Computing staff

Harjinder Singh

Senior Lecturer

Harjinder joined Birmingham City University (BCU) in 2000 and has 10 years experience in teaching and consultancy, prior to joining BCU Harjinder worked in Industry as a software developer mainly in C++. Previously employed as Software Development Engineer (FKI Engineering), Systems Analyst/Programmer (Alcan Plate Ltd.) and...

Sandeep Singh Chahil

Lecturer

Sandeep has a background in corporate video production, having spent several years producing content for commercial video projects. He’s experienced in all stages of this process, with a strong technical knowledge of hardware and software systems. 

Richard Smith

Senior Lecturer

Senior lecturer delivering the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA) Security curriculum, IT Essentials (CompTIA A+), EMC, VMware and Citrix which provide career oriented coverage of introductory and advanced networking skills, whilst also providing opportunities for hands-on...

Becky Spittle

As a driven researcher and PhD student within the Digital Media Technology Lab (DMT Lab) at Birmingham City University, Becky is committed to presenting high-quality, impactful work. Her research is focused on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), most notably how input methods can be best designed and employed for Extended...

Kira Summers

Programme Leader, Lecturer

Akira Summers has been working in software and technological development since the year 2000. Starting off in web development and interactive media, she has held many development roles and spent several years working as an embedded game programmer, multimedia developer and learning technologist. She now works as a lecturer at...

Dr Quanbin Sun

Senior Lecturer

Quanbin Sun (QS)’s research expertise is in machine learning, modelling and simulation, data management, and data analytics. Currently, he is working with UK Network Rail and its partners on visualising railway bridges for engineer inspection and automatically detecting bridge defects (the preliminary research and development...

Dr Arthur Theil

Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction

Dr Arthur Theil is a Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) within the College of Computing, where he teaches HCI, user experience design, and accessibility to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Arthur’s expertise includes interaction design methods, accessible computing, and assistive input techniques. His...

Dr Edlira Vakaj

Associate Professor in Neuro-Symbolic AI

Dr Edlira Vakaj is an Associate Professor of Neuro-Symbolic AI, Academic Lead for Research, Innovation and Enterprise at the College of Computing and leading the Natural Language Processing at Birmingham City University, UK. She conducts research in multidisciplinary projects focusing on Semantic Web, Knowledge Graphs, AI, and...

Beatrice Vincenzi

Lecturer

Beatrice is a lecturer/assistant professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Department. She completed her PhD in Human-Computer Interactions in 2022 at City, University of London in the Centre for HCI Design. She was working with people with visual impairments and sighted companions to understand how they collaboratively...