Computing staff
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Moad Idrissi
Lecturer in Smart Computer Systems
Dr Moad Idrissi is a Lecturer in Smart Computer Systems at Birmingham City University. He holds a 1st class BEng in Electronic Engineering, an MSc in Embedded Systems from The University of Birmingham, and holds a PhD in the domain of Aerial Robotics. With over 6 years of teaching and research experience, Dr Idrissi is...
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Sima Iranmanesh
Lecturer in Data Science
Dr. Sima Iranmanesh is working as a Lecturer in Data Science, having joined Birmingham City University in April 2024. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Warwick, UK. During her Ph.D., she studied the efficiency and effectiveness of similarity search algorithms for large-scale graph data. Prior to that, she completed...
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Alastair Jamieson
Lecturer in Sound and Music Technology
Alastair Jamieson is the course leader for the BSc (Hons) Music Technology. With over 20 years of experience in live sound and studio production, he brings extensive expertise from both professional and academic spheres. He has worked with artists including Adele, UB40, Duran Duran, Steel Pulse, and Music for Youth. Alastair...
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Dr Vahid Javidroozi
Associate Professor in Smart City Systems
Dr Javidroozi is currently an associate professor specialising in Smart City Systems and Information Systems Engineering (ISE). His research endeavours encompass a diverse array of projects, notably the development of a business process-centric framework for smart cities, known as "FABS", integrating principles from systems...
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Dr Imran Ali Jokhio
Senior Lecturer
Dr. Imran Ali Jokhio is a senior lecturer in Computer Networks and Security. He has extensive experience in teaching, learning, supervision, leadership and research in the areas of computer networking, software networking, security and privacy of distributed systems/IoT/Sensors etc. Before joining BCU he has been teaching,...
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Zeeshan Khattak
Lecturer in Digital Media Technology
Zeeshan Khattak is a lecturer in Digital Media Technology at Birmingham City University. Working as part BIFCA, he is based in Wuhan where he teaches subjects relating to video and audio technology, visual effects and the final year projects. Zeeshan completed his undergraduate at Birmingham City University in Film Production...
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Dr Khaled Mahbub
Associate Professor in Software Engineering
Khaled started his academic career, in September 1999, as a Lecturer (US hierarchy) in Computer Science & Engineering at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, where he worked until March 2001. From May 2006 to July 2007, Khaled served as Research...
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Andrew McKeown
Postgraduate Research Student
After finishing college Andrew worked as a chain person for RJ Budge mining. In 2001 he joined the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army becoming an Area Systems Operator. He left the Army in 2008 to gain a degree in telecommunication engineering, and between finishing his degree and starting his PhD he briefly worked as a...
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Dr De Mi
Associate Professor in Future Communication Systems
Dr De Mi is an Associate Professor in future communication systems and Head of the Future Information Networks (FINET) Research Cluster at Birmingham City University (BCU). He received the B.Eng. degree (2011) from the Beijing Institute of Technology, China, the M.Sc. degree (2012) from the Imperial College London and the...
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Dr Tychonas Michailidis
Course Leader - MSc User Experience Design
Dr Tychonas Michailidis is Course Leader for MSc User Experience Design. He is part of BIFCA, teaching both students in Birmingham and in Wuhan, China. He joined BCU in February 2020 from Solent University in Southampton. He received his PhD degree in music technology and composition from Birmingham Conservatoire and a...