Dhara Parekh
Lecturer
Department of Engineering & Construction , School Of Architecture, Computing And Engineering
Dhara Parekh is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Digital Technologies (CDT) and joined UEL as a permanent staff member in 2023. Before that, she was an hourly paid lecturer with the CDT department.
She also worked as a Performance & Reporting Data Analyst with the Estates & Facilities Team at UEL and is an alumna of UEL.
Qualifications
- MSc in Computer Science, University of East London
- BSc (Hons) in Computer Science, University of East London
Areas Of Interest
- Data Analytics & Visualisation
- ETL & Data Warehousing
- Business Intelligence & Strategy
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI in Education
- LLM & Generative AI
- Green IT & Sustainability
CURRENT RESEARCH
- Data-driven Guided System for UEL to design and develop a map of the campus to support locating places.
- Ethical and Societal Implications of AI in Education.
- Intelligent Tutoring Systems.
- Learning Analytics and Data Mining.
- Natural Language Processing in Educational Settings.
- Continuing Education and AI Upskilling.
- AI-Driven Learning Analytics for Educational Improvement.
- AI in Language Learning and Linguistic Diversity.
- Cross-Institutional Data Sharing and Collaboration.
- Data Visualisation for Educational Reporting.
- Big Data Analytics for Educational Equity.
EXTERNAL ROLES
I am an Advisory Board Member of Savvitas working closely with the House of Lords.
TEACHING
- AI & Machine Learning
- Software Development & Engineering
- Business Analytics
- Cloud Computing
- Network Security
- Data Analytics
- Information Systems
- Database Management
- IT Pitching (Mental Wealth)
- Supervision of Bachelors Dissertations
- Supervision of Masters Dissertations
Publications
The last four years of publications can be viewed below.
Full publications list
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