Practical and leadership experience in developing AI solutions across disciplines and skilled in cross-disciplinary collaborations. External funding to the Department of Computer Science/School of Science, Loughborough University was £1.37M.
[PI]: Principal Investigator, [Joint-PI]: Joint Principal Investigator, [Co-I]: Co-Investigator, [R]: Research Associate under my supervision
2023-2027 | [PI] Developing AI-based tools for Vehicle Condition Monitoring and Maintenance. Royal Air Force (RAF). £148k. R/PhD: Sebastian Cheshire. |
2023-2025 | [PI] KTP project on intelligent SENSE software tool for Government departments. UKRI. £199k. Partner: SVGC technologies. R: Daniel Blake |
2022 | [PI] Research Consultancy via Loughborough University. ~£4K. |
2022-2025 | [Co-I] DECODE: Data-driven machinE-learning aided stratification management of multiple long-term COnditions (MLTCs) in adults with intellectual disabilitiEs. NIHR. Total: £2.8 million (To the School of Science: £747,973). PI is Dr Thomas Jun. Partners: Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, University of Leicester, King’s College London, Swansea University, University of Plymouth, University of Nottingham, and DeMontfort University. Rs: Dr Rania Kousovista and Dr Emeka Raphael |
2022-2024 | [Joint-PI] I-SIRch: Using AI to improve the investigation of factors contributing to adverse maternity incidents involving black mothers and families. THF/NIHR. Total: £180k (To the School of Science: £109,630). Joint-PI is Professor Patrick Waterson. Partner: Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch – HSIB. R: Dr Mohit Kumar |
2022-2023 | [PI] Themis. AI: Ethical AI for Improving Decision-Making Processes. £75k. Funders: Loughborough’s Enterprise Project Group (EPG grant) and Leicestershire County Council. R: Dr Eufrasio Lima Neto. |
2020-2023 | [PI] Defect Detection on Wind Turbine Surfaces using AI. £80k. Funder and partner: Railston & Co Ltd jointly funded with LU. R/PhD: Clifford Zhang Selected media Articles: Loughborough University – New AI tool, developed by Loughborough experts, 85% accurate for recognising and classifying wind turbine blade defects The Engineer – AI tool locates and classifies defects in wind turbine blades The Civil Engineer – Artificial Intelligence tool identifies wind turbines defects See here for more |
2020-2023 | [PI] Responsible and Explainable AI in healthcare with a focus on military and healthcare patient data. £20k. Partner and sponsor: Academic Department of Military Rehabilitation (ADMR). R/PhD: Andrew Houston. |
Completed Grants (Researchers (R) & Line Management) – Nottingham Trent University
Each project has the following researchers (R) under my supervision.
2016-2019 | [PI] Novel Approaches for Constructing Optimised Multimodal Data Spaces. The Leverhulme Trust (RPG). £115,355. R: Dr A. Taherkhani |
2019-2022 | [Co-I] Managing Affective-learning Through Intelligent Atoms and Smart InteractionS (MATHISIS). EUROPEAN COMMISSION H2020. £467k. R: M. Taheri |
2018-2019 | [Co-I] Gender Recognition Act Consultancy. Government Equality Office. Research/consultancy. £24k. R: S. Salesi and O. Oloruntoba |
2018-2019 | [PI] Gender Recognition Act Consultancy. Government Equality Office. Research/consultancy. £12k QR funds. R: S. Salesi and O. Oloruntoba |
2018-2019 | [PI] Design and development of an instant messaging mobile app. Nottingham Business School. £10k. R: T. Thomas |
2018 -2019 | [CO-I] Prostate cancer blood data collection and data preparation. NTU Health and wellbeing funds. £15k. R: Dr Simon Hood |
2018 -2019 | [PI] AI-based welding defect detection system (x-ray images and other data). Laser Optical Engineering ltd £20k. R: S. Salesi and T. Thomas |
2018 -2019 | [PI] AI-based multi-modal biometrics system. Secure Socialising Ltd. Enabling Innovation fund. £10k. R: B. Pandya |
2017-2018 | [PI:] AI-based system for coding medical records. Health and Wellbeing grant (Care IS ltd). £20k. R: D. Nagades Carlon and G. Vourgides |
2015-2016 | [Co-I] Barriers & Inequalities: Towards a Better Understanding of the Poor Prognostic Outcomes for Prostate Cancer in the African-Caribbean Community. Nottingham City Clinical Commissioning Group (NCCG). £48,000. |