Speaker: Professor Stephan Reiff-Marganiec
Institution: University of Derby (England)
Location: Room 518, New Technology Building
Time: 9:30 - 11:00, November 21, 2025
Invited by: Professor Zhongjie Wang
Host: Associate Professor Hanchuan Xu
Supporting Critical Applications through Data Analysis
Abstract: In the talk we will consider two avenues of recent work and possible opportunity for collaboration. The two parts both look at using data generated by systems such as airlines or factories but consider two different temporal dimensions: one part will consider engineering of services to manage data that is obtained from post-event reports and insight generation heavily depends on domain knowledge and expertise, while the other will look at real-time processing of data on small edge devices using a first version of CEP (Complex Event Processing) on them which again requires domain understanding to develop processing rules.
Short Bio: I am a Professor in Computer Science and the Head of School of Computing at the University of Derby. My responsibility includes oversight of teaching and research in the school; my ambition is to continue evolving all subject areas in the school to further strengthen the interaction of teaching, research, and knowledge exchange and create greater interaction between the subject areas in the school and beyond to address current opportunities and challenges in an ever better-connected world. I strongly believe that interweaving the strands will lead to a strong impact on the local economy while providing great opportunities for our students and furthering our applied research agenda.
Prior to joining the University of Derby, I worked in a dual role at the University of Leicester, leading the Leicester Innovation Hub whilst being an Associate Professor in Informatics. As an Associate Professor, I was engaged in research and teaching in areas of web and cloud systems as well as IoT, leading the MSc course portfolio and international outreach. As Director of the Innovation Hub, I led industry engagement, focused on regional SMEs, across all subject areas at the University.
