Dr Drishty Sobnath is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science. Prior to joining Heriot Watt, she was a Senior Lecturer at Solent University, Southampton, UK, as well as the Programme Leader of BSc (Hons) Computer Science, BSc (Hons) Software Engineering and MSc Computer Engineering. She was awarded her PhD in Software Engineering (mHealth) from Kingston University, London.

Drishty has been working on different research projects including the WELCOME EU FP7 funded project (2013-2017), which aimed at providing an integrated care platform to support COPD patients suffering from different comorbidities in five EU countries. Her work included implementation and testing of IoT solutions, wearables, and mobile application development to improve lifestyle and self-management of the chronic condition. She has also developed an Android application (CANAdvice) to help cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment to self-manage their side effects and receive real-time advice from the platform. She is currently the co-investigator and project coordinator on the Office for Student project titled ‘AI and Data Science postgraduate conversion course scholarship funding’ that aims to increase diversity and address digital skills gaps in the workforce.

 She teaches courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the fields of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.