Our Staff
-
Taufiq Asyhari
Associate Professor in Networks and Communications
Taufiq is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing and Digital technology and the Head of the Future Information Networks (FINET) Research Cluster at Birmingham City University (BCU). He received the PhD degree in Information Engineering from Trinity Hall, the University of Cambridge, UK, and the BEng (1st Class...
-
Professor Cham Athwal
Associate Head of School (Research)
Cham Athwal is Head of Research in the School of Computing and Digital Media Technology . He teaches on the BSc (Hons) courses for Digital Media Technology , and Sound Engineering and Production . An experienced lecturer and researcher, Cham has led numerous technology transfer projects, as well as working as an...
-
Ron Austin
Associate Professor
Ron has 17 years’ industrial experience working for Telewest, Energis and Cable and Wireless. He managed and built the Freeserve network before moving to Cable & Wireless where he managed the network management systems (Operational Systems Support (OSS)) for the Voice Over IP (VOIP) network.
-
Dr Muhammad Ajmal Azad
Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security
Muhammad Ajmal Azad is a Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Cyber Security in the Department of Computer Science and Digital Technologies at Birmingham City University. His research interests broadly cover the areas of network security and privacy. In the past few years, he designed systems and methods for securing...
-
Professor Atif Azad
Professor of Artificial Intelligence
The work of Professor Azad furthers the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, UK Digital Strategy, and BCU's 2025 strategy for creating an inclusive digital economy, closing the digital skills gap, partnership building and decreasing underrepresentation of various demographics in the tech industry via some flagship...
-
Dr. Shadi Basurra
Senior Lecturer
Shadi Basurra received his BSc (Hons) degree in Computer Science from Exeter University, the UK, and MSc in Distributed Systems and Networks from Kent University at Canterbury, UK. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Bath in collaboration with Bristol University. After completing his Ph.D., Shadi worked at Sony...
-
Dr Mohamed Ben Farah
Lecturer in Networks and Cyber Security
Mohamed (BEng, MSc, PhD, HDR) is a Lecturer in Cyber Security at Birmingham City University. Prior to this position, he was a research associate in Cyber Security at the Institute for Signals, Sensors and Communications with the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. Mohamed has...
-
Dr Jagdev Bhogal
Associate Professor of Computing
Jagdev is an experienced lecturer whose main teaching area is Database Systems. Jagdev has published conference and journal papers on relational/object/nosql database systems, ontologies, text mining and cloud computing.
-
Dr Waleed Bin Shahid
Research Fellow
Dr. Waleed Bin Shahid is working as a Research Fellow on the WMHTIA (West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator) project at the School of Computing and Digital Technology, Birmingham City University, UK. He is an information security academician and researcher with over 13 years of combined experience in academia and...
-
Nizam Bolia
Senior Lecturer
Nizam Bolia has over 17 years of experience in Higher Education. He is the Programme Leader for BSc (Hons) Computing & Information Technology (CIT), BSc (Hons) Computing and the Computing Foundation Year for all degree routes. He is also involved in Transnational Education (TNE) which he leads the CIT course in Nepal.