Dr Farzana Rahman
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment
- Department of Computer Science
- School of Computer Science and Mathematics
- Penrhyn Road
Senior Lecturer in Computer Science (Data Science)
- Email:
- farzana@kingston.ac.uk
About
I am a computer scientist working in the evolution of artificial intelligence. My work specialises in computational biology and data science using AI, Large Languange Model and deep learning. In recent years, I have been involved in international collaborations with academics from several countries in America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. While my early research focus was on evolutionary genomics and proteomics, currently I am developing advanced research programmes in data science, artificial intelligence, computational pedagogy and bioinformatics with an interest to explore quantum computing research scope.
I am an open science advocate and an experienced international STEM conference organiser. I have successfully chaired/co-chaired and organised international conferences across the globe ( e.g. USA, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, France, Netherlands, Czech Republic, African and Asian Regions) . Currently, I am co-chairing the Wikipedia Committee of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB). I am a Member of the Royal Society of Biology (MRSB) and ISCB where I served as an elected Board of directors for a 3 year term till 2022.
I am an assistant editor of Frontiers in Genetics and reviewer of Frontiers in Microbiology, PLOS One, PeerJ, Oxford University Press and F1000Research.
Qualifications
- PhD in Computer Science (Bioinformatics)
- BEng Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Domains
- Module leader of Applied Data Programming for MSc Data Science
Qualifications
- Fellow of Higher Education Institute
Courses taught
Research Project/Grants:
- UKRI -Innovate UK AKT (2024): PI with Prof. Jean-Christophe Nebel (Co-I) to lead AKT project on 'Integrating electrochemical air sensors with advanced AI technology to provide accurate air quality measurements for a breathable tomorrow'-£30K
- UKSPF (2024), UK Government funding: Co-I to lead with Prof. Jean-Christophe Nebel (PI) a project on "Feasibility study of an AI-based model to enhance the accuracy of air pollutant measurements collected from a network of low-cost sensors." -£10K
- Research Investment Funding (RIF-2024): Co-I to lead with Prof. Sarah Barman a research project on "Longitudinal Analysis of Retinal Vessel Parameters for Enhanced Disease Development Insights and Improved Risk Prediction Models"- £23K
- Research Investment Funding (RIF-2024): Co-I to lead with Dr. Purva Tavri a research project on "SDGs Navigator: Pioneering AI Powered Sustainability"- £29K
- Research Investment Funding (RIF-2024): Lead with Dr. Ben-Tal Oded, Dr Jarek Francis, Dr George Reid, Dr Leah Kardos a research project on "Distributed Creativity using AI: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Collaborative Processes in the Visconti Studio"- £29K
- KU First Grant (2022-2023): PI to lead a KU first grant research project on "An autonomous (ML/Deep-learning) data review process to facilitate rapid decision-making during a crisis (inspired by Pre/Post-COVID19 pandemic)"- £10K
- Women In Stem Hub (WISH) project(2023-2025): Received seed funding from University as Co-PI with Dr Purva Tavri to "Enhance research culture of women in STEM at KU" through pilot research projects. £90K
Publications: Full list available from https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7DqMniIAAAAJ&hl=en
Scholarly affiliations
- Professional Member of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)
- Member of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB)
- Member of The Women's Engineering Society (WES)- Sponsored by EPSRC
- Member, The Women's Engineering Society (WES)(2023-Present)-sponsored by the EPSRC
- Co-chair, ISCB Wikipedia Committee (2020-Present)
- Member, ISCB Publication Committee (2019-Present)
- Elected Board of Director, ISCB Board (2019-2022)
- Review Editor Frontiers in Genetics (Section: Computational Genomics) (2023-Present)
University responsibilities
- Athina Swan SAT Committee Member
- Representing School of Computer Science and Mathematics to the Faculty of ECE ethics committee
Publications
Air pollution monitoring using cost-effective devices enhanced by machine learning
Colléaux, Yanis, Willaume, Cédric, Mohandes, Bijan, Nebel, Jean-Christophe and Rahman, Farzana, 2025, Sensors (25), 5, pp 1423
Closing the computational biology ‘knowledge gap’ : Spanish Wikipedia as a case study
Sélem-Mojica, Nelly, Karakulak, Tülay, Anjum, Audra, Pashkov, Antón, Pérez-Estrada, Rafael, Enriquez-Guillén, Karina, DeBlasio, Dan, Ferreira-Gonzalez, Sofia, Medina-Rivera, Alejandra, Rodrigo-Torres, Daniel, Kilpatrick, Alastair M, Welch, Lonnie R and Rahman, Farzana, 2024, Bioinformatics (40), S-1, pp i11-i19
Cleaning up the Big Smoke : forecasting London’s air pollution levels using energy-efficient AI
Hegde, Megha, Nebel, Jean-Christophe and Rahman, Farzana, 2024, International Journal of Environmental Pollution and Remediation (12), pp 23-28
ISCB Student Council Symposium 2021, a virtual global venue : challenges and lessons learned
Osorio-Mogollon, Cleidy, Grentzinger, Victor, Olguin-Orellana, Gabriel J., Ayala-Ruano, Sebastian, Gupta, Shruti, Eranti, Pradeep, Grover, Aayush, Cuypers, Bart, Fatima, Nazeefa, Shome, Sayane, Rahman, Farzana and Parra, R. Gonzalo, 2023, F1000Research (12), pp 50
Characterizing domain-specific open educational resources by linking ISCB Communities of Special Interest to Wikipedia
Kilpatrick, Alastair M, Rahman, Farzana, Anjum, Audra, Shome, Sayane, Andalib, K.M. Salim, Banik, Shrabonti, Chowdhury, Sanjana F., Coombe, Peter, Astroz, Yesid Cuesta, Douglas, J. Maxwell, Eranti, Pradeep, Kiran, Aleyna D., Kumar, Sachendra, Lim, Hyeri, Lorenzi, Valentina, Lubiana, Tiago, Mahmud, Sakib, Puche, Rafael, Rybarczyk, Agnieszka, Al Sium, Syed Muktadir, Twesigomwe, David, Zok, Tomasz, Orengo, Christine A., Friedberg, Iddo, Kelso, Janet F and Welch, Lonnie, 2022, Bioinformatics (38), S1, pp i19-i27
Population genetics and geometric morphometrics of the freshwater snail 'Segmentina nitida' reveal cryptic sympatric species of conservation value in Europe
Hobbs, Christopher S., Vega, Rodrigo, Rahman, Farzana, Horsburgh, Gavin J., Dawson, Deborah A. and Harvey, Christopher D., 2021, Conservation Genetics (22), 6, pp 855-871
Evolutionary, structural and functional analysis of the caleosin/peroxygenase gene family in the Fungi
Rahman, Farzana, Hassan, Mehedi, Hanano, Abdulsamie, Fitzpatrick, David A., McCarthy, Charley G.P. and Murphy, Denis J., 2018, BMC Genomics (19), pp 976
Reflections on a journey : a retrospective of the ISCB Student Council Symposium series
Hassan, Mehedi, Namasivayam, Aishwarya Alex, DeBlasio, Dan, Fatima, Nazeefa, Siranosian, Benjamin, Para, R.Gonzalo, Cuypers, Bart, Shome, Sayane, Monzon, Alexander Miguel, Fumey, Julien and Rahman, Farzana, 2018, BMC Bioinformatics (19), Suppl 12, pp 347
Evolutionary and genomic analysis of the caleosin/peroxygenase (CLO/PXG) gene/protein families in the Viridiplantae
Rahman, Farzana, Hassan, Mehedi, Rosli, Rozana, Almousally, Ibrahem, Hanano, Abdulsamie and Murphy, Denis J, 2018, PLOS One (13), 5
The ISCB Student Council Internship Program : expanding computational biology capacity worldwide
Anupama, Jigisha, Francescatto, Margherita, Rahman, Farzana, Fatima, Nazeefa, DeBlasio, Dan, Shanmugam, Avinash Kumar, Satagopam, Venkata, Santos, Alberto, Kolekar, Pandurang, Michaut, Magali and Guney, Emre, 2018, PLOS Computational Biology (14), 1, pp e1005802
Specific caleosin/peroxygenase and lipoxygenase activities are tissue-differentially expressed in date palm ('Phoenix dactylifera' L.) seedlings and are further induced following exposure to the toxin 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
Hanano, Abdulsamie, Almousally, Ibrahem, Shaban, Mouhnad, Rahman, Farzana, Hassan, Mehedi and Murphy, Denis J., 2017, Frontiers in Plant Science (7), pp 2025
ISCB-Student Council narratives : strategical development of the ISCB-Regional Student Groups in 2016
Shome, Sayane, Meysman, Pieter, Parra, R. Gonzalo, Monzon, Alexander Miguel, Palopoli, Nicolas, White, Benjamen, Rahman, Farzana, Hassan, Mehedi, Özkeserli, Zeynep, Ashano, Efejiro, Hughitt, V. Keith, Khan, Muhammad Uzair and Murphy, Denis J., 2016, F1000Research (5), pp 2882
Highlights from the ISCB Student Council Symposia in 2016 [version 1; peer review: not peer reviewed]
Cuypers, Bart, Jacobsen, Annika, Siranosian, Ben, Schwahn, Kevin, Conard, Ashley Mae, Aben, Nanne, Hassan, Mehedi, Fatima, Nazeefa, Hermans, Susanne M.A., Woghiren, Melissa, Meysman, Pieter, Rahman, Farzana and Jigisha, Anupama, 2016, F1000Research (5), 2852
Biochemical, transcriptional, and bioinformatic analysis of lipid droplets from seeds of date palm ('Phoenix dactylifera' L.) and their use as potent sequestration agents against the toxic pollutant, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin
Hanano, Abdulsamie, Almousally, Ibrahem, Shaban, Mouhnad, Rahman, Farzana, Blee, Elizabeth and Murphy, Denis J., 2016, Frontiers in Plant Science (7), pp 836
Highlights of the 2nd Bioinformatics Student Symposium by ISCB RSG-UK
White, Benjamen, Fatima, Vayani, Fatima, Nazeefa, Das, Sayoni, Rahman, Farzana and Hassan, Mehedi, 2016, F1000Research (5), pp 902
Highlights from the 11th ISCB Student Council Symposium 2015
Wilkins, Katie, Hassan, Mehedi, Francescatto, Margherita, Jespersen, Jakob, Parra, R. Gonzalo, Cuypers, Bart, DeBlasio, Dan, Junge, Alexander, Jigisha, Anupama and Rahman, Farzana, 2016, BMC Bioinformatics (17), Suppl 3, pp 203-205
Highlights of the 1st Student Symposium of the ISCB RSG UK [version 1; peer review: not peer reviewed]
Rahman, Farzana, Farmer, Rohit, Das, Sayoni, Vayani, Fatima and Hassan, Mehedi, 2015, F1000Research (4), 154
benchNGS : an approach to benchmark short reads alignment tools
Rahman, Farzana, Hassan, Mehedi, Kryshchenko, Alona, Dubchak, Inna, Tatarinova, Tatiana V. and Alexandrov, Nickolai, 2015, arXiv
Highlights from the Tenth International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Student Council Symposium 2014
Rahman, Farzana, Wilkins, Katie, Jacobsen, Annika, Junge, Alexander, Vicedo, Esmeralda, DeBlasio, Dan, Jigisha, Anupama and Di Domenico, Tomás, 2015, BMC Bioinformatics (16), Suppl 2, pp A1
Bioinformatic analysis of fruit-specific expressed sequence tag libraries of 'Diospyros kaki' Thunb. : view at the transcriptome at different developmental stages
Sablok, Gaurav, Luo, Chun, Lee, Wan Sin, Rahman, Farzana, Tatarinova, Tatiana V., Harikrishna, Jennifer Ann and Luo, Zhengrong, 2011, 3 Biotech (1), 1, pp 35-45
Burniston, Sonny, Faith, Matthew, Kriukov, Vitalii, Laidlaw, Rachael Joanne, Kalashami, Mahsa Pourhossein, Rahman, Farzana, Saggar, Arpita, Svenning, Asger, Trotter, Cameron, Zuo, Kaiwen, Goldmann, Katriona and Roy, David (2023). London, U.K.: (The Alan Turing Institute)
Artificial intelligence-enabled retinal vasculometry at scale utilizing the UK Biobank, CLSA, and NEL DESP datasets
Welikala, Roshan, Fajtl, Jiri, Johnson, Gordon, Rahman, Farzana, Podoleanu, Razvan, Remagnino, Paolo, Freeman, Ellen E., Chambers, Ryan, Bolter, Louis, Anderson, John, Olvera-Barrios, Abraham, Warwick, Alasdair, Foster, Paul J., Shakespeare, Royce, Ganguly, Rahul, Egan, Catherine, Tufail, Adnan, Owen, Christopher G., Rudnicka, Alicja R. and Barman, Sarah A.(2024). In: IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI’24), 10-13 Nov 2024 :Houston, U.S.
Analysis on multi-ethnic retinal fundus image datasets of debiasing techniques in deep learning for diabetic macular edema recognition
Hegde, Meg, Rahman, Farzana, Welikala, Roshan, Fajtl, Jiri, Owen, Christopher, Rudnicka, Alicja and Barman, Sarah(2024). In: Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA) 2024, 24-26 Jul 2024 :Manchester, U.K.
Sustainable AI-based prediction of air pollution levels in London
Hegde, Megha, Nebel, Jean-Christophe and Rahman, Farzana(2024). In: 9th International Conference on Environmental Pollution, Treatment and Protection, 14-16 April 2024 :London, U.K.
MetaLLM : residue-wise metal ion prediction using deep transformer model
Shishir, Fairuz Shadmani, Sarker, Bishnu, Rahman, Farzana and Shomaji, Sumaiya(2023). In: 10th International Work-Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (IWBBIO 2023), 12-14 Jul 2023 :Meloneras, Gran Canaria, Spain