Adel Aneiba
Head of Computing
School of Computing and Digital Technology - CDT
- Email:
- adel.aneiba@bcu.ac.uk
- Phone:
- 0121 331 7494
Dr Adel Aneiba was born on 9 December 1974, in Benghazi, Libya. He finished all of his study stages from primary to high school in Benghazi. In 1997, he obtained a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Benghazi.
In 2000, he moved to the UK to pursue his postgraduate studies and obtained an MSc in e-commerce at Staffordshire University in 2003. In 2004, he was awarded a PhD scholarship from Staffordshire University in the area of mobile computing.
In 2008, he finished his PhD and joined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) as a deputy director of the Tripoli Project Office (TPO). The project aim was to develop an information network for higher education institutions in Libya. At the end of 2010, he joined Benghazi University as a computer networks lecturer and researcher, teaching several modules such as network evaluation and management, mobile computing, mobile commerce and web technologies. In addition, he supervised many BSc and MSc students.
Currently, he is an Associate Professor in Internet of Things (IoT). His research interests are: IoT; computer networks simulation, evaluation and optimisation; and blockchain. He worked as a senior ICT consultant for several governmental organisations for many years and participated in managing mega IT projects in the areas of data centre designing and development, and reengineering business processes.
He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA).