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Dr Zainb Dawod

University of East London, University College London, University College, London, University of East London Docklands Library, Brunel University London

ORCID iD 0000-0001-5757-8856
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Dr. Zainb Dawod BSc(Hons), MSc, PGCE, PhD, FHEA
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Dr. Zainb Dawod has been a Lecturer and Master's Dissertation Supervisor at Glasgow University (London) since 2024.

Since 2020, she has also been affiliated with the University of East London (UEL), where she serves as a Master's Dissertation Supervisor and Second Assessor. She supervises approximately 50 postgraduate dissertations each year and acts as the second assessor for a similar number of projects. Since June 2026, she has been a Lecturer in Research Methods, teaching postgraduate students and supporting them in developing essential research design, methodology, and academic writing skills.

In addition, Dr. Zainb has been teaching at University College London (UCL) since 2019 within the Department of Information Studies, contributing to a range of postgraduate modules. Between 2022 and 2023, she served as Module Leader for two postgraduate courses, INST0024 and INST0038. She received an award for the best student support in 2024.

Her research and teaching interests include healthcare technology innovation, Information Systems, web technologies, Semantic Web technologies, database systems, Human–Computer Interaction (HCI), machine learning, and data science.

Prior to joining UCL, she was a Lecturer at Brunel University London from 2017 to 2019. During this time, she was actively involved in teaching, tutoring, and supervising Master's students. She completed her PhD at Brunel University London in 2018 and received a Teaching Excellence Award as part of the University's Best Teaching Team in 2018.

Dr. Zainb Dawod serves as a committee member and reviewer for several leading international conferences and is a reviewer for the Journal of Educational Computing Research. She has authored six peer-reviewed publications and presented three research posters at significant academic conferences.

Employment

  • University College London Lecturer
    2022 - 2023
  • University of East London Docklands Library Lecturer
    2021 - 2033
  • University of East London Lecturer
    2020 - Present
  • Brunel University London Lecturer
    2017 - 2019

Education

  • University College, London Fellowship (FHEA)
    2024 - Present
  • University College London Associate Fellowship (AFHEA)
    2020 - Present
  • Brunel University London PhD
    2010 - 2018
  • University of Greenwich PGCE post 16+
    2001 - 2002

Projects & Funding

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Publications (7)

  • Enhancing Airport Security and User Experience through Integrated Facial Recognition and Emotion Analysis
    2025
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  • Customer Churn Prediction Model Using Artificial Neural Network: A Case Study in Banking
    3ICT, 2023 International Conference On Innovation And Intelligence For Informatics, Computing, And Technologies, Technically Sponsored by IEEE Bahrain Section 2023
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  • Enhancing the Learning of Special Educational Needs children with Dynamic Content Annotations
    Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2022) 2022
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  • Semantically Annotated Learning Media for Reduced Cognitive Load
    2020 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-50506-6_11
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  • Dawod, Z. (2018) 'Enhancing Student Learning Journeys with Semantically Annotated Content'. PhD Thesis. Thesis dissertation | Cite
    2018
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  • Designing Effective Teaching Interventions with Semantic Annotation
    8th International Conference, HCI International 2016 2016
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  • Adaptive Special Educational Needs (SEN) Education on the Semantic Web
    Proceedings of the 16th Annual UK Association of Information Systems Conference (UKAIS), Oxford University, Oxford, UK. 2011
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