Our team
Professor Dr Mazhar Hameed
Professor Dr Mazhar Hameed is a highly regarded Professor of Software Engineering. His research is centered on designing and deploying scalable data cleaning pipelines, which play a critical role in building robust data science workflows. His expertise extends to key areas such as data quality, data integration, machine learning for table representation, and distributed computing.
Professor Dr Hameed’s contributions to the field are well-recognised, with his work published in top data management venues, including PVLDB, SIGMOD, EDBT, CIKM, and SIGMOD Record. His PhD research was notably awarded the Best Paper Award at the EDBT 2024 conference, underscoring his impact in the data science community.
He completed his PhD in Data Science and Engineering at the Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, Germany. Professor Dr Hameed also holds an MSc in Software Engineering and a BSc in Computer Science. Before his academic career at Gisma, he gained valuable experience as a lecturer at the university level and as a software engineer.
Professor Dr Hameed’s blend of academic knowledge and practical industry experience equips him to lead innovative research and mentor future software engineers and data scientists at Gisma University of Applied Sciences.