Dr Bugra Alkan

I am a senior lecturer at the Computer Science and Informatics Division, London South Bank University, carrying out research and teaching activities in the fields of artificial intelligence, cyber-physical systems, and industrial robotics. Prior to joining LSBU, I was a post-doctoral researcher with the Computer Science Department at the University of Bristol and a research fellow at WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group), the University of Warwick, U.K. I received my Ph.D. degree in engineering from WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K., in 2019, specialising in cyber-physical industrial automation systems.

I have extensive research experience working as a mechanical and manufacturing systems engineer and data scientist and participating as a principal investigator and co-investigator on internationally teamed research grants funded by EPSRC, Innovate UK, the Royal Society, and various industries. Some of these projects included, but were not limited to, Knowledge-Driven Configurable Manufacturing (EP/K018191/1), Automated Module to Pack Pilot Line for Industrial Innovation (102490), and Thales-Bristol Partnership in Hybrid Autonomous Systems Engineering (EP/R004757/1) with colleagues from a broad range of research areas. In addition to this, I play an active role in the digital transformation of manufacturing companies and the implementation of Industry 4.0, as well as the forthcoming Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0 practices, on both national and international levels. My current research work aims to develop cutting-edge digital solutions that enable the creation of robust, self-adaptive, and self-optimised cyber-physical production systems (CPPS). My research interests include Industry 5.0, human-centric manufacturing, collaborative robotics, sustainable smart manufacturing, modelling and optimisation of manufacturing systems, processes, and supply chains, as well as applied artificial intelligence for root cause analysis across design, manufacturing, and services. I have been the author or co-author of over 40 scholarly articles published in esteemed academic journals and presented at international conferences. Additionally, I have been honoured with multiple Best Paper Awards, notably including the CIRP Conference on Assembly Technologies and Systems held in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2016. I am a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, as well as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). At present, I hold the position of associate editor for the journals Heliyon (Engineering Section - Elsevier) and Industrial Robot Journal (Emerald). Additionally, I serve as an editorial board member for MDPI Sensors and Frontier of Industrial Engineering (Systems Engineering) journals. Furthermore, I contribute as a reviewer for esteemed journals including Journal of Manufacturing Systems, International Journal of Production Research, and Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing.
I am currently accepting PhD students and Postdocs, and would be interested in supervising projects on collaborative robotics, computer vision in manufacturing, human-centric manufacturing, and digital manufacturing topics. If you are interested in discussing an application, please send me an email (alkanb(at)lsbu.ac.uk) along with your curriculum vitae. For available projects, please visit www.bugraalkan.com

• Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems
• Artificial Intelligence
• Statistical Analysis and Modelling
• Systems and Cyber-Security
• Discrete Mathematics