Afarin Kheirati

Co-founder and CEO @Roadern

Manchester, GB

Founded Roadern, a deep-tech startup that applies artificial intelligence (AI) to provide the first-ever comprehensive, automated, and cost-effective road asset management services• Developed an innovative road asset management methodology that is compatible with the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI), unlike current methodologies • Developed 90%+ accurate machine learning/deep learning models for pavement defect detection and severity classification, Pavement Condition Index (PCI) calculation, and traffic sign detection• Managed and led a team of 3 Transportation Engineers responsible for the annotation of images used to train deep learning models• Managed a team of 2 Back-end Developers, 2 Front-end Developers, and 1 Mobile App Developer responsible for the development of a road asset inspection mobile app and a GIS-based data dashboard

Amirkabir University of Technology - Tehran Polytechnic

Bachelor of Science - B.Sc.

Amirkabir University of Technology - Tehran Polytechnic

Master of Science - M.Sc.