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Misaal Khan, a doctoral student in medical technology at IIT-AIIMS, has led a study that uses AI to better identify malnutrition in children.
The study introduced DomainAdapt, a multitasking learning framework that adjusts task weights using domain knowledge and mutual information. This allows the system to accurately predict key anthropometric measures such as height and weight, while also classifying malnutrition-related conditions such as stunting and underweight issues.
A cornerstone of the research is AnthroVision, a dataset containing 16,938 images from 2,141 children collected from AIIMS Jodhpur and the community.
“By blending AI and domain expertise, we can empower public health systems with affordable tools,” Misaal adds.
POSTED BY : EDUCATION TIMES
DATE : 29/09/2025
