seville, Spain.

 

Teaching

Courses I have taught include:

  • University of Science and Culture, Tehran:
    • Computer Simulation, Modeling & Optimization, Business Process Re-engineering, Supply Chain
      Management, Simulation in Logistics, Management Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering
      Economics, Operations Research, Information Technology, Principals of Management, Human Factors or Ergonomics,
      Simulation and Stochastic Models, Statistical Quality Control, Quality Management, and Engineering Statistics.
  • Islamic Azad University, Tehran:
    • Operations Research

Biography

I'm deeply passionate about driving impactful research, inspiring the next generation through teaching and mentoring, and partnering with industry on groundbreaking projects that turn cutting-edge ideas into tangible solutions for a sustainable future.

 

Contact Details

Email [email protected]
Telephone +44 29206 88817
Campuses 54 Park Place, Room 1.02, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3AT