Dr Mohammad Swash
Lecturer in Digital Media

Membership and affiliation

• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
• Fellow of Advance HE (FHEA)
• Member of the Forbes Technology Council
• Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
• Member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society
• Member of Optica (formerly The Optical Society of America)
• Member of the Society for Information Display (SID)
• Editorial Board Member, Frontiers in Virtual Reality
• Reviewer Board Member, IEEE Journal of Broadcast Technology Society
• Reviewer Board Member, IEEE / OSA Journal of Display Technologies
• Member of the Advisory Board, Freight Innovation Cluster, Connected Places Catapult

Outreach

Dr Swash maintains an active programme of public engagement, knowledge exchange and international thought leadership across artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, advanced 3D imaging and deep technology entrepreneurship. His outreach is grounded in a belief that advanced research delivers its greatest value when it is translated, communicated and tested in the world beyond the academy — through industry deployment, policy contribution, international academic exchange and direct engagement with the wider scholarly community.

International keynote and conference engagement

He is a regularly invited speaker at major international academic and industry forums across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, including:

• Invited Expert Speaker, KBTG Techtopia, KASIKORN Business-Technology Group, Bangkok
• Panellist, Impact of AI in Industrial Operations, KBTG x House of Wisdom Forum, Bangkok
• Invited Speaker, LEAP, Saudi Arabia's International Technology Conference, Riyadh
• Invited Speaker, GITEX Global, Dubai
• Keynote Speaker, IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks, New Delhi
• Invited Speaker, Dubai Future Academy, Dubai
• Invited Speaker, The Big 5 Expo, Dubai
• Invited Speaker, Connected Health and Big Data Management Workshops, Qatar University, Doha
• Invited Talk, Sony European Headquarters, London

Industry and government advisory

• Member of the Advisory Board, Freight Innovation Cluster, Connected Places Catapult, Department for Transport
• Visiting Professor, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Winner, Dubai Future Accelerator Programme, Dubai

Media and public engagement

• Member, Forbes Technology Council, contributing thought leadership on artificial intelligence, robotics and deep technology
• Named Visionary Thought Leader in AI by Port Technology International
• Featured in international industry and trade press on autonomous systems, port logistics and deep technology entrepreneurship

Scholarly community engagement

He contributes to the international academic community through editorial, peer review, doctoral examination and conference programme leadership.

• Editorial Board Member, Frontiers in Virtual Reality
• Reviewer Board Member, IEEE Journal of the Broadcast Technology Society
• Reviewer Board Member, IEEE / Optica Journal of Display Technologies
• Reviewer, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Elsevier
• Programme Committee Member, IEEE Edutainment International Conference on E-learning and Games
• Programme Committee Member, IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting
• Chair and Examiner for doctoral examinations across UK universities 

Knowledge exchange and translation

Dr Swash's research has been translated into industrial application through entrepreneurial activity in AI enabled autonomous systems for industrial logistics, with live commercial deployments across the world in partnership with several of the largest global port operators. This work has demonstrated the path from advanced university research to fully deployed industrial technology at scale, and to commercial impact in critical infrastructure and global supply chains. He was shortlisted for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards in recognition of this contribution.

Media interests

• Advanced 3D imaging, immersive media and spatial computing
• Holoscopic 3D imaging and glasses-free 3D display technologies
• Creative AI and the future of design education
• Autonomous vehicles and AI in port operations and global supply chains
• Research impact and the translation of university research into commercial deployment and global economic value
• Deep tech entrepreneurship and the translation of university research into industry
• AI safety and trustworthy autonomy in real world systems
• UK innovation policy and the deep tech ecosystem