Eiman KanjoView profile
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Prof. Eiman Kanjo is a Professor of Pervasive Sensing & TinyML and Head of the Smart Sensing Lab at Nottingham Trent University. She leads the Smart Nottingham and Smart Campus initiatives, focusing on impactful applications of mobile sensing, wearable tech, and edge AI. Her work bridges academia, industry, and community, emphasizing privacy-preserving AI for mental health, environmental monitoring, and social prescribing. Education: PhD in Computer Science (2005), University of Abertay Dundee. Formerly a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge and researcher at the University of Nottingham’s Mixed Reality Lab. Collaborates with organizations like the tinyML Foundation, Health Data Research UK (HDRUK), and the Alan Turing Institute. Research Interests : Pervasive computing, TinyML, Edge AI, wearable devices, environmental sensing, mental health technologies, and community-driven solutions for urban wellbeing. She pioneered early mobile sensing systems like NoiseSPY (2010) and MobSens (2009). Key Projects : 5G Connected Forest (£10m DCMS grant) : Smart environmental monitoring in Sherwood Forest. TagWithMe : AI-driven proximity-based games for community wellbeing. EPSRC Green+ Network : Tech for healthier environments. Awards & Recognition : Top 50 Women in Engineering (2023). Outstanding Educator of the Year Award (EDGE AI Foundation, 2023). 2021 Vice-Chancellor’s Outstanding Research Team Award (Smart Sensing Lab). Grants & Collaborations : Over £10m in funding from EPSRC, InnovateUK, MOD, and DEFRA. Partners include Nottingham City Council, tinyML Foundation, Health Data Research UK, and industry stakeholders. Labs & Initiatives : Leads the Smart Sensing Lab , developing technologies for Green Social Prescribing at Rufford Country Park and Highbury Mental Health Hospital.



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