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Dr Shahana Bano is a Lecturer in the School of Computing, Engineering & Technology at Robert Gordon University, specializing in interdisciplinary applications of Artificial Intelligence. Her research spans biomedical imaging, environmental monitoring, infrastructure analytics, and socio-technical systems through the Machine Vision Research Group and Cybersecurity Research Group.
Her educational background includes a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering, M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, MSc in Information Systems, and BCA - all completed full-time. Her research philosophy centers on convergence, bringing together diverse data types, technologies, and disciplines to create impactful, adaptive systems that bridge academic innovation with societal relevance.
Dr Bano's research interests focus on Computer Vision, Image Analysis, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Internet of Things, Text to Speech Systems, and Social Media Threat Intelligence. Her recent work demonstrates strong application of these interests to medical diagnostics (CAR-T cell classification), environmental monitoring (geothermal reservoir modeling), infrastructure analytics (pipeline defect detection), and social systems (hate detection in football communities).
Her publication record shows consistent output with 32 research outputs from 2015-2025, demonstrating increasing focus on medical and environmental applications of AI in recent years. The work spans theoretical computer vision advancements to practical implementations addressing UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- Associate Fellow (AFHEA) 2023 from Advance HE
Dr Bano actively supervises PhD students and mentors interns on diverse projects. Current PhD supervision includes research on morphological classification of CAR-T cell images for leukemia diagnosis and acoustic emission-based pipeline defect detection. She also guides students on projects involving AR-based navigation, NDVI vegetation mapping, hate detection in football communities, multimodal sensor fusion, and airport runway object detection. Her lab resources are supported through university research groups and collaborations focused on machine vision and cybersecurity applications.
