Farid Meziane

Professor Farid Meziane is a Professor of Data Science at the University of Derby's School of Computing, part of the College of Science and Engineering. He serves as Head of the Data Science Research Centre (DSRC) and chairs the College Research Committee (CRC), driving research strategy and overseeing postgraduate research student progress. His roles include leading innovation in data science and AI applications, particularly in healthcare and e-commerce.

Education: PhD from the University of Salford, UK. Research focuses on medical image classification (e.g., breast cancer diagnosis via machine learning), standardization of radiology reports using NLP, and Arabic machine translation challenges. He teaches Natural Language Processing in the MSc Big Data Analytics program and supervises student projects.

Professional involvement includes co-chairing the NLDB conference series (2023 edition hosted at Derby) and international collaborations in the Middle East, Malaysia, France, and India. He reviews for French National Research Agency (ANR) and serves on conference program committees. Notable media contributions include a blog on AI applications in defense contexts.

• Key Expertise: Medical AI, NLP, IoT protocols, and cross-lingual systems
• Labs/Teams: Leads the Data Science Research Centre
• International Experience: Former Associate Dean for International Development at University of Salford (2011-2019)