Dr Nadine Aburumman
Lecturer in Computer Science
Summary
Nadine researches real-time computer graphics and leads the Graphics and Extended Reality Team (GERT). Nadine is a member of the Centre for AI: Social and Digital Innovation, where she co-coordinated the AI Centre Thought Leadership series (TLS) for 2 years (2023 and 2024). She is also a member of the Interactive Multimedia System (IMS) research group. Before joining Brunel, Nadine was a research associate at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (ICN) at University College London (UCL). Prior to that, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Computer Science Research Institute of Toulouse (IRIT) funded by Centre International de Mathématiques et Informatique de Toulouse (CIMI) after a successful grant acquisition for 2 years (€ 80K). Before that, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, in the Institute for Multiscale Simulation (MSS). She completed her PhD studies in the ALCOR Lab at Sapienza University of Rome after being awarded a PhD Erasmus Mundus Scholarship.
Qualifications
BSc in computer science, MSc in computer science (computer graphics, vision and imaging), PhD in computer science (digital human and shape simulation), and FHEA (PgCAP in academic practice).
Nadine's work; research, teaching, and admin activities contribute towards the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
Awards:
- 2024: Runner-Up: Lecturer of the Year (Student Led Award-University Level)
- 2023: The Recognition of Excellence (RoE) Award
- 2022: Brunel Research Initiative And Enterprise Fund (BRIEF) Award
- 2014: Best paper and best presentation awards at the 30th SCCG conference
- 2012: Three-year scholarship awarded from EU Erasmus Mundus to support my PhD studies
Programme Committee (PC) member & Editorial Roles:
- ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA)
- Computer Graphics International (CGI)
- International Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA)
- Review Editor, Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour, Frontiers in Virtual Reality
Peer-review for funding agencies:
Responsibility
- Member of Senate - University Level,
- Deputy Admissions Tutor for Undergraduate Level,
- Departmental Athena SWAN - Outreach Lead (Some of our outreach activities are listed here, and some resources related to these activities can be found here),
- The CS communication coordinator with Code First Girls (CFG),
- Made In Brunel - logistics and planning,
- In2STEM Programme Co-Host and Facilitator 2024
- Co-lead the AI Centre Thought Leadership series (TLS) – (from 2023 - to 2024)
- AI Thought Leadership Seminars for Winter/Spring 2024
- AI Thought Leadership Seminars for Winter/Spring 2023
Newest selected publications
Zhou, M. and Aburumman, N. (2024) 'Grasping Objects in Immersive Virtual Reality Environments: Challenges and Current Techniques'.10th IEEE International Conference on Virtual Reality 2024. Bournemouth, UK. ISSN: 2331-9542 Open Access Link
K. Xanthidou, O., Aburumman, N. and Ben-Abdallah, H. (2024) 'Investigating Trainee Perspectives on Virtual Reality Environments: An In-Depth Examination of Immersive Experiences with Haptic Feedback Vibration'.The 18th IEEE Annual International Systems Conference 2024. Montreal, QC, Canada. 15 - 18 April. IEEE. pp. 1 - 8. ISSN: 1944-7620 Open Access Link
Bulgarelli, C., Pinti, P., Aburumman, N. and Jones, EJH. (2023) 'Combining wearable fNIRS and immersive virtual reality to study preschoolers’ social development: a proof-of-principle study on preschoolers’ social preference'. Oxford Open Neuroscience, 2. pp. 1 - 15. ISSN: 2753-149X Open Access Link
Michael, B. and Aburumman, N. (2023) 'Exploring Language Pedagogy with Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence'.41st Computer Graphics & Visual Computing Conference. Wales, UK. 15 - 15 September. Computer Graphics and Visual Computing (CGVC). pp. 1 - 6.Open Access Link
Keshtkar, H. and Aburumman, N. (2023) 'DropSPH: ISPH Simulation of Droplet Interactions with a Solid Surface'.The 44th Annual Conference of the European Association for Computer Graphics. Saarbrücken, Germany. 7 - 12 May. Eurographics 2023. pp. 13 - 14.Open Access Link