Dr Furqan Aziz

Lecturer

School/Department: Computing and Mathematical Sciences, School of

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Profile

I have joined the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Leicester as a Lecturer in 2022. Before joining Leicester, I was working as a Research Fellow at Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham. I obtained a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from The University of York, UK.

My research interest lies in the area of Spectral Graph Theory, Complex Networks, Machine Learning, and Bioinformatics.

Research

My primary research focus is directed towards developing novel graph-based algorithms and network-based machine learning approaches to analyse complex systems represented by means of a graph (or a complex network).

Supervision

I supervise BSc and MSc projects. I am happy to supervise PhD students in the area of Graph Theory and Network-based Machine Learning.

Teaching

CO7093 Big Data and Predictive Analytics (2023)

Press and media

Commendation for PhD

Awards

Best Thesis Award by Department of Computer Sciences, University of York, UK, for my PhD thesis "Edge-based Operators for Graph Characterization".

Runner-up award in a national PhD thesis competition held by BCS (British Computing Society) for my PhD Thesis.