Research staff

Dr Mariam Adedoyin-Olowe

Programme Leader – MSc Artificial Intelligence

Mariam is Programme Leader of MSc Artificial Intelligence in the School of Computing and Digital Technology at Birmingham City University. She is also a researcher in the field of Data Mining/Data Analytics/Data Science. She obtained her PhD degree in Computing Science from the School of Computing Science and Digital Media...

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 Jagdev Bhogal

Acting Head of Computing & Data Science Department; Associate Professor Database Systems

Jagdev is an experienced lecturer whose main teaching area is Database Systems. She is the Course Leader for MSc Business Intelligence and the MSc Big Data Analytics courses. Jagdev has published conference and journal papers on relational/object/nosql database systems, ontologies, text mining and cloud computing.

Professor Mohamed Gaber

Professor in Data Analytics

Mohamed Gaber is a Professor in Big Data Analytics at our School of Computing and Digital Technology . He received his PhD from Monash University in Australia, and then held appointments with the University of Sydney and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Prior to joining Birmingham...