Anagnostou
dr anastasia anagnostou is a senior lecturer in the department of computer science at brunel university london and the co-lead of the modelling & simulation group (msg). she is also member of the intelligent data analytics (ida) group. she holds a phd in distributed modelling & simulation, an msc in telemedicine and e-health systems and a bsc(hons) in electronic engineering. her research interests lie in the areas of advanced computing infrastructures for modelling and simulation, open science for simulation, hybrid distributed simulation and modelling and simulation for healthcare and industrial applications. since 2011, she has been involved in several interdisciplinary research projects with stakeholders from industry and academia across manufacturing, healthcare, defence and food supply chains. she has also worked in africa helping to develop digital infrastructures and collaborative services enabling open science. she is co-chair for the or society’s simulation workshop (sw21) and member of organising committees for international conferences sponsored by the ieee and acm/sigsim. she has been awarded horizon 2020 funding for a 9.5 million euro project (brunel contribution €370k) entitled “demonstration of intelligent decision support for pandemic crisis prediction and management within and across european borders” (stamina). modelling and simulation, distributed simulation, cloud computing, open science, e-infrastructures, healthcare systems, internet of things cs2005 networks and operating systems (module leader) cs2001 level 2 group project cs2555 work placement cs3004 network computing cs3072-3605 computer science/business computing final-year projects cs5601 enterprise modelling (module reviewer) i also taught: introduction to programming, business analysis and process modelling, systems project management, erp systems theory and practise, erp systems deployment and configuration and sap erp integration of business processes certification course (terp-10).
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Dr Anastasia Anagnostou
Dr Anastasia Anagnostou is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Brunel University London and the co-lead of the Modelling & Simulation Group (MSG). She is also member of the Intelligent Data Analytics (IDA) Group. She holds a PhD in Distributed Modelling & Simulation, an MSc in Telemedicine and e-Health Systems and a BSc(Hons) in Electronic Engineering. Her research interests lie in the areas of Advanced Computing Infrastructures for Modelling and Simulation, Open Science for Simulation, Hybrid Distributed Simulation and Modelling and Simulation for Healthcare and Industrial Applications. Since 2011, she has been involved in several interdisciplinary research projects with stakeholders from industry and academia across manufacturing, healthcare, defence and food supply chains. She has also worked in Africa helping to develop digital infrastructures and collaborative services enabling open science. She is co-chair for the OR Society’s Simulation Workshop (SW21) and member of organising committees for international conferences sponsored by the IEEE and ACM/SIGSIM. She has been awarded Horizon 2020 funding for a 9.5 million Euro project (Brunel contribution €370K) entitled “Demonstration of intelligent decision support for pandemic crisis prediction and management within and across European borders” (STAMINA). Modelling and Simulation, Distributed Simulation, Cloud Computing, Open Science, e-Infrastructures, Healthcare Systems, Internet of Things CS2005 Networks and Operating Systems (Module Leader) CS2001 Level 2 Group Project CS2555 Work Placement CS3004 Network Computing CS3072-3605 Computer Science/Business Computing Final-Year Projects CS5601 Enterprise Modelling (Module reviewer) I also taught: Introduction to Programming, Business Analysis and Process Modelling, Systems Project Management, ERP Systems Theory and Practise, ERP Systems Deployment and Configuration and SAP ERP Integration of Business Processes Certification Course (TERP-10).
Prunty
mellissa was the divisional lead for occupational therapy at brunel university london until november 2024. she is a children's occupational therapist by background. she qualified from the msc (pre-reg) programme at glasgow caledonian university in 2010. she previously completed a bsc (hons) in kinesiology at memorial university of newfoundland in canada, while on athletic scholarship for women’s basketball. she completed her phd on handwriting difficulties in children with developmental coordination disorder (dcd), which she undertook at oxford brookes university under the supervision of prof. anna barnett, dr. mandy plumb and dr. kate wilmut. mellissa has worked in a variety of childrens' services and specialises in working with children with coordination difficulties. she founded the kidspace children's occupational therapy research clinic at the university which investigates key skills and participation in childhood including handwriting, activities of daily living and cycling. the clinic currently offers placements to occupational therapy students at the university. separate to this mellissa co-led the development of wheelchair basketball and disability sport on campus. she has organised a series of inter-professional training days for health care students and has incorporated wheelchair basketball into the occupational therapy curriculum. the wheelchair basketball project has now expanded into the local community and a new club for children and adults is now underway (brunel bulls). mellissa joined brunel university london as a lecturer in october 2013 and left her position in november 2024. she remains in an honorary reader position with a focus on research and scholarship projects.
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Dr Mellissa Prunty
Mellissa was the Divisional Lead for Occupational Therapy at Brunel University London until November 2024. She is a children's Occupational Therapist by background. She qualified from the MSc (pre-reg) programme at Glasgow Caledonian University in 2010. She previously completed a BSc (Hons) in Kinesiology at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada, while on athletic scholarship for women’s basketball. She completed her PhD on handwriting difficulties in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), which she undertook at Oxford Brookes University under the supervision of Prof. Anna Barnett, Dr. Mandy Plumb and Dr. Kate Wilmut. Mellissa has worked in a variety of childrens' services and specialises in working with children with coordination difficulties. She founded the Kidspace children's occupational therapy research clinic at the university which investigates key skills and participation in childhood including handwriting, activities of daily living and cycling. The clinic currently offers placements to occupational therapy students at the university. Separate to this Mellissa co-led the development of wheelchair basketball and disability sport on campus. She has organised a series of inter-professional training days for health care students and has incorporated wheelchair basketball into the occupational therapy curriculum. The wheelchair basketball project has now expanded into the local community and a new club for children and adults is now underway (Brunel Bulls). Mellissa joined Brunel University London as a Lecturer in October 2013 and left her position in November 2024. She remains in an Honorary Reader position with a focus on research and scholarship projects.
Turner
claire turner is an interdisciplinary scientist with a bsc in chemistry and biochemistry from the university of natal and a phd in biochemical engineering from ucl. her aim is to enable all our students to have an excellent education and student experience irrespective of their background and circumstances. she is very interested in innovations in pedagogy and how we can use these in improving the student experience. she was previously at the open university where she taught analytical science, and interdisciplinary science. her research is focussed around the analysis of volatile organic compounds, applied to diverse field as non-invasive disease dignosis and environmental monitoring.
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Professor Claire Turner
Claire Turner is an interdisciplinary scientist with a BSc in Chemistry and Biochemistry from the University of Natal and a PhD in Biochemical Engineering from UCL. Her aim is to enable all our students to have an excellent education and student experience irrespective of their background and circumstances. She is very interested in innovations in pedagogy and how we can use these in improving the student experience. She was previously at The Open University where she taught Analytical Science, and interdisciplinary science. Her research is focussed around the analysis of volatile organic compounds, applied to diverse field as non-invasive disease dignosis and environmental monitoring.
Wang
dr fang wang is a senior lecturer in the department of computer science at brunel university london. she received a phd in artificial intelligence from the university of edinburgh and worked as a senior researcher in the research centre of british telecom (bt) group, before she joined brunel university london in 2010. dr. wang has published a number of papers in books, journals and conferences and filed a series of patents. dr. wang is an established teacher and researcher in computer science and artificial intelligence. her research interests include nature-inspired computing, agents, intelligent information processing, intelligent distributed computing, cognitive radio networks, e-learning and cloud education, cognitive science and computer vision. she actively participated in a number of eu, epsrc, bt long term research projects and received several technical awards, including the gordon radley technical premium highly commended award of bt and acm best student paper award at the third international conference on autonomous agents. she is on the editorial boards of several international journals and serves on many program committees. dr. wang’s main research interest is in artificial intelligence and its applications. this includes using nature-inspired techniques such as intelligent agents, swarm intelligence, evolutionary computing and neural networks to solve real world applications such as network optimisation, radio spectrum management, decentralised computing, user analysis, self-organising communities, and so on. lectured, administered, tutored and examined courses at undergraduate and msc levels on topics including introduction to programming, algorithms and their applications, systems in context, digital innovation, level 1 and level 2 group projects and final year projects. class sizes varied from 8 to 350. supervised a number of undergraduate and msc projects.
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Dr Fang Wang
Dr Fang Wang is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Brunel University London. She received a PhD in artificial intelligence from the University of Edinburgh and worked as a senior researcher in the research centre of British Telecom (BT) Group, before she joined Brunel University London in 2010. Dr. Wang has published a number of papers in books, journals and conferences and filed a series of patents. Dr. Wang is an established teacher and researcher in computer science and artificial intelligence. Her research interests include nature-inspired computing, agents, intelligent information processing, intelligent distributed computing, cognitive radio networks, e-learning and cloud education, cognitive science and computer vision. She actively participated in a number of EU, EPSRC, BT long term research projects and received several technical awards, including the Gordon Radley Technical Premium Highly Commended award of BT and ACM Best Student Paper Award at the Third International Conference on Autonomous Agents. She is on the editorial boards of several international journals and serves on many program committees. Dr. Wang’s main research interest is in artificial intelligence and its applications. This includes using nature-inspired techniques such as intelligent agents, swarm intelligence, evolutionary computing and neural networks to solve real world applications such as network optimisation, radio spectrum management, decentralised computing, user analysis, self-organising communities, and so on. Lectured, administered, tutored and examined courses at undergraduate and MSc levels on topics including Introduction to programming, Algorithms and their applications, Systems in Context, Digital Innovation, level 1 and level 2 group projects and final year projects. Class sizes varied from 8 to 350. Supervised a number of undergraduate and MSc projects.
Sassoon
dr isabel sassoon is a senior lecturer in computer science at brunel university. isabel was brunel lead investigator on immune (immunity passport service design) an ukri arts and humanities research council funded project. immune's aim is to research the unintended consequences and risks related to immunity passports for covid-19 with a view to inform their design in way that mitigates these. before joining brunel isabel was research associate on the consult (collaborative mobile decision support for managing multiple morbidities), an epsrc funded project in the department of informatics in king’s college london. this project developed a collaborative mobile decision-support system to help patients suffering from chronic diseases to self-manage their treatment, by bringing together and reasoning with wellbeing sensor data, clinical guidelines and patient data. prior to that isabel was teaching fellow in the department of informatics in king’s college london, primarily on the data science msc. isabel's research interests are in data-driven automated reasoning, and its transparency and explainability. her phd research developed a computational argumentation based system to support the appropriate selection of statistical model given a research objective and available data. her current research continues to explore how computational argumentation can assist in model explainability and trust. prior to joining king's college london isabel worked for more than 10 years as a data science consultant in industry, including 8 years in sas uk. isabel read statistics, operations research and economics at tel aviv university and received her ph.d. in informatics from king's college london. isabel is a fellow of the royal statistical society and editorial board member of real world data science, data science explainable ai computational argumentation health informatics
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Dr Isabel Sassoon
Dr Isabel Sassoon is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at Brunel University. Isabel was Brunel Lead Investigator on IMMUNE (Immunity Passport Service Design) an UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project. IMMUNE's aim is to research the unintended consequences and risks related to immunity passports for COVID-19 with a view to inform their design in way that mitigates these. Before joining Brunel Isabel was Research Associate on the CONSULT (Collaborative Mobile Decision Support for Managing Multiple Morbidities), an EPSRC funded project in the Department of Informatics in King’s College London. This project developed a collaborative mobile decision-support system to help patients suffering from chronic diseases to self-manage their treatment, by bringing together and reasoning with wellbeing sensor data, clinical guidelines and patient data. Prior to that Isabel was Teaching Fellow in the Department of Informatics in King’s College London, primarily on the Data Science MSc. Isabel's research interests are in data-driven automated reasoning, and its transparency and explainability. Her PhD research developed a computational argumentation based system to support the appropriate selection of statistical model given a research objective and available data. Her current research continues to explore how computational argumentation can assist in model explainability and trust. Prior to joining King's College London Isabel worked for more than 10 years as a data science consultant in industry, including 8 years in SAS UK. Isabel read Statistics, Operations Research and Economics at Tel Aviv University and received her Ph.D. in Informatics from King's College London. Isabel is a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and Editorial Board Member of Real World Data Science, Data Science Explainable AI Computational Argumentation Health Informatics
Tang
dr kangkang tang possesses the professional qualification of a chartered civil and structural engineer (ceng mice istructe). at brunel university london, he serves as a senior lecturer, director of teaching and learning, and programme leader for beng/meng civil engineering courses. additionally, dr tang is actively engaged as a member of the accreditation visiting team for the joint board of moderators (jbm). his primary research interests focus on the enhancement of resilient infrastructure. motivated by the previous industrial experience, he has conducted extensive study in stray-current-induced corrosion through computer simulations and experimental approaches. this research laid the foundation for this research to further enhance the understanding of stray current-induced corrosion in ultra-high-performance steel fibre-reinforced concrete (uhpsfrc), a highly promising alternative to traditional steel-reinforced concrete for use in railway tunnel construction. notably, dr tang has expanded the scope of his computer simulation approach, employing agent-based modelling (abm) to assess the risk of hospital-acquired infections within complex hospital environments. for more detailed insights into his work on modelling healthcare resilience, please visit: resilient infrastructures | brunel university london. dr tang’s primary research interests focus on the enhancement of resilient infrastructure. he is leading the research group in resilient infrastructures (resilient infrastructures | brunel university london), with emphasis on resilient health and care infrastructure development. he is also leading the project investigating the inherent corrosion resistance of steel fibre reinforced concrete (sfrc) under railway stray direct current (dc) and alternating current (ac) environments. fields of specialisation: instrumental approaches in electrochemistry; reinforced concrete durability study; application of finite element, boundary element, and agent-based computer simulation. dr kangkang tang is the programme leader for beng/meng civil engineering courses at brunel university london. he also serves as the module leader for ce2620 design project and ce3610 design of structural systems. additionally, he supervises final-year beng, meng, and msc student projects.
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Dr Kangkang Tang
Dr Kangkang Tang possesses the professional qualification of a chartered civil and structural engineer (CEng MICE IStructE). At Brunel University London, he serves as a senior lecturer, director of teaching and learning, and programme leader for BEng/MEng Civil Engineering courses. Additionally, Dr Tang is actively engaged as a member of the accreditation visiting team for the Joint Board of Moderators (JBM). His primary research interests focus on the enhancement of resilient infrastructure. Motivated by the previous industrial experience, he has conducted extensive study in stray-current-induced corrosion through computer simulations and experimental approaches. This research laid the foundation for this research to further enhance the understanding of stray current-induced corrosion in ultra-high-performance steel fibre-reinforced concrete (UHPSFRC), a highly promising alternative to traditional steel-reinforced concrete for use in railway tunnel construction. Notably, Dr Tang has expanded the scope of his computer simulation approach, employing agent-based modelling (ABM) to assess the risk of hospital-acquired infections within complex hospital environments. For more detailed insights into his work on modelling healthcare resilience, please visit: Resilient infrastructures | Brunel University London. Dr Tang’s primary research interests focus on the enhancement of resilient infrastructure. He is leading the research group in resilient infrastructures (Resilient infrastructures | Brunel University London), with emphasis on resilient health and care infrastructure development. He is also leading the project investigating the inherent corrosion resistance of steel fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC) under railway stray direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) environments. Fields of specialisation: Instrumental approaches in electrochemistry; Reinforced concrete durability study; Application of finite element, boundary element, and agent-based computer simulation. Dr Kangkang Tang is the programme leader for BEng/MEng Civil Engineering courses at Brunel University London. He also serves as the module leader for CE2620 Design Project and CE3610 Design of Structural Systems. Additionally, he supervises final-year BEng, MEng, and MSc student projects.