Professor Ciprian Daniel Neagu

Biography

Ciprian Daniel Neagu was appointed Professor of Computing with the University of Bradford in 2011: he joined the Department of Computer Science as Lecturer in 2002, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2005. He has previously served as Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Galati, Romania (1993-2001).Professor Neagu has 20+ years of funded research leadership. He is AI Research (AIRE) Group Leader, academic liaison for Turing University Network, Academic Coordinator for Exchange Studies in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, active speaker on Responsible AI, SAFI lead for Big Data Statistical and Machine Learning Applications. His research focuses on fundamental approaches for Responsible and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence, and applications in Digital Technologies for Engineering, Product Safety, Toxicology, Healthcare, Social Media, BIMs and Arts. This research has been motivated by his desire to advance the AI field by studying systems from rigorous computational and philosophical perspectives. The main theme throughout his academic work is to develop models of multidisciplinary information systems by the fusion of know-what, know-how and computational information. He strongly believes Computer Science is now media for knowledge acquisition, analysis, design, and validation to serve responsibly sustainable aims that play vital roles in the progress of science and society.Professor CD Neagu is member of British Computer Society (BCS The Chartered Institute for IT), where he served as committee member of the BCS SGAI (Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence) from 2011-2013. He was the General Chair of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Systems DSS2018, the 14th Annual Workshop on Computational Intelligence UKCI2014 and the series of the International Workshop on Engineering Data- & Model-driven Applications EDMA2017, EDMA2018, EDMA2019, Deputy Technical Programme Chair for BCS SGAI AI Conference in 2011, 2012 and 2013 (Cambridge, UK). Professor Neagu is Associate Editor for the Journal of Expert Systems (Wiley, IF 3.3), and invited editor for Expert Systems, Springer Neural Computing and Applications, and Springer Soft Computing journals. He served as external examiner for PhDs, MPhil and MRes for Universities of Luxembourg, Aberystwyth, Coventry, East Anglia, Huddersfield, Hull, Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores, Northumbria, Sheffield, Sunderland, Ulster, York, and External Examiner for undergraduate and postgraduate Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence degrees at University of Huddersfield, Northumbria University and University of Liverpool. Professor CD Neagu is invited Expert for EC Horizon Europe MSCA, IHI, H2020, IMI, EPSRC, AHRC, MRC, BBSRC, ESRC, STFC, NIHR and a number of international research councils (Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Austria, France). He has been accepted on the Higher Education Academy register of practitioners in 2006, is AHE/HEA Fellow since 2007, and contributed to the UKCGE (UK Council for Graduate Education) Postgraduate Funding and Resourcing Working Group (2014-2015). Professor Ciprian Daniel Neagu coordinates Statistical Applications of Industrial Big Data, Software Design and Development, Final Year Project. He has proposed/ coordinated and re-designed Big Data Systems and Analytics, Software Development (at UG and PGT level), Data Structures and Algorithms, Group Project, Data Fusion, Artificial Intelligence with Applications, Computer Architecture and Systems, and Technical & Professional Skills academic modules. He delivers/ed modules, presentations and invited training sessions to SAFI - Automotive Research Centre - University of Bradford, BBC Academy, EC FPs consortia schools, OEMs, and coordinated data hackathons and research seminars series.