Heriot Watt University:

Academic Leadership and Affiliations:

• Global Programme Director for BSc Data Sciences
• MENTOR for INSPIRE SCHEME (Advanced HE) for fellowship applications
• Year 2 Coordinator for Statistical Data Science and Data Sciences
• Senior Course Leader for Dissertation F90XA and F90XB
• Career and Internship Coordinator
• Senior Fellow (Advanced HE) - SFHEA

• Application of AI tools to solve problems across industry verticals which include education, computer networks and healthcare.
• Development of real-world and synthetic datasets towards the advancement of Learning Analytics for Educational Data Mining
• Impact on pedagogy brought about by the evolution of classroom technologies.

External Engagement:

ByteSpark.AI (Apr 2023 – Present)

Data Science Advisory

• Supporting data driven intelligence application development in recruitment
• Advising on enhancing data Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) pipelines for efficiency in vectorizing for Large Language Models (LLM)
• Reviewing product strategy and roadmap

Ambassador for Women in Data Sciences (WiDS), Stanford University: Promoting diversity and inclusivity in data science, I have organized and moderated panel sessions and fireside chats with top industry women, sharing their expertise to inspire others. I mentor fellow ambassadors by providing resources and guidance and have successfully conducted WiDS workshops at leading UAE high schools, encouraging young students to explore careers in data science while fostering a supportive and inclusive community.

Member of ADaSCI (Association of Data Scientists): Engaging with the global data science community to share knowledge and foster collaboration.

Qualifications:

• BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  Queen Mary, University of London, 2002
   
• PhD Telecommunications Engineering
  Queen Mary, University of London, 2002
   
• Graduate Teacher Program, Teacher Training
  University of Hertfordshire, 2013