Mohammad Khalilzadeh

Qazvin, Iran

muhammadkhalilzadeh1998@gmail.com

I am an AI & GRC Researcher and Computer Engineer working at the intersection of trustworthy machine learning, AI governance, and software engineering. My research focuses on building verifiable, auditable, and regulation-aligned AI systems that can be deployed and maintained in production environments.

I am currently completing my M.Sc. in Computer Engineering at Raja University (under Dr. Afsaneh Jalalian), where my thesis introduces VerifyWise — an open-source platform that democratizes AI governance by mapping the EU AI Act, ISO 42001, ISO 27001, and NIST AI RMF into executable compliance controls.

As Technical Lead at BlueWave Labs / VerifyWise, I architect the VerifyWise platform, define engineering standards, and lead a distributed team building the data models, risk registers, vendor governance workflows, and audit reporting tools needed for real-world AI compliance.

Previously, I worked as a full-stack developer across startups and NGOs, founded TradeMaster (a location-based e-commerce and financial-news platform), and co-authored work on deep-learning methods for bioinformatics. I am also an advocate for open-source software, technical mentorship, and bridging the gap between research and production.

Research interests

Trustworthy Machine Learning & Responsible AI
AI Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Automation
EU AI Act, ISO 42001, ISO 27001, NIST AI RMF
MLOps & Production AI Systems
Software Engineering for AI

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Sep 01, 2026	🎓 Expected completion of M.Sc. in Computer Engineering at Raja University with a GPA of 19.52/20. Thesis title: VerifyWise: An Open-Source Approach to Democratizing AI Governance and Regulatory Compliance.
Jun 15, 2026	🛡️ Our paper “VerifyWise: A Modular AI Governance Platform for Data-Driven Compliance Management” has been accepted at the Second International Interdisciplinary Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IICAI 2026). First-author work with Dr. Firouzeh Razavi.
Nov 20, 2024	🚀 VerifyWise is now open-source under BlueWave Labs. We are building a community-driven platform to make AI governance accessible, auditable, and regulation-aligned. Contribute on GitHub.

selected publications

IICAI

VerifyWise: A Modular AI Governance Platform for Data-Driven Compliance Management

Mohammad Khalilzadeh and Firouzeh Razavi

In The Second International Interdisciplinary Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Jun 2026

First Author — Soon to be listed on IEEE Bib HTML

First Author

@inproceedings{khalilzadeh2026verifywise,
  title = {VerifyWise: A Modular AI Governance Platform for Data-Driven Compliance Management},
  author = {Khalilzadeh, Mohammad and Razavi, Firouzeh},
  booktitle = {The Second International Interdisciplinary Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
  year = {2026},
  month = jun,
}