Dr Nadine Aburumman
Lecturer in Computer Science
Summary
Nadine is a lecturer in the Computer Science Department and is leading the Graphics and Extended Reality Team (GERT) and a member of the Interactive Multimedia System (IMS) research group. Nadine co-coordinates the AI Centre Thought Leadership series (TLS) for the Centre for AI: Social and Digital Innovation. Before joining Brunel, Nadine was a research associate at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (ICN) at University College London (UCL). Prior to that, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Computer Science Research Institute of Toulouse (IRIT) funded by Centre International de Mathématiques et Informatique de Toulouse (CIMI) after a successful grant acquisition for 2 years (€ 80K). Before that, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, in the Institute for Multiscale Simulation (MSS). She completed her PhD studies in the ALCOR Lab at Sapienza University of Rome after being awarded a PhD Erasmus Mundus Scholarship.
Qualifications
BSc in computer science, MSc in computer science (computer graphics, vision and imaging), PhD in computer science (digital human and shape simulation), and FHEA (PgCAP in academic practice).
Nadine's work; research, teaching, and admin activities contribute towards the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
Awards:
- 2023: The Recognition of Excellence (RoE) Award
- 2022: Brunel Research Initiative And Enterprise Fund (BRIEF) Award
- 2014: Best paper and best presentation awards at the 30th SCCG conference
- 2012: Three-year scholarship awarded from EU Erasmus Mundus to support my PhD studies
Programme Committee (PC) member & Editorial Roles:
Responsibility
- Undergraduate - admission team,
- Departmental Athena SWAN - Outreach Lead (Some of our outreach activities are listed here and some resources related to these activities can be found here),
- The CS communication coordinator with Code First Girl (CFG),
- Made In Brunel - logistics and planning,
- Co-lead the AI Centre Thought Leadership series (TLS)
- AI Thought Leadership Seminars for Winter/Spring 2024
- AI Thought Leadership Seminars for Winter/Spring 2023
Newest selected publications
Bulgarelli, C., Pinti, P., Aburumman, N. and Jones, EJH. (2023) 'Combining wearable fNIRS and immersive virtual reality to study preschoolers’ social development: a proof-of-principle study on preschoolers’ social preference'. Oxford Open Neuroscience, 2. pp. 1 - 15. ISSN: 2753-149X Open Access Link
Michael, B. and Aburumman, N. (2023) 'Exploring Language Pedagogy with Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence'.41st Computer Graphics & Visual Computing Conference. Wales, UK. 15 - 15 September. Computer Graphics and Visual Computing (CGVC). pp. 1 - 6.Open Access Link
Keshtkar, H. and Aburumman, N. (2023) 'DropSPH: ISPH Simulation of Droplet Interactions with a Solid Surface'.The 44th Annual Conference of the European Association for Computer Graphics. Saarbrücken, Germany. 7 - 12 May. Eurographics 2023. pp. 13 - 14.Open Access Link
Aburumman, N., Koutzampasopoulou Xanthidou, O. and Ben-Abdallah, H. (2022) 'Virtual Reality current trends and proposed research'.2022 8th International Conference on Information Technology Trends (ITT). Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 30 - 25 May. IEEE. pp. 1 - 5.Open Access Link
Aburumman, N., Gillies, M., Ward, JA. and Hamilton, AFDC. (2022) 'Nonverbal Communication in Virtual Reality: Nodding as a Social Signal in Virtual Interactions'. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 164. pp. 1 - 9. ISSN: 1071-5819 Open Access Link