About me · Ulster University, Belfast
Researcher in cognition and immersive systems.
I study how people remember and respond to information in virtual environments. In my PhD at Ulster, I design cognitive tasks and build the VR systems used to investigate working memory, attention and adaptive training.
My background spans architecture, animation and artificial intelligence. That route shapes how I approach experimental spaces and visual stimuli.
I am an IEEE member and have reviewed for IEEE VR, CogSci and Applied Neuropsychology. Full education, experience and technical skills are in my CV.
Research
Main research project
Visuospatial working memory under changing task and environmental demands.
My doctoral project combines cognitive assessment with adaptive VR training, linking task performance to gaze, EEG and ECG recordings.
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Visual complexity & neural responses
Using fractal animation to study neural responses to visual complexity.
Two published studies examine EEG complexity and shared neural responses during fractal animation viewing.
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Computer vision for immersive imagery
Monocular depth estimation for 360° imagery.
A hybrid depth-estimation workflow combining tangent projection and multiple models, published at IEEE VRW 2025.
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Methodological research
Alongside the experimental work, I review how immersive studies report timing, synchronisation and measurement validity.
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Published papers and submitted manuscripts, with the status of each shown alongside its venue.
Dorosti, S., & Shabani, M.
Dorosti, S., & Yang, X.
Dorosti, S., Namazi, H., & Khosrowabadi, R.
Dorosti, S., Meakin, E., Prasad, G., Rizzo, A. S., Green, C. S., & Chen, Y.
Dorosti, S., Abdollahi, S., & Prasad, G.
Background
Before my PhD, I completed an MSc in Artificial Intelligence at Bournemouth University, following degrees in animation and architecture.
Research & collaboration
For research discussions and collaborations on cognition, immersive experiments or adaptive training, you can reach me at Ulster.
dorosti-s@ulster.ac.uk ↗Ulster University · Belfast, Northern Ireland