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.

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Leadership and operational team

Elena Gaura smiling during photoshoot

Prof. Elena Gaura

Data Science and Emerging Technologies

Research Institute Director

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Joel Gibbs

Operations Support Manager

Matthew England smiling during photoshoot

Dr Matthew England

Deputy Centre Director, CSM

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Amanvir Kalkat

Operations Support Administrator

Lorna Everall smiling during photoshoot

Dr Lorna Everall

Operations Manager

Research team

AI for Cyber-Physical Systems

Name	Role	Contact	Key research
Dr Alison Halford	Assistant Professor	Alison.Halford2@coventry.ac.uk	Energy poverty, AI and Ethics, Data Feminism, Inclusive design frameworks
Prof. Elena Gaura	Research Director for Data Science and Emerging Technologies	Elena.Gaura@coventry.ac.uk	AI, Cyber Physical Systems, Data-to-knowledge Pipelines, Energy Systems, Socio-Technical Design
Charlie Ingram	Research Assistant	Charles.Ingram@coventry.ac.uk	Participatory Methodologies, Cultural Policy, Theatre Performance (Verbatim Theatre), Directing Practice
Dr Fatma Benkhelifa	Assistant Professor	Fatma.Benkhelifa@coventry.ac.uk	Wireless Communications, IoT, Energy Harvesting, ML, Deep Learning, Resource Management, Performance Analysis
Prof. James Brusey	Professor of Computer Science	James.Brusey@coventry.ac.uk	Reinforcement Learning, Wireless Sensor Networks
Dr Johnathan Nixon	Associate Professor	Jonathan.Nixon@coventry.ac.uk	Renewable Energy; Systems Modelling; Optimisation; Energy Management Systems; Multi-criteria Decision Analysis
Dr Saurav Sthapit	Assistant Professor	Saurav.Sthapit@coventry.ac.uk	IoT, Reinforcement Learning, Cyber Physical Systems, Cyber-Security and Deep Learning

Fundamental Algorithms for Artificial Intelligence

Name	Role	Contact	Key research
Dr Amirhossien Sadeghi Manesh	Research Fellow	AmirHosein.SadeghiManesh@coventry.ac.uk	Applied and Computational Algebraic Geometry, Computer algebra, Mathematical Biology, Population Dynamics, A3Chemical Reaction Network Theory
Dr Fei He	Assistant Professor	Fei.He@coventry.ac.uk	Nonlinear Signal Processing, Control Systems Engineering, Deep Learning, Computational Neuroscience, Systems Biology
Dr Huma Shah	Assistant Professor	Huma.Shah@coventry.ac.uk	AI Ethics, Data Privacy
Jaimz Winter	Research Assistant	Jaimz.Winter@coventry.ac.uk	Data Privacy, Game Design
Dr 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

Machine Learning for Computational Vision and Natural Language Processing

Name	Role	Contact	Key research
Dr Alireza Daneshkhah	Associate Professor	Alireza.Daneshkhah@coventry.ac.uk	Bayesian Statistics, Gaussian processes
Dr Richard Hyde	Lecturer	Richard.Hyde2@coventry.ac.uk	Climate Modelling, Data Science, Clustering Algorithms
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
Dr Xiaorui Jinag	Assistant Professor	Xiaorui.Jiang@coventry.ac.uk	Natural Language Processing, Automated Systematic Review

Postgraduate researchers

AI for Cyber-Physical Systems Postgraduate Researchers

Name	Director of Studies	Thesis Title
Brandi Jo Jess	James Brusey	Fast, Detailed, Accurate Simulation of a Thermal Car Cabin using Machine Learning
Sokipriala Solomon Jonah	James Brusey	Accelerating The Convergence Of Artificial Intelligence And The Internet Of Wearable Thing

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
Dominik Klepl	Fei He	Network Inference And Machine Learning: Identification Of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Ibnu Febry Kurniawan	Fei He	Internet Of Things-Enabled Contextual Traffic Information Dissemination: Network Design And Performance Optimisation
Jaimz Stuart Winter	Huma Shah	Privacy By Design For Games Development
Michael Ajao-Olarinoye	Vasile Palade	Effective Algorithm for infectious disease resources allocation applied to the covid 19 pandemics
Tereso Del Rio Almajano	Matthew England	Using Machine Learning To Improve Quantifier Elimination Procedures
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
Shenal Rajintha Gunawardena	Fei He	Computational Neuroscience: Machine Learning And Nonlinear Signal Processing
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
Matthew Tart	Huma Shah	Forensic Inference from Telecommunication Records

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
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
Majdi Fanous	Alireza Daneshkhah	Modelling of Hydro-Morphodynamic Systems Using Deep Gaussian Process
Maria Tariq	Vasile Palade	Automatic detection of diabetic retinopathy in eye fundus images
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 Daneshkhah	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

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
Brian Millington	Former Managing Director	TUV NEL Ltd
Danilo Mandic	Professor	Imperial College London
Stephen McArthur	Professor	Strathclyde University
Simon See	Senior Director	NIVIDIA AI Technology Centre
Helene Piet-Lahanier	Scientific Deputy	ONERA