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Dr. Dhiya Al-Jumeily is an associated professor in eSystems Engineering and leads the Applied Computing Research Group at the faculty of Technology and Environment. He has already developed fully online MSC and BSc programmes and currently heads the enterprise activities at the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences. Dr. Al-Jumeily has published numerous referred research papers in multidisciplinary research areas including: Technology Enhanced Learning, Applied Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks, Signal Prediction, Telecommunication Fraud Detection and Image Compression. He is a PhD supervisor and an external examiner for the degree of PhD. He has been actively involved as a member of editorial board and review committee for a number peer reviewed international journals, and is on program committee or as a general chair for a number of international conferences. Dr. Al-Jumeily was appointed as a lecturer in Computer Systems in 1997. Prior to this, he was a scholar reading for a PhD in Applied Artificial Intelligence at Liverpool John Moores University, on the topic of Intelligent Tutoring Systems. He also worked at the same department as a research assistant in the area of statistical computing and managed to obtain his MPhil in 1995. Earlier, in 1987 he completed his BSc (Hons first class) in Mathematics at Baghdad University. He worked as a research assistant at Baghdad University in 1987-1990, where he was involved, as part of a large research group, in a number of projects. He then studied the Postgraduate Diploma in Mathematics at Liverpool University in 1991. Dhiya is a member of the British Computer Society (BCS) and has achieved his Chartered IT Professional status in 2007. |
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Dr. Abir Hussain is a senior lecturer at the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. She completed her PhD study at The University of Manchester, UK in 2000 with a thesis title Polynomial Neural Networks for Image and Signal Processing. She has published numerous referred research papers in conferences and Journal in the research areas of Neural Networks, Signal Prediction, Telecommunication Fraud Detection and Image Compression. She is a PhD supervisor and an external examiner for research degrees including PhD and MPhill. |
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Dr. Hissam Tawfik an Associate Professor of Computer Science and the Programme Leader for the MSc Computer Science, MBA (Information Technology) and Computer Science PhD programmes at Liverpool Hope University. He holds an MSc and PhD in Computer Engineering from UMIST (University of Manchester), and have an established research track, with over 90 refereed journal and conference publications in the areas of Biologically Inspired Systems, Virtual Reality, eHealth, User-centered Systems, Intelligent Transportation Systems and Applied Modelling and Simulation for Building layout and Urban Planning. Current research interests include User-centred System design, Culturally-aware and Energy-aware Interfaces, eCollaboration, eSecurity and eHealth; He currently supervises five PhD projects investigating various aspects of those research areas.Dr. Tawfik is the leader of the Intelligent and Distributed Systems (IDS) Group at Liverpool Hope, serve on various editorial boards and review committees for international journals and conferences and he is a Conference Chair and Organiser of the International Conference Series on Developments in eSystems Engineering DESE (dese.org.uk). He has previousely collaborated on a number of EU funded research projects and he was the Principal Investigator of a British Council funded project on Context-Aware Information Systems for e-Health Decision Support, in collaboration with the British University in Dubai. |
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Prof. Atulya Nagar holds the Foundation Chair as Professor of Computer and Mathematical Sciences at Liverpool Hope University where He is the Head of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. A mathematician by training, He possesses multi-disciplinary expertise in Non-linear Mathematics, Natural Computing, Bio-Mathematics and Computational Biology, Operations Research, and Control Systems Engineering. He has an extensive background and experience of working in Universities in the UK and India. He has been an expert reviewer for the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) grants peer-review committees for Bioinformatics Panel; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for High Performance Computing Panel; and serve on the Peer-Review College of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as a scientific expert member.He has edited volumes on Intelligent Systems, and Applied Mathematics; he is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (IJAISC) and serve on editorial boards for a number of prestigious journals such as the Journal of Universal Computer Science (JUCS). He has been Conference General Chair and member of the International Programme Committee (IPC) for several international conferences and have been invited to deliver keynote lectures at a number of such forums. He is well published with over 200 publications in prestigious publishing outlets and journals such as the Journal of Applied Mathematics and Stochastic Analysis; the International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics; the International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science; the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics; Discrete Applied Mathematics; Fundamenta Informaticae; IET Control Theory & Applications, to name a few.He received a prestigious Commonwealth Fellowship for pursuing my Doctorate (DPhil) in Applied Non-Linear Mathematics, which I earned from the University of York in 1996. He holds BSc (Hons.), MSc, and MPhil (with Distinction) from the MDS University of Ajmer, India. Prior to joining Liverpool Hope, I was with the Department of Mathematical Sciences, and later at the Department of Systems Engineering, at Brunel University, London. Earlier He lectured at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR, Applied Mathematics, Bangalore), BITS Pilani and the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) in India.Contact Details:Computer Sciences Department, Faculty of Sciences and Social Sciences |
