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.

    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

    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

    Co-supervising the following RA and PhD research projects:

    • (2024 – present) Unlocking sleep patterns with advanced data- driven models. Aston University.
    • (2023 – present) Applications of machine learning in paediatric medical imaging segmentation triaging, Engineering for Health. Aston University.
    • (2019 - present) Intrusion Detection for Industrial Control Systems by Machine Learning using Privileged Information. BCU, External supervisor
    • RA Supervision (Jan – March 2024) ADFI prime funding.
    • RA Supervision (April – July 2022) RKE prime funding

    Completed PhD supervision:

    • (2018 - 2022) Machine learning Framework for Intelligent Detection of Phishing Websites. Award receievd in 2022. Birmingham City Unniversity.

    Key research projects

    • (Jan 2024 – present, Aston University) ADFI: First seedcorn/pump priming funds (3K). PI - Designing a Human-Centric User Interface for an Explainable Artificial Intelligence Tool in Radiology Imaging. Partners: Sandwell Hospital NHS Trust, Aston Digital Futures institute.
    • (Mar 2022 – August 2022, Aston University) Aston RKE pump priming fund (14K). PI – Machine learning-based tool for detecting chest diseases.: Sandwell Hospital NHS Trust, Aston Digital Futures institute.
    • (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

    • (2024 - present) Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. Aston University, UK
    • (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, Ph.D. in Machine Learning, The School of Computer Science, The University of Birmingham

    1 Feb 2010 → 1 Sept 2013

    Award Date: 1 Sept 2013

    MSc, Computer and Information Sciences, Ain Shams University

    Award Date: 1 Nov 2006

    BSc, Computer and Information Sciences, 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 Sept 2019 → 23 Sept 2023

    Senior 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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