Ahmad LOTFI

Ahmad Lotfi received his BSc. and MTech. in control systems from Isfahan University of Technology, Iran and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India respectively. He received his PhD degree in Learning Fuzzy Systems from University of Queensland, Australia in 1995. Professor Ahmad Lotfi is currently a Professor of Computational Intelligence and Head of Department of Computer Science at Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom where he is also leading the Computational Intelligence and Applications (CIA) research group. His research focuses on the identification of progressive changes in the behaviour of older individuals suffering from Dementia or any other cognitive impairments. Accurate identification of progressive changes through the utilisation of an unobtrusive sensor network or robotics platform will enable carers (formal and informal) to intervene when deemed necessary. Research collaboration is established with world-leading researchers. He has worked in collaboration with many healthcare commercial organisations and end-users. He has received external funding from Innovate UK, EU and industrial companies to support his research. He has authored and co-authored over 200 scientific papers in the area of computational intelligence, internet of things, abnormal behaviour recognition and ambient intelligence in highly prestigious journals and international conferences. He has been invited as an Expert Evaluator and Panel Member for many European and International Research Programmes.