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Imtiaz Khan

Dr

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7624-1319

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20062026

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Dr. Imtiaz Khan is an Associate Professor of Data Science with a mission to increase the veracity and value of big data. Having PhD in Bioinformatics from Cardiff University, UK and Marie Curie post-doctoral fellowship at Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, USA, he currently leads the Centre for Industry 4.0 and Blockchain Research at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK. This centre has a wide range of AI and Web 3.0 technologies (blockchain, digital twin etc.) related research and development projects. He has recently been awarded the Wales Technology Award (Best Blockchain Application category) and was the recipient of the Longitude Prize on Dementia. He led several industrial projects with companies like Airbus and government organisations like Companies House, UK and National Health Services, UK. He also led several Innovate UK projects with SMEs facilitating industry 4.0 transformation. He is also a steering committee member of the Wales Digital Twin Network and Blockchain Connected Council, Wales. He is an editorial board member of several international journals like Blockchain for Healthcare Today, Frontiers in Blockchain, Springer Nature Humanities and Social Sciences.

He is the founding programme director of the first-of-its-kind Degree Apprenticeship Data Science programme in Wales, which he designed, developed and delivered in collaboration with the Office of National Statistics, UK.

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, A Novel Bioinformatics Approach for Encoding and Interrogating the Progression and Modulation of the Mammalian Cell Cycle, Cardiff University School of Medicine

Award Date: 9 Jan 2009

Master, Computational Biology, Northeastern University

Award Date: 2 Jun 2003

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  3. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  4. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  5. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  6. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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