Dr Jawad Fayaz

Dr Fayaz is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Computer Science at the University of Exeter, UK, and an Honorary Lecturer at University College London (UCL), UK.

He completed his PhD at the University of California, Irvine, USA in 2021 and then joined University College London (UCL), UK as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow.

His research focuses on advancing machine learning and deep learning methodologies to address interdisciplinary challenges in community resilience and sustainability. He develops data-driven and process-driven solutions for various complex problems in engineering and environmental intelligence. His work spans decision support for complex systems, early warning systems, probabilistic hazard analysis, infrastructure health monitoring, water distribution management, and climate change adaptation. Dr Fayaz's expertise includes artificial neural networks, time-series analysis, feature engineering, risk and reliability analysis, surrogate modelling, Bayesian modelling, and explainable AI (XAI). 

Currently, he is an Academic Lead for the Environmental Intelligence (EI) network at the University of Exeter, UK. He is also on the editorial boards of three journals: i) International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR), ii) Frontiers in Earth Science, and iii) Smart and Sustainable Built Environment

For more information, you can visit: https://jfayaz.github.io/ or get in touch at j.fayaz@exeter.ac.uk