Supervision of Doctoral students and Researchers

Awarded 20 PhD students

Ziping Jiang, Interpretability of Feed Forward Neural Network from Activation Perspective, 20% supervision, viva May 2024
Mona Alghamdi, Machine Learning methods for human identification from dorsal hand images, 60% supervision, viva 4 May 2023
Nicolas Ian Arnold, Object Classification from Point Cloud Data, full time, 40% supervision, 27 January 2023
Eduardo Almeida Soares, Explainable-by-design Deep Learning, 100% supervision, March 2022, funded by Ford, now Senior Research Scientist with IBM; ; awarded 2023 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
Elnaz Shafipouryardshahi, Multi-agent Systems, 50% supervision, self-funded, awarded 2 Feb. 2021
Xiaowei Gu, 2018, Self-Organising Transparent Learning Systems, 100% supervision, now Lecturer; awarded 2020 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
Azliza Mohd Ali, 2018, 100% supervision, Intelligent Techniques for Automatic Detection of Anomalous Behaviour
Allah Bux Sargano , 2017, 50% supervision (part time away/COMSATS, Pakistan), Vision-based Human Action Recognition using Machine Learning Techniques
Gruffydd Morris , 2017, 100% supervision, Autonomous Object Detection and Tracking in Real Time, now post-doctoral researcher (PDRA), Lancaster
Azman Ali , 2017, 20% supervision, Computational Intelligence Methods for Resilient Computer Networks, now with Telecom Malaysia
Eric Jones, 2017, 50% supervision, Intelligent models of VoIP communication, now with Nokia
Dmitry Kangin , 2016, 50% supervision, Autonomous Real-time Video-Processing Methods, now PDRA, Exeter University, UK
Richard Hyde ,2016,100% supervision, Clustering of Atmospheric data, now PDRA, Lancaster
Julio Trevisan, 2013, 50% supervision, A computational framework to extract biomarkers from complex biospectroscopy datasets, now at Sao Paolo University, Brazil
Rashmi Dutta Baruah , 2013, 100% supervision, Data Stream Clustering: An Aid to Evolving Intelligent System Design, now Assistant Professor at IIT India
Javier Andreu , 2012, 100% supervision, Evolving Intelligent Systems Applied to Ubiquitous Computing Technologies, now Lecturer at the University of in Essex
Pouria Sadeghi-Tehran , 2012, 100% supervision, Automatic Methods for Video Streams Analysis and Self-organising Controllers, now at Rothamsted Research, UK
Antony Evans, 2011, 100% supervision, Web-oriented Intelligent Systems, now executive coach at Lancaster University
Simon McDonald, 2010, 50% supervision, funded by EPSRC, Better Clinical Decisions for Less Effort: Building Prediction Software Models to Improve Anticoagulation Care and Prevent Thrombosis and Strokes, now Researcher at Security Lancaster
Xiaowei Zhou, 2008, 100% supervision, Evolving Intelligent Systems with Neuro-Fuzzy Model, now Director of Pulse Ltd
Yi Zhang, 2005, 50% supervision, Synthesis of Optimum HVAC System Configurations by Evolutionary Algorithm, now Senior Researcher at De Monfort University, Leicester, UK

Other PhD students currently being supervised:

Ben Tomczyk, full time, 100% supervision, Explainable Deep Learning, 2023-2027
Ziyang Zhang, full time, 90% supervision, Explainable AI for Earth Observation: Flood detection and prediction, funded by ESA, 2021-2024
Alvaro Lopez Pellicer, Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, funded by EPSRC (TAS-S project), 2022-2025
Agil Aghasanli, Interpretable Deep Learning, 2024-2027

Supervising Postdoctoral Research Associates (PDRAs):

Dr Dmitry Kangin, October 2022 - 30 September 2025, ELSA project, funded by UKRI/EC Horizon project
Dr Yi Li, October 2022 - 31 October 2024 on the EPSRC funded TAS-S project
Dr. Murilo Camargos, 1 November 2021 - 31 March 2023, MSM, EPSRC/Faraday Institute funded project
Dr. Cynthia Yu, PDRA, April 2021- mid 2024, Trustworthy Autonomous Systems - security node, EPSRC funded project
Dr. Ritesh Viyas, PDRA, September 2020 - December 2023, H-unique, ERC funded project
Dr. Zheheng Jiang, PDRA, September 2020 – December 2023, H-unique, ERC funded project

Line management of project administrators:

Nikki Flook - project manager on ELSA project, January 2023 - 31 September 2025
LIRA project administrator - Megan Dugdale (during 2022 - Jake English; prior to that, 2019-2021 - Megan Dent)

Supervised previously Research Associates (RAs):

Dr Eduardo Almeida Soares, 1 October 2021-1 July 2022, Trustworthy Autonomous Systems - security node, EPSRC funded project; now with IBM
Dr. Xiaowei Gu, Senior Research Associate on the InnovateUK project CTHULHE, 2018-Sept 2019 and on H-unique from 1 Oct. 2019 till end of 2023 (now Lecturer in the University of Kent)
Dr. Nathanael L. Baisa, PDRA, September 2020 – December 2023, H-unique, ERC funded project; now Lecturer at De Monfort University, Leicester, UK
Ierotheos Tsantilas, Research Associate on Pozibot project, November 2019-February 2021
Dr. Aurangzeb Mohammad Khan, Senior Research Associate on the InnovateUK project CTHULHE, 2018-2020 (now Senior Experimental Officer at Manchester University)
Dr Raul Gimenez, Rutherford Strategic Partnership Strategic Partnership “Innovations in Food Security” with Argentina, 2018-2019
Elnaz Shafipour Yourdshahi, IAA project, May-July 2018 (now researcher in the University of Essex)
AsadSayed Naqvi, IAA project, May-July 2018
Dr. Gruff Morris, 2016-17, RRUKA project
Dr. Pouria Sadeghi-Tehran, 2012-2015, GAMMA project (now at Rothamsted Research);
Dr. Asmar Khan, 2013-14, AURORA project (now at PerkinElmer R&D, London);
Mr. Ashley Wilding, 2013-14, PT, AURORA project (now at ARM Ltd., Cambridge);
Mr. Christopher Clarke, 2013-2014, AURORA and SARIVA projects (now PhD);
Mr. Yusuf Majid, 2013-2014, PT, SARIVA project (now at Daiwa Capital Markets, London);
Dr. Rainer Koelle, 2013-14, GAMMA-EU project (now at EUROCOONTROL, Brussels);
Mr. Denis Kolev, 2011-2012, SVETLANA project (now at Rinicom Ltd, UK);
Dr. Dmitry Zvikhachevskiy, 2011-2012, Svetlana project (now at Rinicom Ltd., UK);
Dr. Ali Hilal Ali, 2010-2011, SVETLANA project (now Lecturer, University of Kufa, Iraq);
Dr. Jose Antonio Iglesias, 2011, STAKE project (now Assoc. Prof. in Madrid, Spain);
Dr. Javier Andreu, STAKE project, 2011 (now Lecturer, University of Essex);
Dr. Xioawei Zhou, Intelligent carriages project, 2009 (now Director PulseTech Ltd);
Mr. Mike Everett, EvoMap project, (now Director, Iphestos Ltd);
Dr. Gang Leng, ASTRAEA project, 2006–08 (now Researcher at Manchester University);
Dr. Cosmin Danut Bocaniala, project 'UAV Collision Avoidance’, 2006–08 (now Consultant Ab Initio Ltd.);
Dr. Richard Buswell, project EPSRC GR/M9729903, 2000–01 (now Professor, Loughborough University);
Ms. Heather Loosemore, EU project EUNITE, IST 2000-29207, 2001-02 (now Senior Engineer at Coventry University);
Dr. Yi Zhang, EU project EUNITE, IST 2000-29207, 2001-02 (now Senior Research Fellow, De Monfort University, Leicester, UK and Director Energy Simulation Solutions Ltd.)

Hosted visiting fee paying PhD students:

Ivica Obadic, Explainable Earth Observation deep learning models, 2023 from TU Munich and DLR
Bruno Costa, ‘Evolving Hierarchical Multistage Fuzzy Inference Systems and Its Applications in Industry’, 2013 from Brazil (now with Facebook, Menlo Park, USA)
Dejan Petelin, ‘Gaussian Processes’, 2012 from Slovenia
Ana Cara Belen, ‘Self-organising Controllers’, 2011 from Spain
Jose Antonio Iglesias, ‘Evolving Classification of Users Behaviour’, 2008 from Spain

Hosted visiting fee paying Professors (appointed at Lancaster):

Prof. Cristiano Castro, 2023-2024, 6 months from University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Dr Goran Andonovski, 2024, 6 months from University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dr. Zhaoxu Yang, Assistant Prof. at Xian Jiaotong University, China, 2019-2020 (12 months)
Prof. Rodrigo Siqueira , from Natal, Brazil, 2017-2018 (4 months)
Prof. Rong Haijun , Learning based on correntropy, 2016-2017 (12 months), from China
Dr. Xiaofeng Wang, Deep Learning, 2016, from China
Dr. Jose Antonio Iglesias , ‘Evolving Classification of Users Behaviour’, 2011 from Spain