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Professor Farhi Marir

Job Title: Professor in Computer Science

Farhi Marir
Office:
T10-04 Tower Building
Telephone:
020 7133 4586
Internal (79) 4586
e-mail address:
f.marir@londonmet.ac.uk

Academic Qualifications:
Ingenieur en Informatique, MSc and PhD in Computer Science.

Professional Memberships: Fellow member of British Computer Scoiety (FBCS), Member of the editorial team for the EJKM Journal, PC Member for ECKM2004, ICIIT 2004, ITRE 2004 and ICEIS 2004

Current Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Director of the Knowledge Management Research Centre (KMRC),
  • Member of the University Academic Board,
  • Member of the University Staff Council
  • Member of the Faculty Research Committee (FRC) and
  • Module Convenor for two MSc modules: Data warehouse and Data Mining (CCP105N) and Large scale Object Oriented Database Software Development (CCP103N) and a BSc module: Database Applications Development (CC3017).

    • Research Track:
    Professor Marir has amassed over 15 years considerable research achievements and experience on fundamental research questions related to database systems, information and knowledge management, data mining, neural network, case-based reasoning and content-based indexing and retrieval. He is member of editorial board for two journals and member of programme committee for five international conferences. He has published around eighty peer-reviewed papers and has supervised ten PhD students to completion. He has been involved in several EU and UK funded research projects applying IT to the domains of transport, construction, health and environment (see list below).

    Research Interest and RAE2008 ranking:
    Professor Marir research interest evolves around knowledge management, content-based indexing and retrieval, case-based reasoning, e-workflow & business process modelling, semantic web, learning objects, data mining, e-government, e-health and e-science. His research output was judged to be of International Standards in the last RAE2008.

    PhD Supervisions:
    Professor Marir has supervised ten PhD students to their PhD study completion. The PhD researches have been undertaken in the domain of knowledge management & e-workflow modelling, scientific citation indexes & decision support systems, data warehousing query optimisation, content-based information retrieval methods, surveillance/security systems, document management. For further details on the PhD titles and abstract. For more details see completed PhD.

    Currently, Professor Marir is supervising seven PhD students in the domains of e-government, knowledge management systems, mapping relational databases to semantic web, dynamic simulation for modelling university processes, methods of real time testing for embedded fault tolerant systems and the effects of culture, religion and lifestyle on strategic decision making. For more details see current PhDs.

    Consultancy and Research Projects:
    Professor Marir has been the main or co-investigator in more than fifteen EU and UK consultancy/funded research projects (below most of the recent projects). These research projects have entailed extensive knowledge and data modelling and integration, knowledge management and also theoretical analyses of both experimental and computational data.

    • £120K Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) funding for the development of a dynamic search engine in collaboration with NBV Limited (July 2010-July 2012)
    • £10K funded Knowledge Connect (Oct. 2009 - March 2010) an investigation on the development of a mobile-based Proactive Anti-Obesity System (m-PAS) for Cal2Cal
    • £10K funded Knowledge Connect (Nov. 2009 - Apr. 2010) for the development of an Interactive Virtual Training for Good Vibes
    • ARISTOTLE project for the development of Rhetorical Structure Theory enhanced search engine (2010)
    • VIGILANT2 project for intelligent CCTV video surveillance to recognise suspicious event (2010).
    • AUNT-SUE and VISIT (£199K EPSRC funded 2007-2009) for the development of knowledge enhanced urban design models for better accessibility and user needs in transport for sustainable urban environment
    • ISHTAR (£750K EC FP5 funded 2005-2007) for the development of decision support system for evaluating the impact on human health and heritage building of transport noise and air pollution

    .......For more projects see funded research projects

    Publications and Conference Papers:
    Professor Marir has published around eighty journal, book chapters and International Conferences papers. For detailed list of Professor Marir's publications are here

    Completed PhD students:

    1. Dr J. Ndeta (2009) "Knowledge enhanced e-workflow modelling - pattern-based approach for development of Internet workflow systems"
    2. Dr A. Rashidi (2009) "Development of Citation Measures and the Social-Cultural Factors Affecting Citation Behaviours in an Emerging Scientific Community"
    3. Dr H.I. Abdella "Design of algorithms for Physical Data Warehouse Design to Speed up Decision-making Processes"
    4. Dr K. Houam "Development of Rhetorical Conceptual Model for Content-Based Indexing & Retrieval of Text Document"
    5. Dr. K. Zerzour (2006) "Development of a dynamic object model for indexing and retrieving video images"
    6. Dr. F. Yu (2004) "Use of case-based techniques for the development of a theoretical framework for enhancing the design of enterprise business processes"
    7. Dr. J. Frazier (2003) "A conceptual model for managing knowledge represented as triggers in active database systems"
    8. Dr A.T. Adamu (2001) "An Object Model for Spatial-Temporal Changes in Geographical Information Systems"
    9. Dr H. Zantout (2000) "Development of a Conceptual Object Models for Document Management"
    10. Dr M.A. Montazeri (1998) "Development of new nearest neighbour and similarity measures algorithms for Case Based Reasoning"

    Current PhD students:

    1. Mr. Syed Faizan Hussain Zaidi : "Developing a framework for assessing performance and trust of e-government system /services: A study of India e-Government"
      Supervisory team: Prof. Farhi Marir, Dr. Sahiti Siva and Dr. Boris Cogan
    2. Mr. Gaga Thomas Ali: "Developing a framework and methods for the development of knowledge management systems: A case study of Nigeria Postal Service"
      Supervisors team: Prof. Farhi Marir, Dr. Romas Mikusauskas and Dr. Preeti Patel
    3. Mr. Wondimagegn Mallede: "Mapping Relational Databases to Semantic Web using domain-specific knowledge."
      Supervisory team: Prof. Farhi Marir, Dr. Vassil T. Vassilev and Dr. Jin Yanguo
    4. Mr. Petukhov Alexander: "Methods of real time testing for embedded fault tolerant systems"
      Supervisory team: Prof. Igor Schagaev, Prof. Dominic Palmer-Brown and Prof. Farhi Marir
    5. Mrs. Louna Al Hallak: "Dynamic Simulation Model of a University Management Process"
      Supervisory team: Prof. Algirdas Pakstas, Dr. Danni Novakovic and Prof. Farhi Marir
    6. Mrs. Hamsa Saleh Al Ammari : "The Effects of Culture, Religion and Lifestyle on Strategic Decision Making: Application to The UAE During The Financial Crisis."
      Supervisory team Prof. Dean Bartlett, Prof. Farhi Marir and Prof. Robin Matthews

    Detailed List of funded projects:

    • £120K Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) funding for the development of a dynamic search engine in collaboration with NBV Limited (July 2010-July 2012)
    • £10K funded Knowledge Connect (Oct. 2009 - March 2010) an investigation on the development of a mobile-based Proactive Anti-Obesity System (m-PAS) for Cal2Cal
    • £10K funded Knowledge Connect (Nov. 2009 - Apr. 2010) for the development of an Interactive Virtual Training for Good Vibes
    • ARISTOTLE project for the development of Rhetorical Structure Theory enhanced search engine (2010)
    • VIGILANT2 project for intelligent CCTV video surveillance to recognise suspicious event (2010).
    • AUNT-SUE and VISIT (£199K EPSRC funded 2007-2009) for the development of knowledge enhanced urban design models for better accessibility and user needs in transport for sustainable urban environment
    • ISHTAR (£750K EC FP5 funded 2005-2007) for the development of decision support system for evaluating the impact on human health and heritage building of transport noise and air pollution
    • NCEUB (£60K EPSRC Network 2005-2008) for analysing human behaviour data for the development of new norms and standards for indoor climate and design guidance for building controls which enhance thermal comfort of building occupants and minimise energy use in buildings
    • VIGILANT1 project (£25K private funding) for enhancing CCTV video surveillance with intelligence to recognise (suspicious) event.
    • Teaching Company Scheme project (£120K, 1999-2000) for enhancing AUTOCAD 12 systems with object technology.
    • CBRefurb Project (£75K EPSRC funded 1993-1995) for the development of a case based expert system for estimating the cost of refurbishing buildings
    • OSCON (£150K DOE funded 1995-1997) for the development of integrating construction information models and distributed databases for managing construction projects
    • CONDOR Project (£1.2m EC ESPRIT 23015 funded, 1997-1998) for the development of standards for construction document management.
    • Consultancy work on the feasibility study of a £740K project (funded by Dubai Urban development Ministry, 1993) for the localisation to Arabic of the GIS SYSTEM9 software
     


     
     
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