Dr Monica Pereira
Lecturer in Computer Science

Summary

Monica completed her undergraduate degree at London Metropolitan University and was awarded the British Psychology Society Undergraduate Award. Monica then went on to study clinical neuroscience at University College London and had a particular interest in brain injury and electrical brain stimulation. Her journey to becoming a chartered psychologist was finalised when she went on to complete a PhD at Brunel University London in Affective Computing. Monica began her academic career in the Psychology Department at London Metropolitan University, University of Westminster and Birkbeck University. Now, Monica is a full-time lecturer in the Computer Science Department at Brunel University London and is a Chartered Cyberpsychologist. Monica is also involved in several external academic service activities.

Qualifications

PGCert in Learning in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (Distinction)

PhD in Affective Computing – Brunel University London "Communication Skills Training Intervention Based on Automated Recognition of Human Emotion and Non-verbal Cues" 

MSc in Clinical Neuroscience – University College London

BSc (Hons) in Psychology – London Metropolitan University

Responsibility

Module leading and support

Monica is currently the module leader for a second year (Level 5) module CS2003 Usability Engineering. This is a core module for Business Computing and Computer Science students. She is a tutor for Level 4 Business Computing and Computer Science students. Monica is also on the Departments Employability team in supporting second year students (Level 5) in their placements.

Supervision

Monica currently has a PhD student, Gerard Doran, who is looking to improve human-agent interaction using EEG in Virtual Reality. Monica also supervises third year (Level 5) final year projects for both Business Computing and Computer Science students. She also supervises MSc dissertations in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Analytics.

Athena Swan

Monica is one of the staff responsible for communications of the Athena Swan teams activities.