Computing staff
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Dr Arthur Theil
Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction
Dr Arthur Theil is a Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) within the College of Computing, where he teaches HCI, user experience design, and accessibility to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Arthur’s expertise includes interaction design methods, accessible computing, and assistive input techniques. His...
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Dr Edlira Vakaj
Associate Professor in Neuro-Symbolic AI
Dr Edlira Vakaj is an Associate Professor of Neuro-Symbolic AI, Academic Lead for Research, Innovation and Enterprise at the College of Computing and leading the Natural Language Processing at Birmingham City University, UK. She conducts research in multidisciplinary projects focusing on Semantic Web, Knowledge Graphs, AI,...
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Beatrice Vincenzi
Lecturer
Beatrice is a lecturer/assistant professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Department. She completed her PhD in Human-Computer Interactions in 2022 at City, University of London in the Centre for HCI Design. She was working with people with visual impairments and sighted companions to understand how they collaboratively...
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Konstantinos Vlachos
Research Fellow in Open data Engineering
Konstantinos is currently working as Research Fellow in Open Data engineering at Birmingham City University. He has a Bachelor’s degree in “Computer Science and Telecommunications Engineering” from the Higher Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly in Greece and a Master’s in “Advanced Computer Science” from Birmingham...
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Dr Yonghao Wang
Associate Professor
Dr. Yonghao (Leo) Wang is an esteemed academic with over 20 years of experience in the fields of Networking and Cybersecurity, with a special focus on blockchain technology and decentralised communication systems. His expertise also extends to Digital Signal Processing (DSP) for multimedia, as well as Cloud and Edge...
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Dr Kurtis Weir
Lecturer in Human Computer Interaction
Dr Kurtis Weir is a Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and situated at the Digital Media Technology (DMT) Lab. His research focuses are in HCI, Virtual and Augmented Reality (XR), Assistive Technologies, accessibility for disabled people, and design philosophies. Dr Weir completed his PhD in Computer Science at the...
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Ben West
Course Leader for BSc (Hons) Sound Engineering and Production, Lecturer in Audio Engineering
Ben West is the course leader for BSc (Hons) Sound Engineering and Production and leads the acoustics modules at BCU. Ben was an Acoustic Engineer in the automotive industry for ten years, holds an MSc in Acoustics with Audio Applications from the University of Salford, and is a member of the Institute of Acoustics (MIOA). ...
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Andy White
Programme Leader
Andy joined Birmingham City University 2001 as a Senior Lecturer in Computing. Following a number of years in course management he has recently been appointed Programme Leader managing a group of courses in the multimedia and broadcast area. Andy began his career as a postgraduate researcher in 1995 at the University of...
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Ian Williams
Professor of Visual Computing and Head of the Digital Media Technology Lab (DMT Lab)
Prof. Williams is Head of the Digital Media Technology Lab (DMT Lab) and leads the research strategy and vision for the Lab which encompasses the four core domains of: Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer Graphics and Computer Vision, Sound and Music Analysis and Broadcast Systems. He gained his PhD from Manchester...
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Dr Andrew Wilson SFHEA
Associate Professor
Andrew is an Associate Professor in Computing and Data Science within the College of Computing. He has developed and led many undergraduate and post graduate technology courses as course leader. As well as teaching he is an active researcher in the field of digital health, working across faculties, NHS Trusts and European...