Interim Institute Director
Head of School of Computer Science
Chair in Decentralised Systems
School of Computer Science
- Email
- a.vanmoorsel@bham.ac.uk
Aad van Moorsel is Professor and Head of the School of Computer Science at University of Birmingham. He is the Principal Investigator of UKFin, the UKRI EPSRC Network in Financial Services, launched in September 2022 to provide an interface between academia and industry.
The IIDSAI Team
Working in partnership with the IIDSAI leadership, our skilled group of Professional Service and Technical staff support the breadth of activity facilitated by the Institute.
Professional Services staff
Ms Jessica Mylchreest
Head of Institute Operations, IIDSAI
j.mylchreest@bham.ac.uk
Jessica leads on the non-academic management of the Institute, enabling IIDSAI to undertake world-leading interdisciplinary research, develop strategic partnerships and deliver an exciting and innovative programme of education activities.
Jessica works alongside the IIDSAI Director to shape and influence the strategic direction of the Institute.
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Mrs Emma J Robinson
Operations Coordinator, IIDSAI
e.j.robinson.1@bham.ac.uk
Emma supports the Head of Institute Operations with the day-to-day running of the Institute and the 'Elm House Hub', contributing to the outstanding delivery of the Institute's research, teaching and other interdisciplinary activities.
Emma is the first point of contact for day-to-day Institute/Elm House Hub queries and provides Senior Personal Assistant support to the Institute Director
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Turing @ Birmingham
For support relating to all administrative aspects of the University’s partnership with the Alan Turing Institute, including all matters related to grants, contracts, and events.
turingliaison@contacts.bham.ac.uk
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IIDSAI Research Data Scientists
Our IIDSAI Research Data Scientists are part of the Advanced Research Computing Team.
For more information contact the team, or Dr Andrew Edmondson.
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Snr Research Data Scientist (IIDSAI / CAIG)
Kamilla holds an MSci in Chemistry and Pharmacology from the University of Birmingham and a PhD in Computational Chemistry from the University of Manchester.
Kamilla is interested in all areas of data science and has worked with researchers from a range of disciplines (from Computer Science to Earth Sciences), using R and Python to help wrangle data into an analysis ready format and extract useful insights. She is an R enthusiast and was an active contributor to the R User Group at the University of Manchester.
Kamilla supports the Centre for AI in Government.
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Snr Research Data Scientist (IIDSAI)
Jeremy holds an M.Sci. in Mathematics and Physics and a Ph.D. in Image Processing and Biomedical Imaging. After completing his Ph.D. Jeremy worked as an Image Analyst at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute before moving to the Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE) at the University of Birmingham.
Jeremy has extensive experience with image processing and analysis including machine learned-based methods and enjoys teaching on these topics. Jeremy’s previous research has focussed on methodology for analysing advanced biomedical microscopy data, in particular super resolution techniques.
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Snr Research Data Scientist (IIDSAI)
Cai holds an MASt/MMath in pure mathematics from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in theoretical computer science from the University of Bath; his thesis was entitled “Graphical Foundations for Dialogue Games” and was supervised by Professors John Power and Guy McCusker, giving him an Erdős number of 3. Since then, Cai has worked as a postdoc on computational models in cognitive science and neuroimaging at the Universities of Lancaster and Cambridge.
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Turing Fellows
Since joining the Turing Institute in 2018, the University's Turing Fellows have been working on data science and AI projects covering a wide variety of academic themes and practical applications.
Birmingham Turing Fellows
Academic experts
The University of Birmingham is home to more than 140 data science and AI experts who are working together to address important challenges in areas such as sustainability, equality, health, and data-driven science. This group of interdisciplinary researchers bring together expertise in modelling, statistics, machine learning, linguistics, optimisation, behavioural sciences, ethics, law, and many other fields to advance data science and AI technologies, apply them in a broad range of applications, and understand their legal and ethical implications.
Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology
English Language and Linguistics
Reader in Applied Corpus Linguistics
Head of English Language and Linguistics
Co-Director, Centre for Corpus Research
Department of English Language and Linguistics
- Telephone
- +44 (0)121 414 5688
- Email
- p.thompson@bham.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Cognitive Linguistics
Department of English Language and Linguistics
- Email
- b.winter@bham.ac.uk
English Literature
Lecturer in Contemporary Literature & Digital Cultures
Department of English Literature
- Email
- d.butchard@bham.ac.uk
Law
Modern Languages
Professorial Research Fellow in Cognitive Linguistics and Language Cognition
Department of Modern Languages
- Email
- d.divjak@bham.ac.uk
Professor of Psychology of Language and Language Learning
Department of Modern Languages
- Email
- p.milin@bham.ac.uk
Theology and Religion
Engineering and Physical Sciences
Computer Science
Mathematics
Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Metallurgy and Materials
Engineering
Civil Engineering
Reader in Railway and Civil Engineering
Convenor, UG Railway Engineering Program (BEng/MEng)
Coordinator, RISEN (www.risen2rail.eu)
Department of Civil Engineering
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 121 414 2670
- Email
- s.kaewunruen@bham.ac.uk
Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Professor of Railway Systems
Deputy Head of School of Engineering
Director of the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education Lead for the UK Railway Research and Innovation Network
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 121 414 4306
- Email
- c.roberts.20@bham.ac.uk
Chair in Electrical Power Systems
Director of Smart Grid, Birmingham Energy Institute
Co-Director, Birmingham Energy Storage Centre (sponsored by EPSRC)
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
- Telephone
- +44 (0)121 414 4298
- Email
- x.p.zhang@bham.ac.uk
Mechanical Engineering
Physics and Astronomy
Professor of Astrophysics
Director, Institute of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
School of Physics and Astronomy
- Telephone
- 44 (0)121 414 6447
- Email
- a.vecchio@bham.ac.uk
Director of Education, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Professor of Physics
School of Physics and Astronomy
- Telephone
- 44 (0)121 414 5053
- Email
- n.k.wilkin@bham.ac.uk
Life and Environmental Sciences
Biosciences
Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Psychology
Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Director of Graduate School of Sport & Professional Practice
Industrial Professorial Fellow
Business Engagement Champion
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Email
- b.drust@bham.ac.uk
Medical and Dental Sciences
Applied Health Research
Cancer and Genomic Sciences
Professor of Cancer Genetics & Surgery
Deputy Director – Birmingham Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre
Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
- Email
- a.beggs@bham.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
Programme Director, MSc Bioinformatics Programme
Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
- Email
- d.gendoo@bham.ac.uk
Cardiovascular Sciences
School of Chemistry
Chair in Cell Biology of Membrane Proteins
Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences
- Email
- d.herten@bham.ac.uk
Professor of Cardiology & Cardiac Imaging
Consultant Cardiologist
Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences
Clinical Sciences
Professor of Analytical Pathology and Head of Oral Pathology Unit
Director of Postgraduate Research Studies, Institute of Clinical Sciences
School of Dentistry
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 121 466 5519
- Email
- g.landini@bham.ac.uk
Immunology and Immunotherapy
Inflammation and Ageing
Director of the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing
Director of PIONEER, the Health Data Hub in acute care
Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and General Internal Medicine, Birmingham Acute Care Research Group
Institute of Inflammation and Ageing
- Telephone
- +44 (0)121 627 2000
- Email
- e.sapey@bham.ac.uk
Metabolism and Systems Research
Professor of Molecular Endocrinology
Co-Director of the Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE)
Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow
Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research
- Telephone
- +44 (0)121 414 3928
- Email
- d.calebiro@bham.ac.uk
Professor of Machine Learning
Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research
- Email
- m.opper@bham.ac.uk
Interdisciplinary Professorial Fellow
Director, Centre for Systems Modelling & Quantitative Biomedicine
Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research
- Telephone
- +44 (0)121 414 4066
- Email
- j.r.terry@bham.ac.uk
Microbiology and Infection
Birmingham Business School
Government
Chair in Data Science and Government
School of Government
Head of Department of Public Administration and Policy (DPAP)
Director of the Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV)
Department of Public Administration and Policy
- Email
- j.lowther@bham.ac.uk
