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Dr Ali Gheitasy

Senior Lecturer in Information Technology
Course Leader in Creative Computing
School of Computing and Engineering
ali.gheitasy@uwl.ac.uk

Ali Gheitasy has wide-ranging experience from industrial environment and web development to academic research and teaching. He has been involved in academic authoring and publication review for journals and conferences. Research interests include:

  • Socio-technical systems design and evaluation
  • Sharing economy/online collaborative consumption
  • Online communities and social capital
  • User Experience & User-Centred Design

  • Qualifications

    • BSc (Thames Valley University)
    • MSc (University of West London)
    • PGCert (University of West London)
    • PhD (University of West London)

  • Memberships

    Member of IFIP TC 13.8 working group in Interaction Design for International Development

Research

  • Research and publications

    Chapters in edited books:

    Abdelnour-Nocera, J., Gheitasy, A., 2022. Micro-politics, Semiotic Power and Infrastructural Inversion: Theoretical Lenses for Geopolitical HC

    Gheitasy, A., Abdelnour-Nocera, J., Nardi, B., Rigas, D., 2014. Designing for Online Collaborative Consumption: A Study of Sociotechnical Gaps and Social Capital, in: Kurosu, M. (Ed.), Human-Computer Interaction. Applications and Services, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer International Publishing, pp. 683–692​

    Barricelli, B.R., Gheitasy, A., Morch, A., Valentina, S. 2014. Cultures of Participation in the Digital Age: Social Computing for Working, Learning and Living, CoPDA 2014: 27- 30 May 2014, Como, Italy 

  • Conferences

    Gheitasy, A., Abdelnour-Nocera, J., Nardi, B. 2015. Socio-technical gaps in online collaborative consumption (OCC): An example of the Etsy community, SIGDOC 2015 Conference: 16 - 17 July, Limerick, Ireland​​

    Gheitasy, A. Abdelnour-Nocera, J., 2013. Online Collaborative Consumption: A multi-cultural study of sociotechnical gaps, social capital & collaboration patterns, Human Work Interaction Design PhD course: 15-17 May 2013, Roskilde University, Denmark. ​

    Gheitasy, A. 2013. Designing for Online Collaborative Consumption: A study of sociotechnical gaps, social capital & collaboration patterns, HCI 2013: The 27th International Human Computer Interaction Conference: The Internet of things. 9 - 13 Sep 2013, Brunel University, UK, Doctoral Consortium 

  • Research degree supervision

    Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence (HCAI)

    Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence (HCAI) is an approach to designing, implementing, and evaluating AI that prioritises the wellbeing, needs and values of humans. It places humans at the core of AI systems, ensuring that technology is created and utilised in a manner that aligns with human values, enhances human capabilities and respects human rights and dignity. Its goal is to create AI technologies that serves human interests rather than replacing or disregarding them, fostering a positive and harmonious integration of AI into various aspects of human life.

    For full details of Dr Gheitasy's PhD degree opportunities, visit the SCE research degree page.

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