Shereen Fouad
 

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Dr Shereen Fouad

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4965-7017

    Accepting PhD Students

    PhD projects

    Looking for PhD students who want to explore and address research problems in the following topics:
    - Ethics and Data Bias in AI-enabled Healthcare Systems
    - Explainable Artificial Intelligence for computer vision tasks
    - Machine learning approaches in medical image analysis.

    Knowledge and skills required in a PhD applicant:
    - A minimum of a UK First or Upper Second-Class Honours undergraduate degree in computer science related field.
    - Experience and knowledge in machine learning design and development using one of the AI programming languages e.g. Python
    - Excellent communication skills to express ideas effectively, orally, graphically and in writing

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    Personal profile

    Research Interests

    • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
    • Medical Imaging analysis
    • Applications of Machine Learning in Medicine, Cyber security and industry
    • Natural Language Processing and its applications in Medicine and Industry.

    Teaching Activity

    • (CS2IAI) Introduction to Artificial Intellegence
    • (CS2TP) Team Project
    • (CS4870) Team Project
    • (DC2DSA) Data Structures & Algorithms with Java

    Employment

    • (Sep 2021 – present) Lecturer in Computer Science, at College of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Informatics & Digital Technology, Aston University, UK.
    • (Jan 2020 – Aug 2021) Senior Lecturer at school of Computing and Digital Technology, Faculty of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment (CEBE), Birmingham City University (BCU), UK
    • (Jan 2018 – Dec 2019) Lecturer at school of Computing and Digital Technology, CEBE, BCU, UK
    • (Aug 2015 - Dec 2018) Research Fellow at the Institute of clinical sciences, School of Dentistry, The University of Birmingham (UoB), UK.
    • (Sep 2014 – Jul 2015) Teaching Fellow at The School of Computer Science, UoB, UK.
    • (Jan 2014 – Sep 2014) Research Fellow in Machine Learning at The School of Computer Science, UoB, UK.
    • (Mar 2009 – Apr 2010) Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Media Engineering and Technology - Computer Science Department, German University in Cairo (GUC), Cairo, Egypt.
    • (Sep 2004 – Feb 2009) Teaching Assistance, Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences – Information System Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

    PhD Supervision

    External supervisor for the two follwoing PhD research projects at Birmingham City Unniversity:

    • (2018 - 2022) Machine learning Framework for Intelligent Detection of Phishing Websites. Award receievd in 2022.
    • (2019 - present) Intrusion Detection for Industrial Control Systems by Machine Learning using Privileged Information

    Funding Applications and Awards

    • (July 2021 – Sep 2023, Aston University and Warwick Univerity) ESRC “Understanding how servitization can impact UK economic productivity and environmental performance” (total grant £1,849,775.15) - acting as co-investigator
    • (March 2022 - July 2022, Aston University) RKE Pump Priming Fund (total grant £14,700) - acting as principal investigator
    • (Feb 2020 - Sep 2021, Birmingham City University) Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project - 4Net technologies (total grant £ 210,523) – Acting as Project leader.
    • (Jul 2020 - Sep 2021, Birmingham City University) Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project - MET (total grant £ 181,788) – Acting as Academic supervisor.
    • (2014) Ramsay research funding award from the University of Birmingham, - acting as co-investigator.

    Key research projects

    • (July 2021 – present, Aston University) co-investigator in ESRC project “Understanding how servitization can impact UK economic productivity and environmental performance” (total grant £1,849,775.15)  (www.servitization.ac.uk) 
    • (2019 – 2021, Birmingham City University) Principle investigator of the PERSEUS project - an Innovate UK/APC (Advanced Propulsion Centre) funded project led by Jaguar Land Rover. Total grant £199,000.00. (Project Perseus)
    • (2020 – 2021, Birmingham City University) Project leader for Innovate UK, Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project - 4Net technologies (total grant £ 210,523).
    • (2020 – 2021, Birmingham City University) Academic supervisor for Innovate UK, KTP project – MET (total grant £ 181,788) – July 2020.
    • (2018 – 2020, Birmingham City University) Academic advisor of Innovate UK, Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project - Kadfire (total grant £136,487)
    • (2015 – 2018, University of Birmingham) Research Fellow on project funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (Novel context-based segmentation algorithms for intelligent microscopy)
    • (Jan 2014 – Sep 2014) Research Fellow in Machine Learning at The School of Computer Science, The University of Birmingham, UK. Project funded by Ramsay research.

    Membership of Professional Bodies

    • (2019 - present) Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. The school of Computing and Digital Technology, Birmingham City University, UK
    • (2018 - present) Honorary Research Fellow at The Institute of Clinical Sciences, The school of Dentistry, The University of Birmingham, UK

     

    Education/Academic qualification

    PhD, The School of Computer Science, The University of Birmingham

    1 Feb 2010 → 1 Sep 2013

    Award Date: 1 Sep 2013

    MSc, Ain Shams University

    Award Date: 1 Nov 2006

    BSc, Ain Shams University

    Award Date: 1 Nov 2000

    External positions

    Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Birmingham, College of Clinical Sciences, The University of Birmingham, College of Clinical Sciences

    30 Sep 2019 → 23 Sep 2023

    Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, The Higher Education Academy

    Keywords

    • QA76 Computer software
    • Machine learning
    • Medical imaging
    • Data mining
    • Computer Vision
    • Applications of Machine Learning in Cyber Security
    • Applications of Machine Learning in Business

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