Reza Sahandi

Professor Reza Sahandi

  • Emeritus Professor
  • Poole House P417, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
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Biography

Reza Sahandi is a Professor in the Department of Computing at Bournemouth University. He received his PhD from Bradford University in 1978. In 1987, he joined Buckinghamshire College of Brunel University and in 1989, he was promoted to principal lecturer. In 1993, he took up his appointment at Bournemouth University and in 1998 he became a senior academic. He took on the role of head of undergraduate programmes and subsequently postgraduate programmes. In 2007 he was promoted to Associate Dean and became acting head of the Electronics academic group, when he reformed it to the Creative Technology. In 2008, he took on the role as head of academic development and resources.

In 2011 Dr Sahandi took on the role as head of the Department of Creative Technology and led its rapid expansion. In 2014 he was promoted to Associated Professor.

In 2016 he reverted to his academic activities and moved to the Department of Computing and Informatics. In 2018 he was promoted to professor.

Reza Sahandi’s research areas include multimedia communication systems and cloud computing...

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Journal Articles

  • Ramachandran, M., Sahandi, M.R., Prakoonwit, S., Khan, W., Selamat, S.A.M., 2019. Safety of Coach Based School Transport in the UK: A Study of Safety Compliance of Coach Operators and Trust of Stakeholders. International Journal of Latest Technology in Engineering,, VIII (VI), 1-10.
  • Mohd Selamat, S.A., Prakoonwit, S., Sahandi, R., Khan, W., Ramachandran, M., 2018. Big data analytics—A review of data-mining models for small and medium enterprises in the transportation sector. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, 8 (3).
  • Alkhalil, A., Sahandi, R., John, D., 2017. An exploration of the determinants for decision to migrate existing resources to cloud computing using an integrated TOE-DOI model. Journal of Cloud Computing, 6 (1).
  • Opara-Martins, J., Sahandi, M., Tian, F., 2017. A Holistic Decision Framework to Avoid Vendor Lock-in for Cloud SaaS Migration. Computer and Information Science, Vol. 10 (No 3).
  • Kang, D., Tian, F., Sahandi, R., 2017. Interactive illustration of collage for children with folktale e-book. Journal of Visualization, 20 (3), 639-650.
  • Alkhalil, A., Sahandi, R., John, D., 2017. A decision process model to support migration to cloud computing. International Journal of Business Information Systems, 24 (1), 102-126.
  • Alkhalil, A., Sahandi, M.R., John, D., 2016. A Decision Process Model to Support Migration to Cloud Computing. International Journal of Business Information Systems, 24 (1), 102-126.
  • Opara-Martins, J., Tian, F., Sahandi, R., 2016. Critical analysis of vendor lock-in and its impact on cloud computing migration: a business perspective. Journal of Cloud Computing - Advances, Systems and Applications, 5 (4).
  • Sahandi, R., Taylor, J., 2015. The Effect of Culture on User Interface Design of Social Media - A Case Study on Preferences of Saudi Arabians on the Arabic User Interface of Facebook. International Journal of Social, Behavioral, Educational, Economic, Business and Industrial Engineering, 9 (1), 107-111.
  • Alquraini, Sahandi, Noroozi, Taylor, 2013. Using perception of culture to optimize a digital library classification system – a case study. International Journal on Digital Libraries.
  • Sahandi, R., Sewell, P., Noroozi, S., Hewitt, M., 2012. Remote Monitoring of Lower-Limb Prosthetic Socket fit using Wireless Technologies. Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 36, 50-56.
  • Sahandi, R., Roushan, G., Heaslip, V., 2010. Remote patient monitoring to improve patient care on general hospital wards. Scope: Journal of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, 8-12.
  • Sahandi, R., Noroozi, S., Roushan, G., Heaslip, V., Liu, Y., 2010. Wireless technology in the evolution of patient monitoring on general hospital wards. Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 34, 51-63.
  • Sahandi, R., 2010. Is wireless the answer? Hospital Information Technology Europe, 3, 18-21.
  • Sahandi, R., Vine, D.S.G., Longster, J.A., 1998. Text-to-Visual Speech Synthesis. Informatica, Special issue: NLP & Multi-Agent Systems, 22, 445-450.

Books

  • Sahandi, M., Tian, F., 2016. E-Learning and Games, 10th International Conference, Edutainment 2016, Hangzhou, China, April 14-16, 2016, Revised Selected Papers. Springer.

Chapters

  • Selamat, S.A.M., Prakoonwit, S., Sahandi, R., Khan, W., 2019. Big Data and IoT Opportunities for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). In: Kaur, G., Tomar, P., eds. Handbook of Research on Big Data and the IoT. Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global, 77-88.
  • Opara-Martins, J., Sahandi, Tian, F., 2016. Implications of Integration and Interoperability for Enterprise Cloud-Based Applications. Cloud Computing 6th International Conference, CloudComp 2015, Daejeon, South Korea, October 28-29, 2015, Proceedings. Springer.
  • Kang, D., Tian, F., Sahandi, R., 2016. Educational folktale e-book with collage illustratable tool. 15-26.

Conferences

  • Aldoayan, M., Sahandi, R., John, D., Cetinkaya, D., 2020. A Conceptual Framework for Cloud-based Collaborative Online Course Provision. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 27-31.
  • Aldoayan, M., Sahandi, R., John, D., Cetinkaya, D., 2019. Collaborative cloud-based online courses: Issues and challenges. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Part F148151, 17-21.
  • Manoharan M, Sahandi, R., Prakoonwit, S., Khan, W., 2018. An Intelligent Recommendation Model for Coach Operators. In: International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Computers, Communication, Mechanical and Computing (EECCMC) 28/01/2018 India. IEEE Xplore®.
  • Ramachandran, M., Sahandi, R., Prakoonwit, S., Khan, W., Sahandi, M., 2018. An Intelligent Recommendation Model for Coach Operators. In: International Conference On Electrical, Electronics, Computers, Communication, Mechanical And Computing (EECCMC) 28/01/2018 India.
  • Ramachandran, M., Sahandi, R., Prakoonwit, S., Khan, W., Sahandi, M., 2018. Coach Travel Safety Analysis Matrix (CTSAM): A tool for analysing safety of children travelling by coaches in the UK. In: International Conference On Electrical, Electronics, Computers, Communication, Mechanical And Computing (EECCMC) 28/01/2018 Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Ramachandran, M., Sahandi, R., Prakoonwit, S., Khan, W., Mohd Selamat, S.A., 2018. A Safety Transport Model for Validation of UK Coach Operators for School Journeys. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering Lnicst, 222, 183-191.
  • Ramachandran, M., Sahandi, R., Prakoonwit, S., Khan, W., 2018. Mathematical Model for Safety Score Calculation for Validation of Coach Operators in the UK. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering Lnicst, 222, 174-182.
  • Ramachandran, M., Sahandi, R., Prakoonwit, S., Khan, W., 2017. Big Data analytics: A Review of Data Mining Models for SMEs in the Transportation Sector. In: Intelligent Transport Systems (INTSYS) – From research and development to the market uptake 29/11/2017 Helsinki, Finland.
  • Sahandi, R., Prakoonwit, S., Khan, W., 2017. School Transport Safety Through Private Coach Hires in Great Britain: A Qualitative Survey. In: 15th International Conference on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Telecommunications 29/05/2017 Warsaw. IEEE.
  • Yearp, A., Newell, D., Davies, P., Wade, R., Sahandi, R., 2016. Wireless remote patient monitoring system: Effects of interference. Proceedings 2016 10th International Conference on Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing Imis 2016, 367-370.
  • Ramachandran, M., Sahandi, R., Prakoonwit, S., Khan, W., 2016. Intelligent safety transport framework for schools: A review of route planning and tracking systems. Matec Web of Conferences, 81.
  • Tang, W., Smith, P., Watson, A., Sahandi, M., 2016. Utilising Emotional Response within Dialogue Trees for Game-based Training. In: The 29th International Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents 23/05/2016 Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Opara-Martins, J., Sahandi, R., Tian, F., 2016. Implications of Integration and Interoperability for Enterprise Cloud-based Applications. In: 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing 28/10/2015 South Korea. Springer, 167 (1) Springer: Springer International Publishing.
  • Mansour, I., Sahandi, R., Cooper, K., Warman, A., 2016. Interoperability in the heterogeneous cloud environment: A survey of recent user-centric approaches. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 22-23-March-2016.
  • Alkhalil, A., Sahandi, R., John, D., 2016. A review of the current level of support to aid decisions for migrating to cloud computing. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 22-23-March-2016.
  • Collins, J., Hisrt, W., Tang, W., Luu, C., Smith, P., Watson, A., Sahandi, R., 2016. EDTree: Emotional dialogue trees for game based training. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, 9654, 77-84.
  • Almakky, H., Sahandi, R., Taylor, J., 2015. The Effect of Culture on User Interface Design of Social Media: A case study on preferences of Saudi Arabian on the Arabic user interface of Facebook. In: The XIII International Conference on Social Media and Cloud Computing (ICSMCC 2015) 13/01/2015 Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Opara-Martins, J., Sahandi, R., Tian, F., 2015. A Business Analysis of Cloud Computing: Data Security and Contract Lock-In Issues. Proceedings 2015 10th International Conference on P2p Parallel Grid Cloud and Internet Computing 3pgcic 2015, 665-670.
  • Opara-Martins, J., sahandi, R., Tian, F., 2014. Critical Review of Vendor Lock-in and Its Impact on Adoption of Cloud Computing. In: International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2014) 10/11/2014 London, UK.
  • Alkhalil, A., Sahandi, R., John, D., 2014. Migration to Cloud Computing: A Decision Process Model. In: Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems 17/09/2014 Varaždin, Croatia.
  • Alkhalil, A., Sahandi, R., John, D., 2013. Migration to Cloud Computing - The Impact on IT Management and Security. In: International Workshop on Cloud Computing and Information Security (CCIS2013) 09/11/2013 Shanghai, China.
  • Alkhalil, A., Sahandi, R., John, D., 2013. Migration to Cloud Computing-The Impact on IT Management and Security: An Exploration of Senior Technical and Security Professional Views. In: International Workshop on Cloud Computing and Information Security (CCIS 2013) 09/11/2013 Shanghai, China.
  • Sahandi, M., 2013. Migration to Cloud Computing- The Impact on IT Management and Security. In: The International Workshop on Cloud Computing and Information Security (CCIS2013), 09/11/2013 Shanghai, China. Part of series: Advances in Intelligent Systems Research.
  • Sahandi, M., 2013. SMEs Migration to Cloud Computing: Potential and Security. In: The13th IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE’12 01/10/2012 Bournemouth, UK. Atlantis Press.
  • Sahandi, R., 2013. SMEs Migration to Cloud Computing: Potential and Security. In: 13th IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE’12 01/10/2012 Bournemouth, UK.
  • Sahandi, R., Roushan, G., Bell, G., Robinson, P., 2010. Managing Intellectual Capital in UK Higher Education: A Student Perspective. In: Khavandkar, J., eds. 2nd International Conference on Intellectual Capital Management (IICM 2010) 06/10/2010 Zanjan University, Zanjan, Iran.
  • Roushan, G., Sahandi, R., Bell, G., Robinson, P., 2010. Intellectual Capital Management in Higher Education Institutions. In: 2nd International Conference on Intellectual Capital Management (IICM 2010) 06/10/2010 Zanjan University, Zanjan, Iran.
  • Sahandi, R., 2010. Evolution of Wireless Technology and Remote Patient Monitoring. In: Contemporary Issues in Computer and Information Science Conference 01/06/2010 Zanjan University, Zanjan, Iran.
  • Sahandi, R., Liu, Y., 2010. Channel Overlap Problems of ZigBee Networks for Remote Patient Monitoring on General Hospital Wards. In: International Conference on Communications and Mobile Computing (CMC 2010) 12/04/2010 Shenzhen, China. IEEE Computer Society.
  • Sahandi, R., 2010. Electronic Admission and Monitoring System for Patients. In: Confenis, International Advanced Symposium on Enterprise Integration and Information Architecture 10/03/2010 Kish, Iran..
  • Liu, Y., Sahandi, R., 2009. Zigbee Network for Remote Patient Monitoring. In: 22nd International Symposium on Information, Communication and Automation Technologies 29/10/2009 Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
  • Liu, Y., Sahandi, R., 2009. Zigbee Network for Remote Patient Monitoring. In: 22nd International Symposium on Information, Communication and Automation Technologies 29/10/2009 Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
  • Liu, Y., Sahandi, R., 2008. Review of sensors for remote patient monitoring. In: Sixth IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering: BioMed 2008 13/02/2008 Innsbruck, Austria. , 408-413 Austria: ACTA Press.
  • Fathy, M., Babaei, P., Sahandi, R., 2002. Layered Video Compression Using Scalability In DCT Coefficients For Multicast Transmission. In: Third IEEE Conference on Information Technology ITCC 08/04/2002 Las Vegas, USA.
  • Fathy, M., Sahandi, R., 2002. A Neural Architecture for Image Vector Quantization. In: 3rd International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing (IEEE ITCC2002) 08/04/2002 Las Vegas, Nevada. USA: IEEE.
  • Vine, D.S.G., Sahandi, R., 2000. Synthesis of Emotional Speech using RP-PSOLA. In: IEE Seminar on the State of the Art in Speech Synthesis 13/04/2000 London. IEE.
  • Vine, D.S.G., Sahandi, R., 2000. Synthesising of Emotional Speech by concatenating Multiple Pitch Recorded Speech Units. In: ISCA Workshop on Speech and Emotion: A Conceptual Framework for Research 05/09/2000 Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • Roushan, G., Sahandi, R., 2000. The Management Challenge of E-Business. In: BITWorld 2000 Conference 01/06/2000 Universidad Iberoamericana, Santa Fe, México City.
  • Macey, J.P., Sahandi, R., Zhang, J.J., Comninos, P., 1999. NURBS Based Freeform Deformation Control of a Parametric Lip Model. In: Proceedings of Eurographics UK 17th Annual Conference: EG-UK99 13/04/1999 Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. , ?? Cambridge UK: Eurographics UK Chapter.
  • Vine, D.S.G., Longster, J.A., Sahandi, R., 1999. Reference Pitch Prompting: A Recording Method For Concatenative Speech Synthesis. In: IEE Colloquium on Interactive Spoken Dialogue Systems for Telephony Applications 03/11/1999 London.
  • Vine, D.S.G., Sahandi, R., Longster, J.A., 1999. Recording Concatenative Units for Speech Synthesis using a Reference Pitch Prompt. In: International Workshop: Speech and Computer (SPECOM'99) 10/1999 Moscow, Russia.
  • Longster, J.A., Sahandi, R., Vine, D.S.G., 1999. Prosody Generation and Segment Concatenation in the Time Domain. In: International Workshop: Speech and Computer (SPECOM'99) 10/1999 Moscow, Russia.
  • Longster, J.A., Sahandi, R., 1998. Facial Animation to Support Bi-modal Communication. In: The International Conference on Knowledge Transfer Through Multimedia & Virtual Reality 13/04/1998 National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
  • Vine, D.S.G., Sahandi, R., 1998. An Evaluation of Naturalness in Time-Domain Concatenative Speech Synthesis. In: The Speech and Hearing Conference 11/1998 Windermere, Cumbria, UK..
  • Sahandi, R., Roushan, G., 1998. Multimedia in Education: Creating an Interactive Distributed Learning Environment. In: The 3rd International Conference on Multimedia Engineering and Education 07/07/1998 City University, Hong Kong.
  • Macey, J.P., Sahandi, R., 1998. An Evaluation of Low Cost Visual Speech Synthesis Systems. In: The International Conference on Knowledge Transfer Through Multimedia & Virtual Reality 13/04/1998 National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt,.
  • Sahandi, R., Vine, D.S.G., 1997. Text-to-Speech and Animation for Knowledge Transfer. In: KT ’97: International Conference on Knowledge Transfer 07/1997 London.
  • Sahandi, R., Vine, D.S.G., 1997. A Concatenation Framework for Test-to-Speech Synthesis using CVC Syllables. In: Speech and Language Technology Speech and Language Technology (SALT) Club Workshop on Evaluation in Speech and Language Technology 17/06/1997 Halifax Hall, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
  • Sahandi R., Alkhalil A , Opara-Martins J. SMEs Migration to Cloud Computing: Potential and Security. In: 13th IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE’12 01/10/2012 Bournemouth. PRO-VE 2012, IFIP AICT 380, pp. 186–195, 2012.

PhD Students

  • Mohammed Alhajri
  • Haseeb Qureshi. A Framework for Integration of 5G and Cloud-computing
  • May Aldoayan
  • Manoharan Ramachandran
  • Siti Aishah Mohd Selamat

Profile of Teaching PG

  • Cloud Computing

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Networks and Cyber Security

Qualifications

  • PhD in Image Processing (Bradford University, 1987)
  • MSc in Control Engineering (Bradford University, 1978)
  • BSc (Hons) in Physics (Isfahan University, 1974)

Memberships

  • Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and and Chartered Engineer (CEng), Member (1993-3112017),
  • The Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Fellow,
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