亚洲影院

Lead: Professor Naeem Ramzan

AHSCE takes a multidisciplinary approach to develop Affective and Human Computing for Smart Spaces. Its mission is to create technologies that make environments more responsive to human needs and emotions, fostering quality of living and wellbeing through technology.

Lead: Dr Pablo Salva-Garcia

B5GHub is at the forefront of research in the EU and the UK, conducting cutting-edge R&D projects, developing and bringing to society the next generation network, connecting people across the world and reducing inequality.

Lead/Co-Lead: Professor Keshav Dahal/Dr Santiago Matalonga

DeLTA use data analytics to address global challenges for education, finance, healthcare, and business, promoting digital preparedness for future challenges and contribute to a more sustainable world.

Lead: Professor Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir

The Digital Connectivity & Innovation Centre (DCIC) at the University鈥檚 Ayr Campus is an innovation hub focused on 5G and future digital connectivity solutions. It was established with 拢1 million in funding from the Ayrshire 5G Innovation Region (A5GIR) project, which is part of the 拢38 million Innovation Regions programme funded by the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

Lead: Professor James Riordan

The Drone Systems Lab at 亚洲影院 is dedicated to developing intelligent and high-performance systems for autonomous drone services in security, transport, environmental monitoring, maritime, and precision agriculture

Lead: Dr Marco Gilardi

亚洲影院 CCT focuses on innovative and sustainable technical applications of creative computing technologies, including virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, gamification, and serious games, to industrial and societal issues aiming to better education, industry infrastructures, inclusion, well-being, and quality of living.

Name: Professor Keshav Dahal
Position: Director of AVCN/DelTA
Email: Keshav.dahal@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Professor Naeem Ramzan
Position: Director of AVCN/ AHSC
Email: Naeem.Ramzan@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Professor Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir
Position: Director of DCIC
Email: Muhammad.Shakir@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Professor James Riordan
Position: Director of the Drone Systems Lab
Email: James.Riordan@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Marco Gilardi
Position: Lecturer and Director of 亚洲影院 CCT
Email: Marco.Gilardi@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Santiago Matalonga
Position: Lecturer and CO-Lead of DelTA
Email: Santiago.Matalonga@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Pablo Salva Garcia
Position: Lecturer and Director of B5GHub
Email: Pablo.Salva-Garcia@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Daune West
Position: Senior Lecturer
Email: Daune.West@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Gavin Baxter
Position: Senior Lecturer
Email: Gavin.Baxter@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Soheeb Khan
Position: Senior Lecturer
Email: Soheeb.Khan@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Thomas Hainey
Position: Senior Lecturer
Email: Thomas.Hainey@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Ryan Gibson
Position: Senior Lecturer
Email: Ryan.Gibson@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Aboua Ange Kevin N'Da
Position: Lecturer
Email: AbouaAngeKevin.N'Da@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Althaff Irfan Cader Mohideen
Position: Lecturer
Email: Althaff.Mohideen@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Ashraf Mahmud
Position: Lecturer
Email: Ashraf.Mahmud@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Bikrant Koirala
Position: Lecturer
Email: Bikrant.Koirala@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Graeme Truslove
Position: Lecturer
Email: Graeme.Truslove@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Paul Keir
Position: Lecturer
Email: Paul.Keir@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Sajjad Bagheri
Position: Lecturer
Email: Sajjad.Bagheri@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Mr Duncan Thomson
Position: Lecturer
Email: Duncan.Thomson@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Jacob Koenig
Position: Lecturer
Email: Jacob.Koenig@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Jas Semrl
Position: Lecturer
Email: Jas.Semrl@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Joanna Olszewska
Position: Lecturer
Email: Joanna.Olszewska@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Mohammad Alselek
Position: Lecturer
Email: Mohammad.Alselek@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Muhammad Ayat
Position: Lecturer
Email: Muhammad.Ayat@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Raman Singh
Position: Lecturer 
Email: Raman.Singh@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Ravi Koirala
Position: Lecturer
Email: Ravi.Koirala@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Shahid Awan
Position: Lecturer
Email: Shahid.Awan@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Shahriar Al-Ahmed
Position: Lecturer
Email: Shahriar.Al-Ahmed@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Mr Steve Eager
Position: Lecturer
Email: Steve.Eager@uws.ac.uk
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Name: Dr Tahir Mahmood
Position: Lecturer
Email: Tahir.Mahmood@uws.ac.uk
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• Professor Jose M. Alcaraz-Calero
• Professor Qi Wang
• Professor Zeeshan Pervez
• Professor Henry Wang
• Professor Abbes Amira
• Professor Christopher Grecos
• Professor Pablo Casaseca
• Dr Chunbo Luo

• EPSRC, DIRECT-6G: Distributed Edge Intelligence for Real-Time Computation and Communication with Integrated Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Networks in 6G, 拢606k, 2025-2029
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP - SME - Booth Welsh鈥� 拢321k, 2025-2028
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP - SME - KTP - SME - E.D.C. (Scotland) Limited鈥� 拢268k, 2025-2028
• Natural Environment Research Council, FLORA-SAGE - Federated Learning Optimised for Remote Assessment of Species in Agricultural Grassland Ecosystems, 拢381k, 2025-2028
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP - Large - Kooltech Limited鈥� 拢322k, 2024-2027
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP - SME - Lochlie Construction Limited鈥� 拢271k, 2024-2027
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP - SME - Forte Engineering鈥� 拢274k, 2024-2027
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP - SME - Smartify Holdings Ltd鈥� 拢214k, 2025-2027
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP- SME PG paper Ltd鈥� 拢300k, 2022-2027
• North Ayrshire Council, 5GIR-Large Project- DCIC-Project, 拢1.2m, 2024-2026
• Fuze Management Services Ltd - trading as 'The VR Hive', 鈥淎I enabled smart learning environment鈥�, 拢43k, 2023-2026
• Academy of Medical Sciences, Perspectives and Challenges in the Adoption of AI-Based Quality Control in Manufacturing SMEs: A Comparative Study of the UK and South Africa, 拢15k, 2025-2026
• EU Horizon Europe, 6G-PATH: 6G Pilots and Trials Through Europe, 拢454k, 2024-2026
• British Council, From Workplace to World Stage: Flexible Transnational Degree Pathways in Digital Technologies for Manufacturing, 拢25k, 2025-2026
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP - SME - Peter Equi and Sons Limited鈥� 拢255k, 2024-2026
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP - SME - Smartify Holdings Ltd鈥� 拢193k, 2023-2025
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP-SME WellFish Diagnostics Ltd鈥� 拢195k, 2022-2025
• Fuze Management Services Ltd - trading as 'The VR Hive', 鈥�6G enabled holographic communication in future metaverse鈥�, 拢43k, 2022-2025
• Smartify Holdings, Generative AI Storytelling for Cultural Heritage - Innovate UK grant, 拢14k, 2025-2025
• Scottish Funding Council, Exploring User-Centred Design for a Two-Way British Sign Language Translation, 2025-2025.
• EU Horizon 2020, INCODE, 拢403k, 2022-2025
• EU Horizon Europe, HE RIGOUROUS, 拢407k, 2022-2025
• EU Erasmus+, eACCESS 鈥� EU-Asia Collaboration for aCcessible Education in Smart Power Systems (eACCESS), Total fund Euro 1m (Euro 156k for 亚洲影院 activities), 2020-2024.
• Carnegie PhD studentship, 拢69k, 2021-2024
• Thales PhD studentship, 拢61k, 2021-2024
• Royal Society of Edinburgh, 鈥淪ource code transformation for security and performance鈥�, 拢10k, 2022-2024
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP-Fuze Management Services Ltd鈥� 拢236k, 2022-2024
• Arceptive Limited, Subject matter expert advice on computer vision techniques for analysis of digital micorscote samples of asbestos fibres, 拢3.5k 2024-2024
• Qatar Foundation, 鈥渕mW-based Future Dense Networks with UAV Backhauling: Channel Characterization, Perf鈥�, 拢69k, 2021-2024
• EU Erasmus+, BIPER 鈥� Total fund Euro 250k (Euro 47k for 亚洲影院 activities), 2021-2023.
• Fluid System Technologies (Scotland) Ltd, Frameworks for deployment and assessment of serious games industrial training assisted by AI, 拢7k, 2021-2023
• Scottish Enterprise, SE HGSP Seizing the opportunity to revolutionise the accuracy of AI enabled Search & Rescue Operations while dramatically reducing costs, 拢75k, 2023-2023
• British Council, PAK-UK Education Gateway Mobility Partnership for Faculty, 拢32k, 2023-2023
• Innovate UK, AKTP - SME - Smartify Holdings Limited, 拢31k, 2022-2023
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP-Kube Networks Ltd鈥� 拢191k, 2021-2023
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP-Phoenix Instinct Limited 2鈥� 拢287k, 2021-2023
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP-SME-Fog Systems鈥� 拢233k, 2021-2023
• Innovate UK, QuantumBlockVault: Post-Quantum Resistant Blockchain for Securing Business-critical Data, 拢32k, 2022-2023
• Scottish Funding Council, IICF - A feasibility study and proof of concept for developing an extended reality XR, 拢31k, 2022-2023
• EU Erasmus+, SUNSpACe 鈥� SUstainable developmeNt Smart Agriculture Capacity, Total fund Euro 1 million (Euro 164k for 亚洲影院 activities), 2019-2022.
• EU Erasmus+ 鈥淎THIKA- Advanced Technologies in Health Innovation鈥�, Euro 200k for 亚洲影院 activities, 2019-2022.
• Innovate UK, Virtual Education Technologies 鈥� An Eco-Friendly Solution for Global Education Phase 1, 拢25k, 2021-2022.
• Innovate UK, Development of Deep Learning based Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Platform for Ransomware Attack Detection, 拢24k, 2022-2022.
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP-Hart Lifts Ltd鈥�, 拢185k, 2019-2022.
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP - SME - Little鈥檚 Ltd鈥� 拢183k, 2019-2022.
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP -SME- Golden Casket Group Ltd鈥� 拢173k, 2019-2021.
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP- MODO Systems Ltd.鈥�, 拢165k, 2018-2021
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP- BRS Technology鈥�, 拢185k, 2019-2021.
• Fundacion Seneca, 鈥淐ognitive Management of Identities for Muti-tenant 5G Networks鈥�, funded under National Programme for Research Talent and their employability call, Euro 68k for Fellowship Holder, 2019-2021
• BT, AI enabled coverage hole detection for wireless networks, funded under VP Strategic fund matched with BT, 拢96k, 2018-2021
• Scottish Funding Council, IV Soft Skills Training in VR 鈥� Gamification and Platform 鈥� Phase 1 鈥� Design, 拢5k, 2021-2021.
• EU H2020, 鈥淪liceNet鈥� End-to-End Cognitive Network Slicing and Slice Management Framework in Virtualised Multi-Domain, Multi-Tenant 5G Networks鈥�, Euro 700k for 亚洲影院 activities, 2017-2020.
• InnovateUK, Newton Fund, Personalised Service Assistant for Journey Planner, 拢60k for 亚洲影院 activities, 2018-2020.
• GCRF (Global Challenges Research Fund) 鈥淣etDiploma project鈥�, Networking project with Northumbria University, Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC), 2018-2020.
• EU Erasmus Mundus Project 鈥淪martLink鈥�, Project coordinator for the consortium of 25 EU and South Asian university partners, Euro 695k for 亚洲影院 activities, 2014-2019.
• EU Erasmus Mundus Project 鈥済LINK鈥�, Partner in the consortium of 18 partners, Euro 246k for 亚洲影院 activities, (2014-2019)
• Innovate UK, 鈥淜TP - Lumen Limited鈥� 拢240k, 2017-2019
• Cancer research UK, 鈥淎udio technology to detect lung cancer earlier鈥� 拢40k, 2017-19
• Innovation Centre for Sensor and Imaging Systems (CENSIS), UK, and Thales UK, "Smart Unmanned Aerial System for Real-Time Object Detection", in collaboration with Police Scotland, UK, funded under CENSIS open call, 拢100k for 亚洲影院 activities, 2018-2019.
• CSI 鈥淓motional Gym: Interactive Bike, Lorretto housing鈥�, Wheatley Group, 拢50k, 2017-2019
• Scottish Funding Council, 鈥淯tilizing Social Media Trends to Proactively Prevent Cyberattack鈥�, funded under PhD Studentship, 拢55k, 2016-2019
• Zayed University, 鈥淧rivacy-aware Data Curation for IoT Devices鈥�, funded under RIF, 拢14k for 亚洲影院 activities, 2016-2019
• Energy technology Partnership (ETP), 鈥淰alidation of advanced control and protection solutions for active integration of renewables through high fidelity hardware-in-the-loop simulation, with Strathclyde University, 2015-2018
• EU H2020, 鈥淪ELFNET 鈥� Framework for Self-organized Network Management in Virtualized and Software Defined Networks鈥�, Euro 700k for 亚洲影院 activities, 2015-2018.
• EU Erasmus+, UK- Algeria Advanced Computing Framework, Euro 163k, 2017-2018.
• Digital Health Institute 鈥淪martcough鈥�, With University of Edinburgh, Cirrus Logic (former Wolfson Microelectronics), and CHSS. funded with 拢90k, 2015-2018
• UKRI, Digital Dairy Value Chain for South West Scotland & Cumbria, Strength in Places, 亚洲影院 鈥� Research Organisation, 拢2.9m, 2021-2026

• University of Strathclyde - Academic 鈥� Established
• Edinburgh Napier University - Academic 鈥� Established
• University of Northumbria - Academic 鈥� Established
• Hamburg Applied University (HAW) - Academic 鈥� Established
• Lodz University of Technology (Poland) - Academic 鈥� Established
• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) - Academic 鈥� Established
• University of Burgas (Bulgaria) - Academic 鈥� Established
• University of Evora Portugal - Academic 鈥� Emerging
• University of Lyon 2, France - Academic 鈥� Established
• Corvinus University of Budapest - Academic 鈥� Established
• Ukraine State University of Railway Transport (UkrSURT) 鈥� Academic 鈥� Established
• Chiang Mai University Thailand - Academic 鈥� Established
• Khon Kaen University Thailand - Academic 鈥� Established
• Pokhara University (Nepal) - Academic 鈥� Established
• Kantipur Engineering College (Nepal) - Academic 鈥� Established
• Royal University of Bhutan (Bhutan) - Academic 鈥� Established
• Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia (Indonesia) - Academic 鈥� Established
• Soegijapranata Catholic University (Indonesia) - Academic 鈥� Established
• NED University, Pakistan - Academic 鈥� Established
• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Dhanbad, India - Academic 鈥� Established
• Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science - Academic 鈥� Emerging
• Wuxi Taihu University - Academic 鈥� Emerging
• CENSIS - Innovation Centre for Sensing, Imaging and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies - Third Sector / Community - Established
• Data Lab - Innovation Centre for data and AI -- Third Sector / Community - Established
• Digital Health & Care Institute - - Third Sector / Community - Established
• National Air Traffic Systems (NATS) - Industry / Commercial - Established
• Police Scotland - Public Sector - - Established
• MODO Systems Ltd - Industry / Commercial - Established
• BRS Technology Ltd - Industry / Commercial 鈥� Established
• Golden Casket Group - Industry / Commercial - Established
• Little's Chauffeur Drive Ltd - Industry / Commercial - Established
• Hart Lifts Ltd - Industry / Commercial - Established
• Wheatley Care - Industry / Commercial 鈥� Established
• Ayrshire council - Public Sector - - Established
• Little鈥檚 Ltd- Industry- Commercial - Established
• PG Paper Ltd -Industry - Commercial - Established
• WellFish Tech Ltd 鈥� Industry- Commercial 鈥� Established
• Smartify Ltd - Industry -Commercial 鈥� Established
• The VR Hive - Industry - Commercial 鈥� Established
• The Scottish Crannog Centre - Third Sector / Community鈥� Established