Dan Flood

Dan Flood is a Lecturer in Cloud Computing at CU Coventry (Full-Time) and a part-time PhD Student at the Centre for Data Science. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and holds an MA in Digital Media and Culture from the University of Warwick (2019), a BSc in Information Technology from Coventry University (2015), and is pursuing a Doctorate in Data Science and Higher Education (2021–2026). His research focuses on leveraging machine learning to enhance student engagement in programming education through analysis of learning analytics platforms like Codio. He also leads AWS-integrated curriculum development.

Education Background:

• MA Digital Media and Culture (University of Warwick, 2019)
• BSc Information Technology (Coventry University, 2015)
• PhD in progress: Measuring Student Engagement in Programming Teaching (Coventry University)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (Coventry University)

Research Interests:

• Machine learning applications in education
• Synthetic data generation for imbalanced datasets
• Cloud computing infrastructure (AWS, serverless architectures)
• Curriculum design for student engagement

Publications:

• 2025: Focuses on predictive models for programming student performance
• 2022: Explores AWS integration in university teaching

Awards:

• FHEA (Fellow of the Higher Education Academy)

Advising & Grants: Supervised by Dr. Matthew England (Director), Dr. David Croft, and Dr. Beate Grawemeyer. Active in educational technology conferences including AWS Summit 2022 and BETT 2022.