Our Staff
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Professor Mark Josephs
Professor of Computer Science/Centre Lead
Professor Josephs has a BSc (Hons) degree in Mathematics from University College London and MSc and DPhil degrees in Computer Science from the University of Oxford. After spending a year as a Visiting Scientist at IBM Yorktown Heights in 1987, he returned to Oxford where he was appointed a member of the Faculty of...
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Dr Maadh Al Kalbani
Research Fellow in Human Computer Interaction
Dr Maadh Al Kalbani is a Research Fellow in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) within the DMT Lab specialising in HCI, Extended Reality technologies (AR/VR/MR), usability analysis and user experience. He received a BSc degree with honours in Digital Media Technology and a PhD degree in Computer Science from Birmingham City...
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Professor Paul Kearney
Professor of Cybersecurity
Paul Kearney is part-time Professor of Cybersecurity in the Cyber-Physical Systems Department of the School of Computing and Digital Technology. Paul has had a long and varied career in research and development in industry, and has previously worked for British Aerospace (BAe), Sharp and British Telecom (BT). He has...
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Zeeshan Khattak
Lecturer in Digital Media Technology
Zeeshan Khattak is a lecturer in Digital Media Technology at the School of Computing and Digital Technology. Working as part BIFCA, he is based in Wuhan where he teaches subjects relating to video and audio technology, visual effects and the final year projects. Zeeshan completed his undergraduate at Birmingham City...
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Aliyu Lawal Aliyu
Postgraduate Research Student
Aliyu obtained his bachelor's degree (2006 - 2010) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ahmadu Bello University Nigeria. His undergraduate project was on Frequency jammers, where he produced an electronic device capable of locking radio frequencies in the range of 30 – 120 MHz. Later, he joined the Cisco Academy in 2011...
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Mr Chris Maguire
Programme Leader
Chris’s previous experience includes extensive work in web development as well working as a trainer in Microsoft technologies, carrying out professional training for many years across a multitude of programs as part of the Microsoft Academy. He moved on to writing and teaching short academic courses as part of the CPS...
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Dr Khaled Mahbub
Associate Professor in Software Engineering
Khaled started his academic career, in September 1999, as a Lecturer (US hierarchy) in Computer Science & Engineering at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, where he worked until March 2001. From May 2006 to July 2007, Khaled served as Research...
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Liam Matthews-Dibbins
Assistant Lecturer in Computing
Liam is an Assistant Lecturer in the School of Computing and Digital Technology and joined the University in 2016, having graduated from the Information and Communications Technology course. Liam has worked in a Student Success Advisor role, focusing on student engagement, employability and certifications, and latterly...
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Andrew McKeown
Postgraduate Research Student
After finishing college Andrew worked as a chain person for RJ Budge mining. In 2001 he joined the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army becoming an Area Systems Operator. He left the Army in 2008 to gain a degree in telecommunication engineering, and between finishing his degree and starting his PhD he briefly worked as a...
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Dr Tychonas Michailidis
Lecturer in Digital Media Technology
Dr Tychonas Michailidis is a Lecturer in Digital Media Technology at the School of Computing and Digital Technology. He is part of BIFCA, teaching both students in Birmingham and in Wuhan, China. He joined BCU in February 2020 from Solent University in Southampton. He received his PhD degree in music technology and...