Who am I?

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http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Annabel_Latham/
http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=aOHksqcAAAAJ

Words of wisdom

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

William Butler Yeats

How I’ll teach you

Academic and professional qualifications

PhD (Artificial intelligence)

MSc Computing

PGC Academic Practice

BSc(Hons) Computing

FHEA

MBCS

SMIEEE

Other academic service (administration and management)

Athena SWAN team member http://www.scmdt.mmu.ac.uk/athenaswan/

Vice-Chair IEEE UKI Women in Engineering

Chair IEEE CIS Education Multimedia Committee 

Committee Member IEEE CIS Education

Committee Member IEEE CIS Educational Materials

Committee Member IEEE CIS Women in Computational Intelligence

Why study Computer Science and Information Systems?

Undergraduate courses

I lecture on the following undergraduate unit:

• Information Systems Strategy (level 6) - Unit Leader

Postgraduate teaching

I lecture on the following postgraduate units:

• Information and Digital Media Systems
• Information Systems Management and Strategy - Unit Leader

Postgraduate supervision (completed/in progress)

PhD supervisions:

• Noufa Alnajran - A Semantic-based Framework for Clustering Social Data
• Sumayh Aljameel - Arabic Conversational Intelligent Tutoring System for High Functioning Autistic Children

PhD Completions:

• Dr. Khurim Shabaz (PhD 2017)- Conversational Natural Language Interfaces to Databases
• Dr. Mike Holmes (PhD 2017)- Comprehension based adaptive learning systems
• Dr. Omar Alobaidi (PhD 2015) - Arabic conversational agent for modern Islamic Education
  
  
  

Research expertise

Computational Intelligence

Conversational Agents

Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Agent Intelligence

Knowledge Engineering

Intelligent Systems

Affective Computing

Publications

• Featured Works

  M. Holmes, AM. Latham, KC. Crockett, JD. O'Shea (2017). Near real-time comprehension classification with artificial neural networks: decoding e-Learner non-verbal behaviour. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. 11(1), pp.5-12.

  M. Holmes, AM. Latham, K. Crockett, J. O'Shea (2018). Modelling e-learner comprehension within a conversational intelligent tutoring system. In: Tomorrow's Learning: Involving Everyone. Learning with and about Technologies and Computing. Dublin, Ireland, 3/7/2017. pp.251-260.

  K. Crockett, A. Latham, N. Whitton (2016). On Predicting Learning Styles in Conversational Intelligent Tutoring Systems using Fuzzy Decision Trees. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 97, pp.98-115.

  N. Adel, AM. Latham, K. Crockett (2017). Towards Socially Intelligent Automated Tutors: Predicting Learning Style Dimensions from Conversational Dialogue. In: Proceedings - 13th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, 13th IEEE International Conference on Advanced and Trusted Computing, 16th IEEE International Conference on Scalable Computing and Communications, IEEE International Conference on Cloud and Big Data Computing, IEEE International Conference on Internet of People and IEEE Smart World Congress and Workshops, UIC-ATC-ScalCom-CBDCom-IoP-SmartWorld 2016. Toulouse, France, 18/7/2016. pp.315-320.

  M. Holmes, A. Latham, K. Crockett, C. Lewin, J. O'Shea Hendrix: A Conversational Intelligent Tutoring System for Java Programming. In: Proceedings of UKCI 2015 15th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence. University of Exeter, 7/9/2015.

  K. Shabaz, J. O'Shea, K. Crockett, A. Latham (2015). Aneesah: A Conversational Natural Language Interface to Databases. SI. Ao, L. Gelman, DWL. Hukins, A. Hunter, AM. Korsunsky. INT ASSOC ENGINEERS-IAENG, pp.227-232.

  A. Latham, K. Crockett, D. McLean (2014). An adaptation algorithm for an intelligent natural language tutoring system. Computers and Education. 71, pp.97-110.

  A. Latham, KA. Crockett, D. McLean, B. Edmonds (2012). A conversational intelligent tutoring system to automatically predict learning styles. Computers & Education. 59, pp.95-109.

• Journal articles

  M. Holmes, AM. Latham, KC. Crockett, JD. O'Shea (2017). Near real-time comprehension classification with artificial neural networks: decoding e-Learner non-verbal behaviour. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. 11(1), pp.5-12.

  K. Crockett, A. Latham, N. Whitton (2016). On Predicting Learning Styles in Conversational Intelligent Tutoring Systems using Fuzzy Decision Trees. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 97, pp.98-115.

  A. Latham, K. Crockett, D. McLean (2014). An adaptation algorithm for an intelligent natural language tutoring system. Computers and Education. 71, pp.97-110.

  A. Latham, KA. Crockett, D. McLean, B. Edmonds (2012). A conversational intelligent tutoring system to automatically predict learning styles. Computers & Education. 59, pp.95-109.

• Chapters in books

  K. Shabaz, J. O'Shea, K. Crockett, A. Latham (2015). Aneesah: A Conversational Natural Language Interface to Databases. SI. Ao, L. Gelman, DWL. Hukins, A. Hunter, AM. Korsunsky. INT ASSOC ENGINEERS-IAENG, pp.227-232.

  EV. Smith, K. Crockett, A. Latham, F. Buckingham (2014). SEEKER: A Conversational Agent as a Natural Language Interface to a relational Database. pp.191-196.

  AM. Latham, KC. Crockett, D. McLean, B. Edmonds (2012). Adaptive tutoring in an intelligent conversational agent system. In: Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence VIII. Springer Verlag (Germany), pp.146-167.

  A. Latham, KA. Crockett, D. McLean, B. Edmonds (2011). Oscar: An Intelligent Adaptive Conversational Agent Tutoring System. J. O'Shea, NT. Nguyen, KA. Crockett, RJ. Howlett, LC. Jain. In: Agent and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications - 5th KES International Conference, KES-AMSTA 2011, Manchester, UK, June 29 - July 1, 2011. Proceedings. Springer, pp.563-572.

• Conferences

  N. Alnajran, K. Crockett, D. McLean, A. Latham (2018). An Empirical Performance Evaluation of Semantic-Based Similarity Measures in Microblogging Social Media. In: IEEE. Zurich, 17/12/2018.

  S. Aljameel, J. O'Shea, KA. Crockett, A. Latham (2018). Can LANA CITS Support Learning in Autistic Children? A case study evaluation. In: Proceedings of the 2018 Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys) Volume 2. London, UK, 6/9/2018.

  N. Alnajran, K. Crockett, D. McLean, A. Latham (2018). A Heuristic Based Pre-processing Methodology for Short Text Similarity Measures in Microblogs. Exeter, UK, 23/6/2018.

  M. Holmes, AM. Latham, K. Crockett, J. O'Shea (2018). Modelling e-learner comprehension within a conversational intelligent tutoring system. In: Tomorrow's Learning: Involving Everyone. Learning with and about Technologies and Computing. Dublin, Ireland, 3/7/2017. pp.251-260.

  S. Aljameel, J. O'Shea, K. Crockett, A. Latham, M. Kaleem (2017). Development of An Arabic Conversational Intelligent Tutoring System for Education of Children with ASD. In: 2017 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications, CIVEMSA 2017 - Proceedings. Annecy, France, 26/6/2017. pp.24-29.

  KA. Crockett, D. Mclean, A. Latham, N. Alnajran (2017). Cluster Analysis of Twitter Data: A Review of Algorithms. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence. Portugal, 24/2/2017. pp.239-249.

  AM. Latham Flexible Online Revision Support for SQL using Oscar Conversational Intelligent Tutoring System (CITS). Durham University, Durham, UK, 11/1/2017.

  S. Aljameel, JD. O'Shea, K. Crockett, A. LathaM (2016). Survey of String Similarity Approaches and The Challenging Faced by The Arabic Language. In: Proceedings of 2016 11th International Conference on Computer Engineering and Systems, ICCES 2016. Cairo, Egypt, pp.241-247.

  S. Aljameel, JD. O'Shea, K. Crockett, A. Latham (2016). A Review of Current Technology-Based Intervention for School Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. London, 21/9/2016.

  N. Adel, AM. Latham, K. Crockett (2017). Towards Socially Intelligent Automated Tutors: Predicting Learning Style Dimensions from Conversational Dialogue. In: Proceedings - 13th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, 13th IEEE International Conference on Advanced and Trusted Computing, 16th IEEE International Conference on Scalable Computing and Communications, IEEE International Conference on Cloud and Big Data Computing, IEEE International Conference on Internet of People and IEEE Smart World Congress and Workshops, UIC-ATC-ScalCom-CBDCom-IoP-SmartWorld 2016. Toulouse, France, 18/7/2016. pp.315-320.

  M. Holmes, A. Latham, K. Crockett, C. Lewin, J. O'Shea Hendrix: A Conversational Intelligent Tutoring System for Java Programming. In: Proceedings of UKCI 2015 15th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence. University of Exeter, 7/9/2015.

  A. Latham, K. Crockett, D. Mclean, . IEEE (2013). Profiling Student Learning Styles with Multilayer Perceptron Neural Networks. In: 2013 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMS, MAN, AND CYBERNETICS (SMC 2013). Manchester, ENGLAND, 13/10/2013. pp.2510-2515.

  JD. O'Shea, . Crockett, . Latham, . McLean (2013). A fuzzy model for predicting learning styles using behavioral cues in an conversational intelligent tutoring system. In: 2013 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE). Hyderabad International Convention Center (HICC) Hyderabad, India, 7/7/2013.

  KA. Crockett, A. Latham, D. McLean, Z. Bandar, J. O'Shea (2011). On predicting learning styles in conversational intelligent tutoring systems using fuzzy classification trees. In: FUZZ-IEEE. pp.2481-2488.

  A. Latham, KA. Crockett, Z. Bandar (2010). A Conversational Expert System Supporting Bullying and Harassment Policies. In: ICAART (1). pp.163-168.

  A. Latham, KA. Crockett, D. McLean, B. Edmonds (2010). Predicting Learning Styles in a Conversational Intelligent Tutoring System. In: ICWL. pp.131-140.

  A. Latham, KA. Crockett, D. McLean, B. Edmonds, K. O'Shea (2010). Oscar: An intelligent conversational agent tutor to estimate learning styles. In: FUZZ-IEEE. pp.1-8.

Invited papers

IEEE 2017 International Conference on Big Data Analytics and Computational Intelligence (ICBDACI 17), “Conversational Intelligent Tutoring Systems: The State of the Art”; Invited keynote, Mar-17, India

Invited roundtable discussions

Women and the 4th Industrial Revolution, Liverpool John Moores University, “Inspirational Panel – challenges & opportunities”; Panel Member, May-17, Liverpool UK

Expert reviewer for journals and publishers

My publons profile: https://publons.com/author/1318981/annabel-latham#profile

Computers and Education journal.
Science of Computer Programming journal.
IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems journal.
IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies journal.
IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing journal.
Learning and Individual Differences journal.
Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems.
Journal of Information Technology and Application in Education (JITAE).
Software for E-learning journal.
The National Foundation of Science and Technology Development of Vietnam (NAFOSTED).
National Council for Science, Higher Education and Technological Development, Croatia.

Projects and initiatives

STEM Ambassador: Careers and motivational talks in UK schools

Joint organizer and speaker at ‘Computing Bootcamp’ event (Technically sponsored by IEEE UKI WIE, IEEE CIS WCI and MMU SCMDT) in May-17 for school children aged 13-14, Manchester UK

Joint organiser and speaker at ‘Fun Tech Jobs’ event (Technically sponsored by IEEE UKI WIE, IEEE CIS WCI and MMU SCMDT), Dec-2016, Manchester, UK, to inspire students to take up tech jobs.

Joint organiser and speaker at ‘Engineering Careers to Shape Our Future’ event (Technically sponsored by IEEE UKI WIE, IEEE CIS WCI and MMU SCMDT), Jul-2014, my talk ‘Artificial Intelligence in Education’ available at: https://youtu.be/8Qc1i8LTZrE

Joint organiser and speaker at ‘Sowing the Seed’ event (Technically sponsored by IEEE CIS WCI and MMU SCMDT) in Jan-2013, Manchester UK, to inspire general public and students to take up careers in Computing.

Media appearances or involvement

“How the scandal will hit academics”, i newspaper, 24-Mar-18.

“Fallout from Facebook data scandal may hit health research”, New Scientist, 22-Mar-18, available at: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2164521-fallout-from-facebook-data-scandal-may-hit-health-research/

“Cambridge Analytica scandal: legitimate researchers using Facebook data could be collateral damage”, The Conversation, 20-Mar-18, available at: https://theconversation.com/cambridge-analytica-scandal-legitimate-researchers-using-facebook-data-could-be-collateral-damage-93600

“7 Practical Ways Parents Can Inspire Girls to Get into STEM”, Huffington Post, 15-Mar-18, available at: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/inspiring-girls-into-stem_uk_5aa7b5a7e4b03c9edfaf8584

Video interview, ‘Computing Careers for Women – Consider Artificial Intelligence’ 2015, available at: https://youtu.be/0oWxsgtIihQ

‘Women in Computer Science – making the future happen today’, video to promote the study of Computing to teenaged girls, available at: https://youtu.be/t8MYyqQTFYI

Prizes and awards

Outstanding Peer Reviewer Award, Elsevier: Computers & Education: Awarded Apr-18 (award dated Dec 2016) as I am in the top 10th percentile of reviewers for Computers and Education journal.

Other distinctions

Senior Member IEEE (2018)

Expert reviewer for external funding bodies

The National Foundation of Science and Technology Development of Vietnam (NAFOSTED).
National Council for Science, Higher Education and Technological Development, Croatia.

Membership of professional associations

Fellow HEA.
Member BCS.
Senior Member IEEE since 2018 (Member since 2008).
2015/2016/2017/2018 Vice-Chair IEEE UK and Ireland Women in Engineering.
2017/2018 Chair IEEE CIS Multimedia subcommittee.

2017/2018 Committee Member IEEE CIS Education

2017/2018 Committee Member IEEE CIS Educational Materials
2012/2013/2014/2015/2016/2017/2018 Committee Member IEEE Women in Computational Intelligence.
2016/2017 Committee Member IEEE CIS Student Activities group.
2013/2014/2015/2016 Committee Member IEEE CIS Social Media subcommittee.
2012/2013/2014/2015/2016 Member IEEE CIS Affective Computing Task Force.
2014/2015 Committee Member IEEE CIS Pre-College Activities group.
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society.
IEEE Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society.
IEEE Education Society.
IEEE Women in Engineering.