Waleed Iqbal

Waleed Iqbal is a Lecturer in Data Science at Northeastern University London and Teaching Fellow in Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London's School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science. He holds a PhD from Queen Mary University of London, focusing on online manifestations of socio-economic inequality. His academic journey includes roles at Arden University and IHSAN Lab, Information Technology University Lahore.

Education: PhD (2020–Present), MSc in Computer Science (2018, ITU Lahore with Dean’s Roll of Honor), BSc in Electrical Engineering (2014, University of the Punjab). Research focuses on fairness in content moderation, socio-economic inequality analysis in social networks, and data-driven AI applications in education.

Research Interests: Online inequality patterns, digital ethics, and leveraging social data science for societal insights. Notable work includes analyzing income disparities via Nextdoor platform data and studying pandemic-era communication on WhatsApp and Reddit.

Key Achievements: Recognized as UK Global Talent (Exceptional Promise) in Research, secured travel grants for IMC conferences, and published in top venues like ICWSM, IMC, and IEEE journals. His work spans 10+ peer-reviewed articles, with contributions to ACM CCR, IEEE Transactions on AI, and Scientometrics.

Teaching Roles: Leads courses in Data Mining, Web Technologies, and Foundations of Computer Science. Active in pedagogical innovation and student mentorship.