IDAI Pump Prime Funding

‘A radiomics approach to define the brain metastasis-brain parenchyma interface on MRI’

Dr Vinton Cheng, Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences

Dr Hamidreza Arjmandi, Assistant Professor in Bioinformatics, School of Medicine and Health, Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences

Prof Vijay Sawlani, Professor Neuroimaging, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

‘AI-designed binders for protein isoform-specific imaging: New tools for disease targeting and monitoring’

Dr Daniel Nieves, Research Fellow, Immunology and Immunotherapy

‘Compositor 2.0: AI for Image Analysis in the Humanities’

Dr Hazel Wilkinson, Senior Lecturer, School of English, Drama, and Creative Studies

‘Digital Governance Twins: Harnessing LLM Multi-Agent Systems for Evidence-Based Decision Support‘

Dr Christine Sheldon, Research Fellow in Computational Social Science, School of Government

Dr Christian Arnold, Associate Professor in Government and AI, School of Government

Prof Slava Jankin, Chair in Data Science and Government, School of Government

‘Mapping and Analysing the Allocation of Reconstruction Funds in War-Torn Ukraine’

Dr Martin Ottmann, Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies, Head of Research, School of Government

Dr Stergios Mitoulis, Associate Professor, School of Engineering

Nadiia Kopiika, Research Fellow, School of Engineering

‘Preprocessing multi-modal hydrological data to develop a causal foundation AI model of hydrological system’

Dr Shasha Han, Assistant Professor in Hydrology and Water Resources, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Dr Shuo Wang, Associate Professor, School of Computer Science

Dr Xilin Xia, Assistant Professor in Resilience Engineering, School of Engineering

‘Privacy Shields for a Digital Age: Enhancing Online Safety Against DeepFake Manipulation for Vulnerable Groups’

Dr Huiping Chen, Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science

Dr Tarsem Sing Cooner, Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Policy and Society

Caroline Webb, Lecturer, School of Social Policy and Society

SpermNet: Instance segmentation for sperm identification’

Dr Meurig Gallagher, Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics, Computer Science and Institute of Metabolism and Systems Science

Prof Jackson Kirkman-Brown, Professor in Reproductive Biology, Metabolism and Systems Science and Birmingham Women's Hospital Fertility Centre

In the coming weeks, we will spotlight the innovative work and dedicated teams behind each of the successful projects.

We extend our sincere gratitude to all applicants. The outstanding quality of submissions reflects the depth and breadth of AI and Data research across our campus, as well as the collective commitment to advancing and strengthening interdisciplinary collaboration. We look forward to sharing updates and insights from these outstanding projects.

Process Parameter Optimisation for Predictive Manufacturing and Design via Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

Dr Leonardo Stella, Lecturer, School of Computer Science
Prof Moataz Attallah, Professor of Advanced Materials Processing, School of Metallurgy and Materials

Understanding Follow-Up of Pulmonary Nodules at University Hospitals Birmingham to Improve Lung Cancer Survivability

Dr Michael Newnham, Associate Professor & Respiratory Consultant, Institute of Applied Health
Dr Justin Aunger, Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Health
Dr Karin Slater, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Semantics, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences

Usability of AI-Enabled Analysis for Tissue-Based Pathological Scoring of H&E Images from Sjogren Syndrome Patient Biopsies: A Tool to Optimize Clinical Trials

Dr Saba Nayar, Research Fellow, Institute Inflammation and Ageing
Prof Fabian Spill, Professor of Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics
Mr Sebastian Gilbert, PhD Student, School of Mathematics

Prof Dylan Owen, Professor of Immunology and Immunotherapy, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy

Bridging Human Brain Electrophysiology and Artificial Neural Network to Understand How Visual Representations Emerge

Dr Jianbo Jiao, Assistant Professor in Computer Science, School of Computer Science
Prof Ole Jensen, Professor in Translational Neuroscience, School of Psychology

Prof Martin Freer, Director of the Birmingham Energy Institute, School of Physics and Astronomy

Dr Jiarui Zhou, Assistant Professor in Environmental Bioinformatics, School of Biosciences
Prof Luisa Orsini, Professor of Evolutionary Systems Biology and Environmental Omics, School of Biosciences