CSM team
The Centre for Computational Science and Mathematical Modelling takes pride in its vibrant and diverse team of researchers, staff and student, as well as a supportive team of administrators, visiting academics, and advisory board members. If you are interested in collaborations or want to speak to someone about PhD opportunities, please get in touch with our staff under the relevant theme.
Quick Links
Leadership and operational team
Professor Matthew England
Centre Director, CSM
Joel Gibbs
Research Support Manager, CSM
Dr Lorna Everall
Head of Research Management, Administration & Projects, CSM
Natalie Shuen
Research Support Administrator, CSM
Research team
AI for Cyber-Physical Systems
| Name | Role | Contact | Key research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Abdorasoul Ghasemi | Associate Professor | Rasoul.Ghasemi@coventry.ac.uk |
Complex networked systems, Cyber-physical energy systems, Resilient infrastructure networks, self-organized systems, AI/ML and optimization |
| Dr Alison Halford | Assistant Professor | Alison.Halford2@coventry.ac.uk | Energy poverty, AI and Ethics, Data Feminism, Inclusive design frameworks |
| Prof. Elena Gaura | Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor Research | Elena.Gaura@coventry.ac.uk | AI, Cyber Physical Systems, Data-to-knowledge Pipelines, Energy Systems, Socio-Technical Design |
| Prof. James Brusey | Professor of Computer Science | James.Brusey@coventry.ac.uk | Reinforcement Learning, Wireless Sensor Networks |
| Dr Johnathan Nixon | Associate Director for Research & Engagement | Jonathan.Nixon@coventry.ac.uk | Renewable Energy; Systems Modelling; Optimisation; Energy Management Systems; Multi-criteria Decision Analysis |
Fundamental Algorithms for Artificial Intelligence
| Name | Role | Contact | Key research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr AmirHosein Sadeghi Manesh | Assistant Professor | AmirHosein.SadeghiManesh@coventry.ac.uk | Applied and Computational Algebraic Geometry, Computer algebra, Mathematical Biology, Population Dynamics, Chemical Reaction Network Theory |
| Dr Fei He | Associate Professor | Fei.He@coventry.ac.uk | Nonlinear Signal Processing, Control Systems Engineering, Deep Learning, Computational Neuroscience, Systems Biology |
| Prof. Matthew England | Associate Professor and Theme Lead | Matthew.England@coventry.ac.uk | Computer Algebra / Symbolic Computation, Data Science for Algorithm Optimisation, Quantifier Elimination, Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT), Applied Algebraic Geometry |
|
|
Research Fellow | Raj.Gunawardena@coventry.ac.uk | Nonlinear Signal Processing, Control Systems Engineering, Deep Learning, Computational Neuroscience, Systems Biology |
Machine Learning for Computational Vision and Natural Language Processing
| Name | Role | Contact | Key research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Vasile Palade | Professor of Artificial Intelligence & Data Science | Vasile.Palade@coventry.ac.uk | Machine Learning and Applications; Deep Learning; Computer Vision; Autonomous Driving; Natural Language Processing |
Postgraduate researchers
AI for Cyber-Physical Systems Postgraduate Researchers
| Name | Director of Studies | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Abhishek Kallarappayi | Jonathan Nixon | Intelligent wind turbines for cold climates |
| Adeen Qazi | Alison Halford | Beyond cook stoves and solar lanterns: the role of renewable energy inventions in addressing gender inequality in the displaced setting |
| Aniket Dixit | James Brusey | Sensor Anomaly Detection using Reinforcement Learning |
| Bivin Pradeep | James Brusey | Adaptive Sensing for Energy-Efficient Reinforcement Learning |
| Cong Zhou | Saurav Sthapit | AI-IoT: Artificial Intelligence Towards Reliable, Resilient and Timely Internet of Space Things |
| Faizan Ahmad | James Brusey | Smooth Robotic Reinforcement Learning |
| Ihsan Ul Haq | Saurav Sthapit | Using wearable sensors for analysing awkward postures in construction workers |
| Iqura Jilani | Jonathan Nixon | Curbing Poverty through Sustainable Energy: Smart Community Transitions |
| Kartik Kartik | Saurav Sthapit | Using computer vision technologies for analysing awkward postures in construction workers |
| Muhammad Ibrahim Khan | James Brusey | Multi-sensor Fusion for Robust Reinforcement Learning in Uncertain Environments |
| Sokipriala Solomon Jonah | James Brusey | Accelerating The Convergence Of Artificial Intelligence And The Internet Of Wearable Thing |
| Supriya Roy | Abdorasoul Ghasemi | AI-supported virtual reality for well-being in space |
| Herimampionona Andriniaina | James Brusey | Model-based Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning |
Fundamental Algorithms for Artificial Intelligence Postgraduate Researchers
| Name | Director of Studies | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Abiola Babatunde | Matthew England | Exploiting Domain Structures in Heuristic Algorithms for the Set Covering Problem |
| Daniel Flood | Matthew England | Measuring, Understanding and Improving Student Engagement in Programming Teaching |
| Haili Ye | Fei He | Predicting diagnosis and symptom severity in ADHD with deep learning and network anlaysis using EEG |
| Mashaal Nageen | AmirHossein Sadeghi Manesh | Lowering the cost of Healthcare: Analysis of Gastrointestinal Microbiome |
| David Oyebisi | Matthew England | Opportunities and Challenges of Generative AI in Higher Education: A Case Study of Teaching, Learning and Assessment Practices in the United Kingdom |
| Mohamed Ahsan Mohamed Mafaz | Matthew England | Adaptive Control of a Quadcopter UAV against Model Uncertainties, External Perturbations and Faults |
| Rashid Barket | Matthew England | Use of machine learning technology to improve symbolic simplification and integration in the Maple computer algebra system, without risking their mathematical correctness |
| Sakkarin Karoonwong | AmirHossein Sadeghi Manesh | Microbiology population modelling with the aid of computer algebra techniques |
| Sivasharmini Ganeshamoorthy | Fei He | Computational biology and gene network inference: study the effects of diurnal asymmetric warming on plant defence and growth |
| Stephan Goerttler | Fei He | Network Inference And Machine Learning: Understanding Brain Connectivity And Neurological Disorders |
| Taliqa Muhib | Fei He | Lowering the cost of Healthcare: Neuro-degenerative disease detection |
| Uzma Shafiq | Matthew England | Explainable AI for Computational Algebra |
Machine Learning for Computational Vision and Natural Language Processing Postgraduate Researchers
| Name | Director of Studies | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Amirkazem Kayhani | Vasile Palade | Model-Based Security For Automotive Systems |
| Ankur Deo | Vasile Palade | Efficient Machine Learning For Car Situational Awareness |
| David Oyebisi | Vasile Palade | Opportunities and Challenges of Generative AI in Higher Education: A Case Study of Teaching, Learning and Assessment Practices in the United Kingdom |
| Emran Ali | Fei He | A Machine Learning Based Analysis Of Sleep Patterns In Aging Using Physiological Signals |
| Mahmoud Salama Elgebali | Fei He | Integrating dynamical system and deep learning approaches to detect neurodevelopmental disorders |
| James Donnelly | Alireza Daneshkhah | A Novel Predictive Model For Extreme Climatic Events: Application Of Catastrophe Modelling In Evaluating Environmental Hazard And Vulnerability |
| Julia Wieczorek | Vasile Palade | Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing For The Assessment of Depression Symptoms |
| Kaidong Wu | Fei He | Nonlinear system identification and deep learning for neurodegenerative disease detection |
| Kinza Arshad | AI enhanced 3D human body shape estimation and garment retargeting from clothed 3D scan sequences | |
| Maria Tariq | Vasile Palade | Automatic detection of diabetic retinopathy in eye fundus images |
| Michael Ajao-Olarinoye | Vasile Palade | Effective Algorithm for infectious disease resources allocation applied to the covid 19 pandemics |
| Opeoluwa Akinseloyin | Vasile Palade | Mining Biomedical Publications To Defeat Pandemic: Identifying Relational Knowledge Between Scientific Claims |
| Ruchita Mehta | Vasile Palade | Multi-sensor and ai enabled system design for remote monitoring of physiological signals and activities in covid-19 imposed conditions |
| Sara Sardari | Alireza Daneshakah | Activity Recognition Using Digital Frame Streams For Monitoring Rehab Period |
| Shruti Nair | Vasile Palade | Sustainable Cultivation Modelling Based On Remotely Sensed Images For Monitoring Environmental Consequences Of Climate Change |
| Susanta Ghosh | Vasile Palade | Multimodal drone localisation and navigation in GPS deprived areas |
| Suleiman Yakubu | Vasile Palade | Estimating the Economic impact of Mental Health effects due to Flooding using Advanced Bayesian Machine Learning methods |
| Supriya Khadka | Vasile Palade | Lowering the cost of Healthcare: Clinical Coding with large language models |
| Waba Nasali Theophilus | Vasile Palade |
Chatgpt As A Tool For Composite Threat Modelling On A Case By Case Basis
Highlight Potential Threats With Their Degree Of Impact
|
Visiting researchers
| Name | Home institution | Position at CSM |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Arit Bishwas | PricewaterhouseCooper (US), India | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Ben Robinson | Nottingham University, (UK) | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Florescu Dorian | Imperial College London, (UK) | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Prof. James Davenport | University of Bath, (UK) | Visiting Professor |
| Kang Youngshin | Kwangwoon University, (South Korea) | Visiting PhD Student |
| Dr Kojo Gyamfi | Loblaw Companies Limited, (Canada) | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Maoshan Liu | Jiangnan University, (China) | Visiting PhD Student |
| Dr Sara Sharifzadeh | Swansea University, (UK) | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Simon See | NIVIDIA, (Singapore) | Visiting Professor |
| Dr Stavros Christopoulos | University of Huddersfield, (UK) | Visiting Research Fellow |
| Prof. Subhas Mukhopadhay | Macquarie University, (Australia) | Visiting Professor |
| Dr Sujan Rajbhandari | Bangor University, (UK) | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Uche Abiola Onyekpe | York St John University | Visiting Researcher |
| Dr ZindongaMukandavire | Emirates Aviation University, (UAE) | Honorary Research Fellow |
Advisory board
| Name | Role | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| James Davenport | Professor | University of Bath |
| Ian Wassel | Senior Lecturer | University of Cambridge |
| Simon See | Senior Director | NIVIDIA AI Technology Centre |
| Helene Piet-Lahanier | Scientific Deputy | ONERA |
