Eiman Kanjo

Eiman Kanjo
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Scientific career
InstitutionsNottingham Trent University
Imperial College London
University of Nottingham
University of Cambridge
ThesisVision-based interactive toys environment

Eiman Kanjo(Arabic: إيمان كنجو) is a British computer scientist and engineer. She is professor of pervasive sensing at Nottingham Trent University. Her research considers the development of wireless sensing technologies. She was named as one of the Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering in 2022. She joins Imperial College London as Provost's Visiting Professor, October 2023.

Early life and education

Eiman received a bachelor's degree in Computer and Electronic engineering from the University of Aleppo, Syria. Her doctorate considered vision-based interactive toys.[1] After earning her doctorate, Kanjo moved to the University of Nottingham, where she developed mobile sensing technologies, which harnessed the power of smart phones to track health, social and environmental information.[2][3] She continued to build smart sensing devices at the University of Cambridge.[4]

Research and career

Eiman directs the Smart Sensing Lab at Nottingham Trent University. Here she builds systems and digital capabilities for social good.[5] This includes developing wearable technologies and devices for assessing their environment.[5] Her sensors can be attached to the smart phones of cyclists to monitor air pollution[6] uncover the environmental contributors to asthma attacks[7] and monitor how the hustle and bustle of cities impacts physical health.[8] However, she warned against the damaging impacts of smartphones, explaining that notifications can cause a downturn in mood[8]

Kanjo developed a platform, Tag With Me, that provided location-based guidance and an interactive treasure hunt to allow visitors to explore parks and cultural destinations.[9][10] Tag With Me was used by the Sherwood Forest in their 5G Connectivity project.[11]

She believes her smart sensor networks could be used to monitor mental health in real time, and argued that digital platforms could have helped people find support during the COVID-19 pandemic.[12][13]

In 2022, Kanjo was named as one of the Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering.[14] She moved to Imperial College London as a visiting professor in 2023.[15]

Awards and honours

Select publications

  • Eiman Kanjo (20 November 2009). "NoiseSPY: A Real-Time Mobile Phone Platform for Urban Noise Monitoring and Mapping". Mobile Networks and Applications. 15 (4): 562–574. doi:10.1007/S11036-009-0217-Y. ISSN 1383-469X. Wikidata Q59586689.
  • Eiman Kanjo; Eman M.G. Younis; Chee Siang Ang (September 2019). "Deep learning analysis of mobile physiological, environmental and location sensor data for emotion detection". Information Fusion. 49: 46–56. doi:10.1016/J.INFFUS.2018.09.001. ISSN 1566-2535. Wikidata Q59586667.
  • Daria J Kuss; Eiman Kanjo; Mark Crook-Rumsey; Fraenze Kibowski; Grace Y Wang; Alex Sumich (2018). "Problematic Mobile Phone Use and Addiction Across Generations: the Roles of Psychopathological Symptoms and Smartphone Use". Journal of technology in behavioral science. 3 (3): 141–149. doi:10.1007/S41347-017-0041-3. ISSN 2366-5963. PMC 6133055. PMID 30238057. Wikidata Q59586668.

References

  1. ^ "Vision-based interactive toys environment | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. ^ Kanjo, Eiman; Bacon, Jean; Roberts, David; Landshoff, Peter (October 2009). "MobSens: Making Smart Phones Smarter". IEEE Pervasive Computing. 8 (4): 50–57. doi:10.1109/MPRV.2009.79. ISSN 1558-2590. S2CID 18461727.
  3. ^ Simonite, Tom (2007-10-31). "Cellphones team up to become smart CCTV swarm". New Scientist. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  4. ^ "Lifeboat Foundation Bios: Dr. Eiman Kanjo". lifeboat.com. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  5. ^ a b "Eiman Kanjo". technologymagazine.com. 2022-10-28. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  6. ^ Simonite, Tom (2008-01-02). "Cyclists' cellphones help monitor air pollution". New Scientist. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  7. ^ Simonite, Tom (2008-01-25). "Pocket air monitor seeks out the causes of asthma". New Scientist. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  8. ^ a b Knapton, Sarah (2017-06-25). "Noisy cities disrupt heartbeat and could trigger disease, study suggests". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  9. ^ "Tag With Me - Location Based Treasure Hunts". www.tagwithme.com. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  10. ^ "NHS trials AI tagging tech from NTU to improve wellbeing Brochure". technologymagazine.com. 2022. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  11. ^ Council, Nottinghamshire County. "5G Connected Forest: Delivering 5G to Sherwood Forest and the surrounding area". 5G Connected Forest. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  12. ^ "Digital platforms could enable monitoring of mental health crises in real-time, say researchers". www.ntu.ac.uk. 2021-02-11. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  13. ^ Brierley, Craig (2021-02-10). "Digital support". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  14. ^ a b Where Women Work (2022-06-23). "NTU's Professor Eiman Kanjo is a Top 50 Woman in Engineering". Where Women Work. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  15. ^ "Provost's Visiting Professors scheme welcomes second cohort | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. 2023-07-11. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  16. ^ Where Women Work (2022-06-29). "Nottingham Trent University Professor Eiman Kanjo's success in Top 50 Women in Engineering list is featured by East Midlands Business Link". Where Women Work. Retrieved 2023-07-19.