About
Five years after my PhD degree, I was promoted to a full professorship at the Cambridge Cranfield High Performance Computing Facility in 2004. I became the Head of School of Computing at the University of Kent in 2010. So far, I have attracted research grants from the EC/UK government/industries that total £5m. I served as a panel member for the UK government EPSRC "e-Science" and "Hardware for Efficient Computing" programmes. I am a Fellow of British Computer Society (BCS). I am currently the Chairman of the UK and Ireland Chapter, IEEE Computer Society.
Research interests
I belong to the following research groups:
My Current Research Interests
- Brain-like Computer
- New Electronics & Memristor
- Cloud Computing & Big Data
- Deep Learning & AI2.0
- Neuromorphic Computing
- Data Science
- Green Computing
Teaching
I teach Cloud Computing and Data Science at postgraduate level and Computing & the Cloud, Intelligent Systems, e-Commerce, Networking and Concurrent Programming at the undergraduate level, respectively.
Supervision
PhD Scholarships & Applications
The School of Computing offers PhD Scholarships. If you are interested in applying for a PhD Scholarship with me, please email me. Technically, I can supervise PhD studies in the following fields:
Professional
Recent Academic Activities
- EPSRC panel member, Hardware for Efficient Computing
- Keynote speaker, “Deep Learning, Brain-like Computing & AI2.0”, The 5th International Conference on Information and Education Innovations (ICIEI 2020), July 26-28, 2020, London, United Kingdom
- Scientific Board Member, Global Conference on Nano Electronics and Advanced Computer Applications, Luxembourg, 16-17 November 2020
- Keynote speaker, UKSim, Cambridge, 25 March 2020
- Program Chair, 2020 Communication Technologies and Cloud Computing Conference, Cambridge, March 19-22, 2020
- Program Committee Member, The 22nd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS), Prague, Czech Republic, 5-7 May 2020
- Program Committee Member, 1st International Conference on Mobile Radio Communications and 5G Networks, India, 26th – 28th March 2020
- Program Committee Member, International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, Malta, 22-24 February 2020
- AI Session Chair, The 4th IEEE UK & Ireland RAS conference at the University of Manchester, 22nd Jan 2020
- Invited Talk “Brain-inspired AI2.0”, The 3rd Annual IEEE UK and Ireland RAS Chapter Conference, Manchester, 22 January 2020