Biography

I am a Senior Lecturer in AI and Machine Learning at the School of Computing and the Course Leader for the MSc in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning. I received my PhD in Computing from the University of Portsmouth in 2018. Additionally, I serve as the Faculty of Technology and the School of Computing Early Career Researcher Representative and co-leader of the Athena Swan Team.

Research interests

My research is in the field of Text Mining, Natural Language Processing, and Machine Learning. I have collaborated with researchers in several other disciplines and participated in multiple academic and industrial projects. I am a member of several program committees for international conferences and workshops. I was a keynote speaker at the Women in Data Science (WiDS 2018) Conference UK, and a panellist for Women in Science and Technology: Experiences which took place at the INTAP’20 conference, in Norway. I have won several awards including the bronze prize in the annual international competition on best Research & Innovation projects in Cyber Security, run by the Korean Industrial Technology Security Hub.

Available PhD (Self-Funded) Projects:

• AI-Driven Analysis of Online Misogyny
• Enhancing Text Mining through Advanced AI and Machine Learning Techniques for Knowledge Discovery
• Exploit Learning Related Emotion to Improve students Engagement and Motivation in Higher Education

Teaching responsibilities

• Course Leader for the MSc in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
• Module Leader for Applied Machine Learning & Data Mining in the BSc (Hons) Data Science and Analytics program
• Lecturer for Intelligent Data and Text Analytics in the MSc in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning and MSc in Data Analytics programs