Dr. Wasiq Khan

Dr. Wasiq Khan, Liverpool John Moores University, UK (IEEE member)

Dr. Wasiq KHAN is a Senior Academic (SMIEEE) in Artificial Intelligence & Data Sciences within the Department of Computer Science at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He has also been serving as a Visiting Professor of Artificial Intelligence (University of Anbar, Iraq). Wasiq received his B.Sc. in Mathematics, Physics, and Geography following an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Pakistan. At Bradford University UK, He received an M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence for Board Games following by a Ph.D. in Speech Analysis & Intelligent Reasoning and a Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education (PGCHEP). Wasiq has been leading several large-scale research projects as Senior Research Scientist and Senior Consultant in collaborations with Academic Institutions and Industry across the globe. Currently, Wasiq is leading on several ongoing research projects mostly covering Applied AI and Data science in diverse domains including: National Security (e.g., suspect identification, deep behaviour analysis), Deep facial analysis (e.g., deception detection, mental health), Smart environments (e.g., deep vision for blind people mobility aid), and Healthcare technologies (e.g., Huntington disease, autism patterns etc.). Wasiq has been publishing the research outcomes in high impact Journals and international conferences. He has been active in public engagements and impact raising activities such as news blogs & media, scientific festivals, scientific show cases, and public demonstrations. He is an active reviewer for top-ranked Journals (e.g., IEEE Trans, Elsevier, Springer etc.) and government funding bodies (e.g., EPSRC, STFC, UKRI and NIHR). Along with his research activities, Wasiq is fully involved in teaching, administrative roles and Ph.D supervisions. Wasiq has established academic citizenship within his research domain along with his Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and Senior Member of IEEE (SMIEEE).
Areas of Expertise: Domain of Artificial Intelligence, Deep/Machine Learning, Data Science, Speech and Video/Image data analysis.