Computing staff

Dr Syed Attique Shah

Lecturer

Dr. Syed Attique Shah is a Lecturer in Smart Computer Systems at the School of Computing and Digital Technology, Birmingham City University (BCU), UK. He also serves as the Programme Leader for the MSc Advanced Computer Networks at BCU. With over 12 years of experience in teaching and research, he has established a...

Dr Essa Shahra

Lecturer in Computer Science

Dr. Essa Shahra (BSc, MSc, PhD) is a Lecturer in Computer Science. Dr. Essa Shahra is an experienced lecturer with over 12 years of expertise in academia and industry. He specializes in delivering postgraduate modules, mentoring undergraduate and master's students, and has held roles as an Assistant Lecturer and Research...

Mak Sharma

Professor in Computer Science Education. Centre Lead, Cloud Computing.

Mak has an international reputation for his extensive work on the use of Vendor Resources and embedding these into various qualifications. He has worked to engage with 10 of the largest IT companies including Cisco, Microsoft, SAS and Oracle to provide a rich set of problem-based learning throughout computing, communications...

Harjinder Singh

Senior Lecturer

Harjinder joined Birmingham City University (BCU) in 2000 and has 10 years experience in teaching and consultancy, prior to joining BCU Harjinder worked in Industry as a software developer mainly in C++. Previously employed as Software Development Engineer (FKI Engineering), Systems Analyst/Programmer (Alcan Plate Ltd.) and...

Sandeep Singh Chahil

Lecturer

Sandeep has a background in corporate video production, having spent several years producing content for commercial video projects. He’s experienced in all stages of this process, with a strong technical knowledge of hardware and software systems. 

Richard Smith

Senior Lecturer

Senior lecturer delivering the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA) Security curriculum, IT Essentials (CompTIA A+), EMC, VMware and Citrix which provide career oriented coverage of introductory and advanced networking skills, whilst also providing opportunities for hands-on...

Becky Spittle

As a driven researcher and PhD student within the Digital Media Technology Lab (DMT Lab) at Birmingham City University, Becky is committed to presenting high-quality, impactful work. Her research is focused on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), most notably how input methods can be best designed and employed for Extended...

Kira Summers

Programme Leader, Lecturer

Akira Summers has been working in software and technological development since the year 2000. Starting off in web development and interactive media, she has held many development roles and spent several years working as an embedded game programmer, multimedia developer and learning technologist. She now works as a lecturer at...

Dr Quanbin Sun

Senior Lecturer

Quanbin Sun (QS)’s research expertise is in machine learning, modelling and simulation, data management, and data analytics. Currently, he is working with UK Network Rail and its partners on visualising railway bridges for engineer inspection and automatically detecting bridge defects (the preliminary research and development...