Hind Zantout

Dr

  • EH14 4AS

    United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

20092024

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Biography

I have a multi-cultural background, speaking fluent English, Arabic and German and conversational French, and enjoy the diversity of the Heriot-Watt faculty and student body. Perviously I studied and worked at institutions that gave me insight to approaches in pedagoy and education from various perspectives: British, German, Lebanese, American and Australian.
My academic and research interests include teaching and learning, and interdisciplinary topics that link computing and informatics with society. Technologies are impacting sectors such as healthcare, education, and construction with cybersecurity forming the umbrella that safeguard all tech ecosystems. In that space I supervise MSc and PhD students who are working on relevant projects. I am keen on maintaining links with industry and also engage in activities to support women in technology roles where I have lead roles in regional events such as Technovation and Women in Data Science (WiDS).

Research interests

I was in the supervision team of the first two PhD students to graduate in Dubai, both had topics in cybersecurity; I chaired the The International Conference on Applied CyberSecurity in 2023.

Currently I am the PhD supervisor of 2 students working in Healthcare topics. I am also a member of the supervision team of one PhD student working on the impact of technologies including as large language models in computer science education, and another Edinburgh based project on the impact of using new language technologies for translation purposes in academic settings.

At MSc level I have supervised several projects where students looked at solving problems in the built environment.

Roles & Responsibilities

At Heriot-Watt University

*Deputy Academic Head, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences (Dubai)
*Deputy Head of Computer Science
*Programme Director MSc Data Science (Dubai)
*School Appointed Member of the Universities Studies Committee

External

*Regional Ambassador Women in Data Science (WiDS) and conference Chair.
*Organising committee member of Lean and Agile ME Dubai annual conference.
* Chair of he The International Conference on Applied CyberSecurity in 2023.
*Reviewer for “Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives”
*PC member and reviewer for Computer Science Education Research Conference (CSERC ’16 & CSERC’17 & CSERC’18)
*Reviewer for Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF) Journal on Computing (JoC) (Print ISSN: 2251-3043)
*PC member and reviewer for BCS ICT Conferences in Abu Dhabi (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

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