School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering

Our academic staff

Academic members of staff

Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Signal processing; Image processing; Compressive sensing; Deep compressive sensing; Dictionary/deep learning; Biomedical signal and image processing; Machine learning and pattern recognition; Computer Vision; Anomaly detection
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Adaptive and Autonomic Systems; Digital Speech Processing; Machine Learning Applied to Biomedical Signals; Privacy Protection; Real-time Predictive Analytics; Audio Forensics/Authentication; Data Analytics
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Information-Centric Networks; Context-aware Communications; Cyber Security; Internet of Things; Network Function Virtualisation; Software-Defined Networks; Mobile Edge Computing; Fog Computing; Resource management and QoS in ICN; Serverless Computing
Doctoral Research Fellow (UKRI Guarantee Doctoral Network fellow), School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Automatic feature weighting in clustering of large data sets; Unsupervised feature selection; Machine Learning; Exploratory data analysis
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Online and Adaptive Methods for AI and ML; Health Informatics; Computational Intelligence applied to Brain Sciences; Computer Vision and Machine Perception; Deep and Transfer Learning; Reasoning and Modeling Systems in Diagnosis and Prognosis; Natural-language understanding; Generative AI; Soft Computing; Human Machine Interaction
Reader, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Internet of Things; Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks; Sensor Networks Applications; Green and Energy-efficient Data Communication; Mobile Ad hoc Networks; Wireless Heterogeneous Networks; Opportunistic Networks; Wireless Body Area Networks; Intelligent Transportation Systems
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Decision making under uncertainty; Service-oriented systems; Optimisation algorithms; Trust and reputation mechanisms; Incentive engineering; Machine learning; Multi-agent Systems; Provenance of data; Semantic modelling
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Unconventional Medical Devices: Bridging molecules to the digital world; Biocomputing using Living Cells: from theory to practice; In-vivo Networking for Biomedical Distributed Interfaces; Wireless Communications for Implantable Medical Devices; 3D bioprinting technologies for bioengineering and medicine
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Virtual worlds (game worlds, social worlds) all aspects of these; Computer Game design; Computer Games design as an art form; Computer Games and society, especially governance, the law and human rights
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Developing Serious Games for Promoting Sustainable Behaviour; Enhancing Mental Health through Immersive Experiences; Overcoming Body Dysmorphia with Immersive Virtual Reality; Improving Quality of Life for Parkinson's Patients with Virtual Reality
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Problem solving with collective intelligence and distributed human tasking (crowdsourcing/human computation); Citizen science through games, gamification and games-with-a-purpose; Computer vision in 3D modelled environments
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Brain-computer Interfaces; Assistive Technology; Neurorehabilitation; Human-robot Co-operation; Autonomous Mobile Robots
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Cognitive enhancement; Brain Computer Interfaces; Multisensory perception; Neuroergonomics; Decision making; Memory enhancement; Attention tracking; Cognitive psychology and neurosciences
Professor, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: stochastic models of neural and cardiovascular signals using history-dependent point processes; machine learning applied to biomedical signals; statistical learning theory; big data analytics; invasive neural interfaces; non-invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) and Event-Related Potentials (ERPs)
Reader, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Computer vision; virtual and augmented reality; genetic programming; remote sensing; unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAVs)
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Brain-computer interfacing; Machine learning; Signal processing; Functional neural connectivity; EEG; fNIRS; fMRI; Motor control; Motor rehabilitation; Brain stimulation
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Computational Intelligence; Fuzzy Systems; Ambient Intelligence Systems; Intelligent Agents; Data Driven Computational Simulation Modelling; Intelligent Immersive Environments
Reader, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Computer Vision; Robotics; Embedded Systems; Artificial Intelligence
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Neural Networks; Adaptive Dynamic Programming + Reinforcement Learning; Optimisation; Control Theory; Financial Forecasting; AI in games
Executive Dean (Science and Health) - Professor (R), School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Multi-agent systems and autonomous adaptive systems; Data exploration analysing and modelling complex data Big data analysis and modelling of structured and unstructured data; Machine learning modelling opponents learning behaviours from data; Reasoning and analytics over multiple streams of data Internet of Things (IoT) reasoning and analytics; Individual and collective user profiles profile adaptation contextualised profiles; Recommender systems collaborative filtering reputation systems; complex systems modelling dynamics of financial systems and markets; Market mechanisms negotiation protocols strategic interaction supply chain management; Semantic matching resource search cloud computing resource allocation; Trust in agent societies trust mechanisms trust in decision making; Formal theories of agents and multi-agent systems BDI agents; Cognitive agents knowledge and belief self-reference; Software engineering methodologies for agents and multi-agent systems; Social dynamics regulation of agent societies roles and power institutions; Self-organisation team formation; Serious games for education and learning collaborative learning
Professor, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Machine learning and artificial intelligence; Computer vision and robotics; Brain-computer interfaces; Multimodal human-machine interaction; Intelligent data and text mining; Signal processing; Pattern recognition; (See also staff research interests by category)
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Computational neuroscience
Professor, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Machine Learning; Cooperative Control; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; Robotics; SLAM; Autonomous Systems; Navigation, Control and Guidance
Professor, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Computational Intelligence (Fuzzy Logic,Neural Networks and Evolutionary Computation ); Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Brain-Computer Interfaces; Consciousness; Pain
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Immersive Technology (XR, AR, VR, MR); Gamification & Serious Gaming; Game Design; Interactive Design UI/UX
Professor, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Professor, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Cyber Security
Professor, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Intelligent Systems and Autonomous Mobile Robots; Networked robots and network enable systems/devices; Smart sensors, actuators and Mechatronics; Sensor integration and Data fusion algorithms; Tele-rehabilitation, tele-care, tele-health, Intelligent wheelchairs; Genetic Algorithms, Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks in Robotics; Pervasive computing, mobile computing, eLearning; Distributed computer architecture and Parallel processing; AI and Robotics
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Soft Robotics; Swarm micro/nanorobotics; Mechatronics Systems for Small Scale Robotics
Reader, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Applications of machine learning to finance; Financial forecasting & algorithmic trading; Weather derivatives; Evolutionary algorithms
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Algorithmic Game Theory; Algorithmic Mechanism Design; Design and Analysis of Algorithms; Reinforcement Learning
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Internet of Things; Machine Learning; Semantic Web; Signal Processing; Time Series Analysis; Internet of Things in Healthcare
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Algorithmic Game Theory; Algorithmic Mechanism Design; Blockchain; Design and Analysis of Algorithms
Research Fellow (IADS), School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Energy-efficient AI, Trustworthy AI, Machine learning, tinyML, Federated learning, Kernel methods, Signal processing, FPGAs, Numerical linear algebra, Resource-efficient convolutional networks, Real-time object detection
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (Developing novel algorithms for classification and recognition; Detecting brain diseases based on neuroimaging data; Developing systems of monitoring human health); Computational Neuroscience (Understanding mechanisms of the brain pertaining to brain diseases, ageing, and mental states); Brain Health and Signal Processing (Providing insights into the brain health based on signals; Techniques for keeping the brain healthy and augmenting the brain capacity)
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Error Correcting Codes (e.g., LDPC, Polar, Turbo, RS/BCH); Signal Design (e.g., sequences/codebooks/waveforms) for Wireless Communications; Bayesian Inference & Iterative Receiver Design; Machine Learning for Communication Systems; Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications (URLLC) for 5G and Beyond; Hardware Prototyping/Implementation of Wireless Communication Systems; Code-Domain Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) for Massive Connectivity; Continuous Phase Modulation (CPM); Research Allocation in Wireless Networks; Compressed Sensing for Communications; V2X Communications and Networks; DNA Coded Storage; ASIC Design of Communication and Signal Processing Algorithms; FMCW automotive radar; LoRa/LPWAN communications; Wireless postioning/localization
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Developing novel Natural Language Processing and Explainable AI for modelling healthcare data; Leveraging Lexical Semantics in Affective Analysis (and other NLP applications); Large Language Models for Games; Misinformation and affective analysis
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Medical Informatics; Biomedical Signal Processing; AI for Healthcare; Cyber Security for Healthcare; Digital Health; Computing in Cardiology; Biomedical Engineering
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Bacteria-based Biocomputing; Bacteria-based Communications Systems; Cyberbiosecurity; Ecological Communities (Molecular-level Interactions); Signalling Pathways Analysis; Cell-based Computing/Communications Devices
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Brain-Computer interfaces; machine learning applied to biomedical signals; Event-Related Potentials (ERPs); Memory; Decision-making; Algorithmic fairness; Neural engineering
Professor, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Embedded Systems and System-on-Chip (SoC) design, development support and technology to increase performance and reliability; Advanced computer architectures offering vast processing power for robotics, image processing and other real-time critical applications; Application of AI for real world problems and robot control; Cybersecurity
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Professor, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Microwave components including antennas, filters and amplifiers; numeric techniques in electromagnetic field problems; nondestructive evaluation of materials by electromagnetic techniques
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Cognitive Robotics; Computational Neuroscience; Industrial Manufacturing
Director of IADS and Professor (R), School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Security and Privacy Requirements Engineering; Cybersecurity risk prediction and management; Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence; Privacy by Design; Data Security and Privacy; Internet of Things (IoT), 5G/6G and Cloud Computing Security
Professor, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: URLLC Use case; 6G Communications; Massive MIMO; Physical Layer Network Coding; Machine Learning for Communication; 5G/Beyond 5G
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Brain Computer Interfaces; Biomedical Signal Processing; Neurofeedback; Electroencephalography
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Brain-Computer Interface; Machine Learning; Learning; Translational applications of BCI
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: xURLLC; 6G; AI/ML for Networks and Communication Systems; Semantic Communications for 6G; AI/ML for Healthcare; Integration of Terrestrial and Non Terrestrial Networks
Professor, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Evolutionary Computation and Genetic Programming; Brain Computer Interfaces; Particle swarms; Schema Theory; Neural Nets; Machine Vision, Image and Signal Processing; Artificial Intelligence
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (IADS), School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Big Data and Analytics; Brain-Computer Interface; Deep Learning; Transfer Learning; Non-Stationary Learning and Domain Adaptation; Artificial Intelligence (AI) and eXplainable AI (XAI); EEG and MEG Signal Processing; AI in Decision Making for Healthcare
Professor, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Information Centric Networking; Network security; quality of Service mechanisms for Internet protocol networks; management and control of optical and core networks; multimedia Internet applications
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Algorithms; Computational complexity theory; Constraint satisfaction problems; Stochastic processes
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Real-time Embedded System (FPGAs & MPSoCs) Design; Resource Allocation for IoT/ Cloud computing; Reliabilty, fault tolerance and hardware Security for embedded devices; AI in resource constrained embedded evices
Deputy Director of IADS and Senior Lecturer (R), School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Reinforcement Learning; Machine Learning; Neural Networks; Role Playing Games
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Development of programs from proofs of their specifications; Concurrency
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Head of Department - Professor (R), School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Brain-Computer Interfaces; Statistical and adaptive signal processing; Mobile brain and body imaging; Technology-mediated rehabilitation; Assistive technology
Professor, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Brain-computer interfaces; Neural prostheses and neuromuscular electrical stimulation; Bioelectronics; Rehabilitation engineering; Myoelectric operation of artificial limbs and robotic devices; Biomedical signal analysis; Computational neuroscience; Sensori-motor neurophysiology; Affective computing; Intelligent systems, both artificial and natural; Mathematical modelling of muscle and nerve
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: My Current Research Interests
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Biomedical Signal Processing; Audio Signal Processing; Machine Learning; Digital Health; Sound Event Recognition; Respiratory Diseases; Sleep Disorders
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Multi-model NLP; Conversation AI; Social Media Analysis; Cross-Lingual Representation; Social Media Analysis; Assessing and mitigating online harms; NLP for social media; Abusive language detection; Large Language Models
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Teleoperation; Intelligent Robot; Human-centered robotics applications; Machine learning; Human-robot Interaction; Mobile manipulation
Reader, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Secure, Reliable, Low Power and High Performance Embedded Systems; Multi-/Many-core systems; Design Space Exploration; Resource Management; HPC Data centers and Cloud Computing; Embedded and Distributed AI
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Internet of Things; Machine Learning; Wireless Sensor Networks; Application Areas of ML in IoT and WSNs
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Natural Language Processing; Information Retrieval; Question Answering; Computer Musicology
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Professor, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Network coding; Multimedia communications; Information-centric networks; Joint source and channel coding; Semantic Communications; Machine learning for communications; Caching Networks; Multimedia Signal Processing
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Biomedical Signal Processing; Microwave/RF Imaging; Neurodegenerative Diseases Detection and Monitoring; Smart Home Technologies for Elderly Care; ML/DL for Digital Health
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Information Theory; Artificial Intelligence; Privacy
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Algorithmic Game Theory; Computational Social Choice; Design and Analysis of Algorithms; Algorithmic Mechanism Design
Professor, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: High-capacity optical network systems; semiconductor laser characteristics; broadband optical receiver design; optical transmission; local access architectures based on arrayed waveguide gratings; video compression
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Image processing; model-based coding and 3-D modelling; IP and ATM networks; telecommunications principles; robotics and autonomous vehicles; sensor networks and robotic aviation
Professor, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Wireless networks and communications, AI for Communications, UAV-enabled Wireless Communications; mobile edge computing, edge intelligence; data and energy integrated communication networks (DEIN)
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Wireless Networks; Communication Theory; Wireless Communications
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Radio Frequency Sensing; Distributed Learning in Wireless Networks; Design and Analysis of Wireless Networks
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Reader, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: System-on-Chip (SoC) design; Embedded processor architectures; Embedded systems; Hardware acceleration
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research interests: Radio Resource Management; Machine Learning for Communications; Next Generation Wireless Networks

Research members of staff

Research Officer., School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Doctoral Research Fellow (UKRI Guarantee Doctoral Network fellow), School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Senior Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Senior Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Senior Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Senior Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Senior Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Senior Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Senior Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Senior Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Senior Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Senior Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Senior Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Senior Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Senior Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research Fellow (IADS), School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Research Officer, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)

Fixed Term Teachers

Fixed Term Teacher, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Fixed Term Teacher, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Fixed Term Teacher - NWU, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Fixed Term Teacher - NWU, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Fixed Term Teacher, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Ask me about: Embedded Machine Learning; Embedded AI; On-Device AI; Computer Vision; Run-time Management of Computing Resources; Object Oriented Programming Languages (C#, Java); Information Security and Privacy; Food waste and Hunger Research interests: Embedded Machine Learning to Improve Sustainability
Fixed Term Teacher - NWU, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Fixed Term Teacher - NWU, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Fixed Term Teacher - NWU, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Fixed Term Teacher - NWU, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Fixed Term Teacher, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Fixed Term Teacher, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Ask me about: PCB Layout/Design; RF; Embeded Connectivity; Embedded Radio Links; Microstrip Antennas
Dr Mays Al-Naday working on a laptop that is connected to some servers on her right.
Our Research

We have an international reputation for the outstanding quality of our research which covers areas such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and brain-computer interfaces. In the most recent UK Research Excellence Framework, we were placed 9th in the UK for research impact in computer science (Grade Point Average, REF 2021)

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