Dr Nadine Aburumman
Lecturer in Computer Science
Summary
Nadine researches real-time computer graphics and leads the . She is a member of the Centre for AI: Social and Digital Innovation, where she co-coordinated the AI Centre Thought Leadership series (TLS) for two years (2023 and 2024). She is also a member of the Interactive Multimedia System (IMS) research group. Before joining Brunel, Nadine was a research associate at the at University College London (UCL). Prior to that, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the funded by Centre International de Mathématiques et Informatique de Toulouse (CIMI) after a successful grant acquisition for 2 years (€ 100K). Before that, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, in the . She completed her PhD studies in the at Sapienza University of Rome after being awarded a PhD Erasmus Mundus Scholarship.
Qualifications
BSc in computer science, MSc in computer science (computer graphics, vision and imaging), PhD in computer science (digital human and shape simulation), and FHEA (PgCAP in academic practice).
Nadine's work; research, teaching, and admin activities contribute towards the following :
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Awards:
- 2024: Runner-Up: Lecturer of the Year (Student Led Award-University Level)
- 2023: The Recognition of Excellence (RoE) Award
- 2022: Brunel Research Initiative And Enterprise Fund (BRIEF) Award
- 2014: Best paper and best presentation awards at the 30th SCCG conference
- 2012: Three-year scholarship awarded from EU Erasmus Mundus to support my PhD studies
Programme Committee (PC) member & Editorial Roles:
Peer-review for funding agencies:
Responsibility
- Member of Senate - University Level,
- Deputy Admissions Tutor for Undergraduate Level,
- Departmental Athena SWAN - Outreach Lead (Some of our outreach activities are listed here, and some resources related to these activities can be found ),
- The CS communication coordinator with Code First Girls (),
- Made In Brunel - logistics and planning,
- In2STEM Programme Co-Host and Facilitator 2024
- Co-lead the AI Centre Thought Leadership series (TLS) – (from 2023 - to 2024)
- AI Thought Leadership Seminars for Winter/Spring 2023
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Newest selected publications
Serino, G., Heraty, S., Dalvit-Menabe, S., Powell, S., Everdell, N., Aburumman, N., et al. (2024) 'Test-retest Reliability of Diffuse Optical Tomography in a VR set-up in Neurodiverse Children'. [Poster] Exhibited at. fNIRS 2024 13 9 2024
Serino, G., Heraty, S., Dalvit-Menabe, S., Powell, S., Everdell, N., Aburumman, N., et al. (2024) 'Tailoring fNIRS and Virtual Reality for Use with Neurodiverse Children'. [Poster] Exhibited at. fNIRS2024 13 9 2024
Zhou, M. and Aburumman, N. (2024) 'Grasping Objects in Immersive Virtual Reality Environments: Challenges and Current Techniques'.10th IEEE International Conference on Virtual Reality 2024. Bournemouth, UK. ISSN: 2331-9542
K. Xanthidou, O., Aburumman, N. and Ben-Abdallah, H. (2024) ''.The 18th IEEE Annual International Systems Conference 2024. Montreal, QC, Canada. 15 - 18 April. IEEE. pp. 1 - 8. ISSN: 1944-7620
Bulgarelli, C., Pinti, P., Aburumman, N. and Jones, EJH. (2023) ''. Oxford Open Neuroscience, 2. pp. 1 - 15. ISSN: 2753-149X