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Dr Naeem, Usman

Contact details

Position: Senior Lecturer and Programme leader

Location: EBG.21

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8223 6055

Email: U.Naeem@uel.ac.uk

Contact address:

School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering (ACE)
University of East London
4-6 University Way
Beckton
London E16 2RD

Brief biography

  • 2005-2009, PhD, Queen Mary University of London
  • 2002-2005, 1st Class BSc Honours in Information and Communication Technology, Queen Mary University of London
  • 2005, Winner of Student Project of the Year in Computing Awards
  • 2005, Winner of College Drapers Award for Project of the Year
  • 2005, short-listed Nomination for Best Use of IT in Science, Engineering & Technology Awards

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Areas of Interest/Summary of Expertise

My research activities cover the following areas;

  • Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing:
    • Activity of Daily Life (ADL) Recognition
    • Reliable Task Recognition via Object Usage Data within the Home
    • RFID sensors
    • Intelligent/ Ambient Environments
    • Smart Homes

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Teaching: Modules

  • CN2053 - Operating Systems
  • CN1044 - Introduction to Computer Systems

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Research archive

M.A Azam, J. Loo, S.K.A. Khan, U. Naeem and W. Ejaz, “Behavioural Patterns Analysis of Low Entropy People Using Proximity Data”, Journal of Wireless Mobile Networks, Ubiquitous Computing, and Dependable Applications (JoWUA), 2012.

M.A. Azam, J. Loo and U. Naeem, “A Framework to Recognise Daily Life Activities with Wireless”, Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communication 2012.

U. Naeem, A.H Tawil, R. Bashroush and A. Al-Nemrat “Achieving Model Completeness for Hierarchally Structured Activities of Daily Life” in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems, Rome, 2012. 

U. Naeem, J. Bigham, “Activity Recognition in the Home using a Hierarchal Framework with Object Usage Data” in Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, IOS Press, 2009

U. Naeem, J. Bigham, “Recognising Activities of Daily Life through the Usage of Everyday Objects around the Home” in Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, Technologies to Counter Cognitive Decline Workshop, London, March 2009

U. Naeem, J. Bigham, “A Hierarchal Approach to Activity Recognition in the Home Environment based on Object Usage” in Proceedings of the 2008 Networking and Electronic Commerce Research Conference (NAEC 2008), Lake Garda, Italy, 2008, pp. 48-54.

U. Naeem, J. Bigham, “Activity Recognition using a Hierarchical Framework” in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, Ambient Technologies for Diagnosing and Monitoring Chronic Patients Workshop, Tampere, Finland, 2008, pp. 24-27.

U. Naeem, J. Bigham, J. Wang, “Recognising Activities of Daily Life Using Hierarchical Plans” in Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on Smart Sensing and Context, LNCS 4793, Lake District, UK, 2007, pp. 175-189.

U. Naeem, J. Bigham, “A Comparison of Two Hidden Markov Approaches to Task Identification in the Home Environment” in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Applications, Birmingham, UK, 2007, pp. 383-388.

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