Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
I hold a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Leeds, an MSc in Advanced Software Engineering from Bournemouth University, and a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science from the University of Sunderland.
Prior to my current role, I worked for several institutions and in various capacities since 2000 including Academic Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, Research Associate at Newcastle University, Visiting Scientist at Harvard University, Consultant at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Data Science Manager in Ghana, Africa.
Teaching and supervision
I am Programme Leader for MSc Data Science and MSc Applied Data Science.
I am also module leader for:
- CET140 Specialist Project
- FDN006 Foundations of Computing
I supervise MSc students on:
Research interests for potential research students
My research interest is in applied AI and data science with a focus on brain health. I am also interested in the privacy of AI models within the context of trustworthy AI and data protection.
I am a member of a PhD Advisory Committee at Ionian University, Greece.
I am open to PhD student research supervision – please get in touch if interested in pursuing a PhD.
Research
Current research projects as Principal Investigator:
- The Ghana Prevent Programme: a multicentre study involving three UK and two international institutions.
- Explainable AI for ADDR: project is funded by the Gate Sr Fellowship Program
Past research projects
- AI Model Inferencing Project: a Fellowship grant funded by Information Commissioner’s Office of the UK
- Applied AI and Machine Learning
- Natural Language Processing and Applications
- The Human Factors of Cybersecurity
- Corpus and Computational Linguistics for Text Analytics
- Brain Health
- Gates Sr. AD Fellow
- Member of British Computer Society
- Member of Scottish Dementia Research Consortium
- Member of Alzheimer’s Research UK Scotland Network
- Member of Brain Health Scotland Expert Hub
- Member of Collaboration for Alzheimer Prevention Data Sharing Working Group
- Associate Member of Royal Society of Medicine
- Reviewer for grant applications
- Co-Guest Editor, Special Collection on Paradigms of Global Health: Sage Publications
- Honorary Academic Fellow, Edinburgh Dementia Prevention and Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences | University of Edinburgh Medical School
- Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Ghana