Computing staff
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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...
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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.
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Samuel Smith
Lecturer in Sound and Music Technology
Dr. Samuel Smith leads modules in Digital Signal Processing, Digital Audio Effects, and Audio and Video Processing. He received a BSc~(Hons) in Sound Engineering and Production from Birmingham City University in 2012 and a PhD from the same institution in 2021. His doctoral research developed a novel statistical approach for...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Aidan Taylor
Course Leader – BA (Hons) Game Design
Aidan is a lecturer and veteran of the game industry, with over 14 years’ experience working in games, from publishing to technical design and everything in between. Aidan has been teaching full-time at BCU since 2022 and is currently the Course Director for BA Video Game Design and BA Game Design.
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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, and...
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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...