Alaa AlZoubi

Dr Alaa AlZoubi is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Derby within the College of Science and Engineering's School of Computing. He serves as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Buckingham and Digital Theme Ambassador for the UK-Ukraine Twinning Initiative, while previously holding Research Fellow roles at the University of Buckingham (2018) and Cranfield University (2019). As a member of the Data Science Research Centre and Health and Wellbeing research groups, his work bridges Deep Learning, Explainable AI, and Computer Vision across medical imaging, engineering inspection, and autonomous systems.

Research projects include:

• Inspector Plus (Innovate UK, 2023)
• Deep Learning for Engineering Inspection (Innovate UK, 2023)
• Automatic Cancer Detection (University of Buckingham, 2022)
• Drones for Landmine Surveying (GCRF STFC, 2019)

His 15 most recent publications reveal consistent focus on:

• Medical imaging analysis (breast/liver tumors, thyroid nodules)
• Computer vision applications in engineering and humanitarian contexts
• Neural architecture search and optimization
• Explainable AI frameworks
• Temporal activity recognition
• Image augmentation techniques

Professional activities include:

• European Society of Radiology Committee Member
• Technical Committee Member, International Conference on Digital Image Processing
• Chair, Cancer Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging with Deep Learning Workshop

Supervision includes 6 PhD students (2018-2023) and 3 Masters students, with particular expertise in:

• Deep learning for healthcare diagnostics
• Explainability in CNN models
• Engineering inspection systems
• Autonomous surveillance