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Current

  • 15 Jun to 18 Jun 2025: Dr. Fayaz is organizing a mini-symposium (MS21) with Dr. Esteghamati (Utah State University, USA) on "Physics-Informed and Explainable Machine Learning for Natural Hazards, Exposure, and Risk Modelling" at 2025 COMPDYN Conference, Greece. If your research is in this domain, we invite you to submit an abstract. See Details

2024

  • 18 Nov 2024: Dr. Fayaz's proposal for Google-Deepmind Research Ready Placement was successful and received funding for the Department of Computer Science at the University of Exeter, UK. See Details
  • 16 Oct 2024: Dr. Fayaz presented research at Environmental Intelligence & Geography seminar event at the University of Exeter, UK. See Details
  • 1 Oct 2024: Dr. Francisco Pinto (Assistant Professor at University of Chile, Chile) started his visit as Visiting Faculty under Dr. Fayaz at the University of Exeter, UK. See Details
  • 1 Sep 2024: Dr. Fayaz joined the Editorial Board of International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR). See Details
  • 1 Aug 2024: Dr. Fayaz started as an Academic Lead for Environmental Intelligence (EI) Network at the University of Exeter, UK. See Details
  • 30 Jun to 5 Jul 2024: Dr. Fayaz presented research at the 18th World Conference of Earthquake Engineering (18WCEE) in Milan, Italy. See Details
  • 21 May 2024: Dr. Fayaz's research proposal (in collaboration with University College London, Northumbria University, and UKCRIC) was selected in the top 10 finalists (out of ~400 proposals) and received initial research funding for Manchester Prize Award hosted by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), UK. See Details
  • 15 Apr 2024: Mr. Roberto Vergara (graduate student under Prof. Rodrigo Astroza at University of the Andes, Chile) started his visit as a Visiting Scholar under Dr. Fayaz at the University of Exeter, UK. See Details
  • 22 Feb 2024: Dr. Fayaz participated in the Away Day hosted by Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (IDSAI) at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, UK. See Details
  • 1 Feb to 2 Feb 2024: Dr. Fayaz was invited to present research at NHERI (Stanford University and University of California Berkeley) Computational Symposium at the University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA. See Details
  • 4 Jan 2024: Dr. Fayaz joined as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Department of Computer Science at University of Exeter, UK. See Details