The Mentorship Record

Architecting Minds for Global Leadership.

My role as a mentor goes beyond standard academic supervision; I see myself as a technical architect for future careers. I train my students in the deep rigours of mathematical modelling, scientific programming, and robust experimental design. Below is the full record — not a highlight reel — of everyone I've supervised as PhD students, Masters students, and KTP Associates: what they built, where it was published, and where they are now.

Technical Advisory

Training in probabilistic modelling, data analysis at scale, and the bridge between theoretical equations and production-ready codebases.

Global Outcomes

Alumni now shape AI at Huawei Research, BT, Lloyds Bank, 3 UK, and as faculty in India and Portugal.

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0 Current PhD Researchers
0 KTP & Postdoctoral Associates
0 Organisations Where Alumni Now Work
Graduated Alumni Current PhD Cohort KTP & Postdoctoral Associates Undergraduate Spotlight
Where They Are Now

One Lab, Six Destinations.

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Shoaib's Research Group Huawei Research BT Lloyds Bank IIT Gujarat INESC TEC Portugal 3 UK

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Alumni Success Stories

Graduated PhD & Masters Students.

Every completed PhD and Masters supervision, in full — what they built, where it was published, and where they went next.

Current Research Group

The Current PhD Cohort.

Eleven PhD researchers, mid-story — their most recent publications and recognitions to date.

Also in the Group

Early-stage PhD researchers building out their publication record at the University of Southampton.

Industry-Facing Mentorship

KTP & Postdoctoral Associates.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and research-assistant roles that turned into permanent careers.

Beyond the PhD

Undergraduate Spotlight.

BBC Radio 4

Elena Barry

A final-year undergraduate at the time, Elena co-authored "Emojional: Emoji Embeddings" (UKCI 2021) with Haider Raza and me — work that got picked up by BBC Radio 4, who contacted us to talk about the research. Proof that strong mentorship starts well before the PhD.

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