People In The Mentors Team
The Computer Science Mentoring Team is made up of a variety of 2nd and 3rd year research students, all of which have differing skills and research interests, but all of whom are ready to help.
People Index
Current Mentors
James Naish
I'm in the Software Systems Group looking at how our understanding of human
expertise can influence the techniques and tools we develop to support
software engineering activities. In particular, I'm interested in the
relationship between the reuse by experts of knowledge gained through past
experience, and the use of patterns (explicit representations of tried and
tested solutions to recurring problems).
I've now been in Manchester for five years. I studied my undergraduate
degree at UMIST/Manchester, having joined the last intake of UMIST students
before the merger. Between 2006 and 2007 I worked at Mars in Berkshire
(manufacturer of Snickers, Maltesers and Pedigree Chum dog food) managing
manufacturing control systems for a vending machine factory. Since
returning to Manchester, I've become actively involved in the wider student
community. I write regularly for Student Direct, present a show on Fuse FM
(the University's radio station) and am the treasurer for one of the
University's societies.
- Address:
- Room 2.70 Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 759 002 9514
- Email:
- naishj5-AT-cs.man.ac.uk
- Website:
- http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~naishj5/
Grace Mbipom
Hi, I am a PhD student in the Information Management Group (IMG) and I'm interested in Web accessibility. I had previously received an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland before moving to the University of Manchester to undertake a doctoral research under the supervision of Dr. Simon Harper. I'm very much happy to help.
- Address:
- LF1, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 161 275 6239
- Email:
- grace.mbipom-AT-cs.manchester.ac.uk
- Website:
- http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~mbipomg
Farzaneh Sarafraz
My name is Farzaneh Sarafraz but people just call me "Fa". I am a PhD student working on computational linguistics, in particular text mining for contradictions and contrasts in biomedicine. My supervisor is Dr.Goran Nenadic and I am a member of his TEAM. I have worked for some years before starting a PhD, and one enterprise I am very proud to have worked with is Sharif FarsiWeb. Please do not hesitate to contact me to discuss any issues or concerns.
- Address:
- Room 1.12 Lamb Building, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 161 306 3371
- Email:
- sarafraf-AT-cs.man.ac.uk
- Website:
- http://homepages.cs.manchester.ac.uk/~sarafraf
Jasmin Opitz
I'm a second year PhD student in the Information Management Group (IMG), supervised by Uli Sattler and Bijan Parsia. I'm interested in Description Logics and Ontologies and how these can be used to make medical images and documents more easily accessible for medical research and clinical workflows. Before I started my PhD in Manchester in 2008 I graduated from the Free University of Berlin in Germany. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
- Address:
- 2.114, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 161 275 6136
- Email:
- jasmin.opitz-AT-cs.manchester.ac.uk
- Website:
- http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~opitzj
Kawther Saeedi
My name is Kawther Saeedi. I am a PhD student working on Business Process Modeling. My supervisor is Dr. Liping Zhao and I am a member of Software Systems Research Group. I have done BSc in Computer Science at King Abdulaziz University then MSc in Information Systems Engineering at Manchester University. I have worked in IT industry and Academia before I started the PhD.
Please do not hesitate to contact me to discuss any issues or concerns.
- Address:
- Room 2.70 K Kilburn Building, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 161 275 6173
- Email:
- saeedik-AT-cs.man.ac.uk
Alex Chen
I am a PhD Student in the in the Information Management Group where I am a member of the Human Centred Web Lab. Currently, I am being supervised by
Dr Simon Harper where I am researching how we can make the Web more accessible for people with disabilities, and identifying the trends of the evolution of the Web. Before becoming a PhD student, I did my Bachelors degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Leeds. After that, I came to the School of Computer Science, University of Manchester to do a Masters degree in Advanced Computer Science.
Feel free to contact me to discuss any issues or concerns.
- Address:
- Room LF1 Kilburn Building, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 161 275 6239
- Email:
- chenqa-AT-cs.manchester.ac.uk
- Website:
- http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/~chenqa/
Salil Deena
Hi, I am a second year PhD student in the Advanced Interfaces Group and supervised by Dr. Aphrodite Galata. Prior to PhD study, I did an MSc in Advanced Computer Science in the same school. I have a taste of both industry and academia and would be glad to address queries or concerns of new/ongoing PhD students.
- Address:
- Room 2.100 Kilburn Building, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
- Email:
- deenas-AT-cs.man.ac.uk
- Website:
- http://aig.cs.man.ac.uk/people/salil/
Past Mentors
- Tianyi Chen (retired in 2010)
- Chenchen Xi (retired in 2009)
- Eleni Michailidou (retired in 2009)
- Paul Fisher (retired in 2008)
- Darren Lunn (retired in 2008)
- William Pinnington (retired in 2008)
- Glyn Rees (retired in 2007)
- Aziz Khan (retired in 2007)
- Simon Wilkinson (retired in 2007)
- Birte Glim (retired in 2007)
- Hector Urbina (retired in 2007)
- Khiran Mohit (retired in 2006)
- Antoon Goderis (retired in 2006)
- Wenyu Guo (retired in 2006)
- Duncan Hull (retired in 2006)
- Iman Narasamdya (retired in 2006)
- Henan Zhao (retired in 2006)
- Zheng Wang (retired in 2006)
- Jun Liu (retired in 2006)
- Lei Li (retired in 2005)
- Fabrice Caillette (retired in 2004)
- Caroline Jay (retired in 2004)
- Robert Woolfson (retired in 2004)