Dr Jie Li is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies at Teesside University.  His research expertise is concentrated in the areas of Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Computer Vision. Before joining Teesside University, he worked in a digital healthcare company, THERAPYAUDIT Limited as the AI lead, to lead and develop a commercial project, which is a proactive and predictive monitoring system, particularly, for the department of rheumatology, NHS. He was also the co-founder and CTO of NewApex Ltd., and successfully led a team to develop an AI-based mobile app StreetAway in 2017.

Dr Jie Li's research interests lie in the areas of :

• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning
• Computer Vision
• Intelligent Decision-making Systems
• Generative AI
• Cybersecurity 
• Internet of Things (IoT)

• 2022, D-PRIV: A Data Anonymisation System for Pervasive Health (PI), Innovate UK, Cyber security academic start-up accelerator programme (CyberASAP), Innovate UK. Phase I and II, Secured fund: £90K

• 2023, SuDs Project, Flood monitoring, collaborate with Northumbria University, and Durham City Council, funded by Durham City Council (Co-I), Securied Fund: Teesside University £400K

• 2023, Parrot AI, Enterprise Project, Project Lead, Cost: £40k
• 2024, MC-IoT: Model Checking Iot System, Co-I, Innovate UK,  CyberASAP, Phase I, Secured Fund: £30K
• 2024, KTP: PSI Global Limited, KTP 23_24 R6, Academic Supervisor, Project Cost: £234K

Program Committee Members:

• Assessment panel member of National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Cyberfirst Schools/Colleges Scheme
• Conference special session organiser – The 12^th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA2019), Special session 11, Fuzzy Modelling for automation, control and robotics.
• Member of IEEE Special Interest Group (SIG) on Big Data for Cyber Security and Privacy
• Program committee member – 12^th International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management & Applications (SKIMA2018)
• Member of organising committee – 8^th EAI International Conference on Cloud Computing (CloudComp2018)
• Member of organising committee – 29^th British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC2018)

Reviewers:

• Journal reviewer
  • IEEE Cybernetics
  • IEEE Access
  • IEEE Transactions on Big Data
  • Journal of Wireless Networks
  • Soft Computing
  • Expert System
  • Entropy
• Conference reviewer
  • FUZZ-IEEE
  • World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI)
  • International Conference on Advanced Computational Intelligence (ICACI)
  • EAI International Conference on Cloud Computing (CloudComp)
  • Annual UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI)

Dr Jie Li has worked in the industry over 7 years in the following roles:

• AI lead - Therapyaudit Limited, UK
• IT manager - Computer First Ltd., UK
• Co-founder and CTO - NewApex Ltd, UK

Dr. Jie Li is deeply engaged in the practical application of his research to real-world industry challenges, particularly within the realms of digital healthcare and artificial intelligence. His enterprise interests focus on the development and implementation of advanced AI-driven systems, demonstrating a strong commitment to bridging the gap between academic research and commercial innovation. Dr. Li plans to expand his research into the use of generative models for synthetic data generation and real-time system optimisation. He aims to collaborate with industry partners to develop research outputs that not only advance academic knowledge but also have direct applications in industry settings, such as the optimisation of industrial processes through generative AI.

Open to supervise if you intend to apply for an external funding/scholarship.