Research Staff Profile

Dr Ismini Vasileiou BSc (Hons) PGCE EdD FBCS SFHEA

Head of Information Systems (DMU) & Visiting Research Fellow (UoP)

Brief biographical information

Ismini Vasileiou (FBCS, SFHEA) is an Associate Professor and Subject Lead(Head of Department)  in Information Systems at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. Leading the team on Information Systems, supporting research-informed teaching and promoting enterprise activities between academia and industry. 

Dr. Vasileiou's research interests include Social Engineering, Security Education, Information Systems, Big Data and Technology-supported Learning. She holds an EdD in Flexible Learning for Computing Degrees in Higher Education, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Fellow of BCS. She is actively involved in academic delivery at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as the supervision of BSc, MSc and postgraduate research(PhD). Dr Vasileiou has previously published on topics including flexible learning, security education, and technology-supported delivery, and has delivered a variety of invited presentations and keynote talks into relation to topics such as unconscious bias and stereotypes in STEM topics. Dr Vasileiou has extensive experience on running successful projects supporting both academia and industry such as Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) projects, led and developed the Degree Apprenticeship scheme. 

Dr. Vasileiou is currently actively involved in professional body activities for the computing sector and current roles BCSWomen as the EDI officer, and the BCS Learning and Development Specialist Group and has previously served as BCS Branch Chair and various University wide committees. She was a successful Athena SWAN lead and has led various policy changes across the institutions. Has worked extensively on Unconscious Bias training material and can deliver it as and when needed.

Research interests

We welcome applications for self-funded PhDs in the below areas:

• Big Data and Information Systems
• Security Education and Gamification
• Learning Analytics

Education/qualifications

  GCHQ Certified Social Engineering Awareness Course

  PASS/SI Supplemental Instruction Supervisor

  mySAP ERPInstructor E-Business Software Integration

  Doctor of Education (EdD) University of Sheffield

  PGCE post-16 University of Plymouth

  BSc(Hons) Computing and Informatics

Professional memberships

FBCS

SFHEA

External appointments

2017 - 2018  BCS Education Portfolio Reviewer

2017 - 2019    Chair of BCS South West Branch

2017 - 2019    STEM Champion, High View Primary School, Plymouth

2017-present   Member, IFIP TCP WG 3.3 Research into Educational Applications of Information Technologies

2016-present   Member, IFIP TCP WG 11.8 Information Security Education

2016-present   Membership Secretary, BCSLearningandDevelopmentSG

2015-present   CommitteeMember, BCSWomen

2015-2019      Chair of STEM SIG International Academic Peer Learning Leadership group

2015-2017      Secretary, BCSSouthWestBranch

2013-2015      Barefoot Computing Workshop Curriculum Leader for Teachers

Grants and other income

1. KTP Lead Academic: To develop a tool that manages medical device standard compliance for agile-style software development, £60,000
2. KTP Lead Academic: To develop a dynamic software analysis tool using large data to predict the impact of new chemicals and compounds upon the environment and to enable certification testing to be optimized, £50,000
3. Vasileiou, I. 2017. Peer Assisted Learning for Mature students in STEM, Plymouth University, £2,500
4. Vasileiou, I. 2011. PeerAssistedLearningScheme (PALS), PlymouthUniversity£25,000.

Journal papers

2 Journal papers

Conference papers

9 Conference papers

Books

1 Books

Contributions to edited books

2 Contributions to edited books

14 publication(s) - all categories.

Editorships / Refereeing for journals

JournalReviewer

1.    Elsevier Heliyon
2.    Elsevier Computers and Security
3.    Emerald Information and Computer Security
4.    Neural Computing and Applications Journal
5.    HorizonComputerScienceandInformationTechnology
6.    JournalofComputerScienceinHigherEducation(JCHE)
7.    JournalofLearningDevelopmentinHigherEducation

Conference Committees and Reviewing

1.    Technical Programme Committee, The Ninth International Conference on  Database and Expert Systems Applications DEXA 2019, Linz, Germany, Austria, August 26-29 2019
2.    Programme Committee, The 12^thWorld Conference in Information Security Education WISE 2019, Lisbon, Portugal, June 25-27, 2019
3.    Technical Programme Committee, The Ninth International Conference on  Database and Expert Systems Applications DEXA 2018, Regensburg, Germany, September 3-6, 2018
4.    Associate Editor, ECIS: European Conference on Information Systems, Portsmouth, UK, 23-28 June 2018
5.    Reviewer, HAISA: 11th International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security and Assurance, Adelaide, Australia, 28-30 November 2017
6.    ProgrammeCommittee,28^thInternationalConferenceonDatabaseExpertSystemsApplications (DEXA), LyonFrance, 28-31 August2017
7.    Technical Programme Committee, The8thInternationalConferenceonInformationTechnologyinEducation(CITE2017) February26 to28, 2017 inGuilin, China
8.   ProgrammeCommittee, 10thWorldConferenceonInformationSecurityEducation(WISE10), Rome Italy, 28-31 May2017
9.   Technical Programme Committee, The Ninth International Conference on Advances in Databases, Knowledge, and Data Applications DBKDA 2017, Barcelona, Spain, May 21 - 25, 2017

Conferences organised

1. 'Women in STEM: Inspriring the Next Generations' Plymouth University, 23rd March 2017
2. Programme Committee 28^th International Conference on Database Expert Systems Applications, LyonFrance, 28-31 August 2017
3. Programme Committee, 10th World Conference on Information Security Education (WISE 10), Rome Italy, 28-31 May 2017
4. TCP The Ninth International Conference on Advances in Databases, Knowledge, and Data Applications DBKDA 2017, Barcelona, Spain, May 21 - 25, 2017
5. TCP Member for The 8th International Conferenceon Information Technology in Education (CITE 2017) Guilin, China, 26th to 28th February, 2017
6. 'Women in STEM: Celebrating Science and Engineering' Plymouth University, 10th March 2016
7. 'Women in STEM: Celebrating Science and Engineering' Plymouth University, 10th March 2016
8. 'International Women's Day' Plymouth University, 8th March 2016
9. TCP Member for The 7th International Conference on Information Technology in Education (CITE 2016) February 28th to March 1st, Beijing, China
10. Guinness World Record Attempt 'App-A-Thon', Plymouth University, June 2015
11. BCS South West Branch “Women in IT”, 19th March 2015

Current MPhil/PhD Supervisions

• Mr Craig Banyard, Learning Analytics
• Mr Zinnar Ghasem, A framework for tailored cyber security training
• Mr Ganesh Sankaran , Business Value of Smart Data

Completed MPhil/PhD Supervisions

• Dr Martin Dorigo, DOKY: A Multi-Modal User Interface for Non-Visual Presentation, Navigation and Manipulation of Structured Documents on Mobile and Wearable Devices (2018)

Examination of research degrees

2018        Dr Najem Mahmood “An evaluation of targeted security awareness for end users.”

Invited Presentations, Lectures, etc.

1. “diversITy – Promoting e-skills training for a diverse tech workforce”, Expert Panellist, London October 2018
2. “Social Engineering”, Workshop, Secure South West, Plymouth February 2018
3. “Peer Learning in STEM”,Workshop,  RAISE Conference, Manchester September 2017
4.  “Diversity in Tech: Recruitment, Resillience, Retention”, Invited Panellist Bristol July 2017
5.  “Peer Learning in STEM”, Workshop, European Forum of Peer Learning, Lund June 2017
6.  “Unconscious Bias: Confronting the Stereotypes”, TEDx Plymouth, March 2017
7.  Unconscious Bias Training for ICESouthWest, December 2016
8.  “TheGeekculture, socialinteractionandflippedclassroom”, VC’sTeachingandLearning Conference, Plymouth, June2016
9. “PeopleLikeMe: ConfrontingStereotypes”, VC’sTeachingandLearningConference, Plymouth, June2016
10. ‘PinkorBlue: ConfrontingtheStereotypes’ InvitedtalkforGo4SETAwardsevent, PlymouthUK, May2016
11.  ‘EmpoweringSTEM’ InvitedtalkforGo4SETLaunchevent, PlymouthUK, February 2016
12.  “TheGeekCultureandPeerLearning”, VC’sTeachingandLearningConference, Plymouth, June2015
13.  Invited Keynote Speaker,STEMAwards,PlymouthUK,21May2015.
14.  “WomeninSTEM: CareerProgression”, WomeninSTEMeventpartoftheBritishScienceWeekatPlymouthUniversity,20March2015
15. “WomeninIT”, invitedtalk, BedfordshireBCSStudentChapter, LutonUK, February 2015.
16. InvitedKeynoteSpeaker, WomeninSTEM, PlymouthUTCUK, December2014.

Other professional/academic activities/roles/duties

1. Chair of Equality and Diversity Commitee for the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Plymouth University
2. Chair of STEM SIG International Academic Peer Learning Leadership Group
3. Athena Swan Champion for School of Computing, Electronics and Mathemtics, Plymouth University
4. Mentor for women in STEM (in Greek)
5. Member of the Plymouth University Women's network advisory group
6. Shortlisted for the WISE Advisor Award 2012 and 2014
7. Winner of the Plymouth University 2012 SSTAR Award 'Most dedicated project supervisor'