Saeideh Davoudi (M. Eng.) (elle/she)

PhD Student in Psychology (Research) — Profile in Cognitive Neuroscience

Saeideh’s research interests primarily lie in the application of AI in neuroscience. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and, driven by her strong interest in medical science and her technical background, pursued a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering. Her Master’s thesis, titled “Decoding of Different States of Visual Attention in EEG Using Cross-Frequency Approaches”, laid the foundation for her future research. During this period, she conducted multiple studies on topics such as visual attention, cross-frequency coupling, working memory, and the automatic detection of brain abnormalities. These investigations resulted in several publications in international journals.
In September 2020, Saeideh began her PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Montreal under the supervision of Professor Sarah Lippé. Her doctoral research focuses on identifying EEG markers that best reflect the developmental trajectories of the brain in healthy infants under three years of age. Her recent study has brought major advances in measuring infants' brain maturation with high precision and using only a few minutes of EEG, enabling early and accurate screening for developmental disorders

Her notable publications include:
Conference Presentations:
Saeideh has presented her work at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) with the following posters:
  • Can infants’ brain can tell how old they are? International congress of infant studies (ICIS), Glasgow, Scotland
  • Nonlinear Features of EEG Showing Less Inter-individual Variability in the Developing Brain of Infants, International conference of Organization of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Montreal, Canada
  • EEG Repetition and Change Detection Responses in Macrocephaly: A Multivariate Pattern Analysis, International conference of Organization of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Montreal, Canada

Awards and Scholarships:
  • Doctoral Training Scholarship, Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRQS), 2022–2025 – 21,000 CAD/year
  • Bourse de Mérite – Intelligence Artificielle, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 – 20,000 CAD
  • Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence – Québec, May 2021 – Apr 2022 – 15,000 CAD
  • Bourse de Recrutement, Department of Neurosciences, Sept 2020 – Aug 2021 – 20,000 CAD
  • Full Scholarship, MSc in Biomedical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2014–2017, Tehran, Iran
  • Full Scholarship, BSc in Electrical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 2008–2012, Tehran, Iran