Xia Cui is a Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Previously, she completed a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project with the University of Manchester and VoiceIQ Ltd to develop an AI-powered system for detecting vulnerability indicators in telephone conversations.

She received her PhD in Computer Science from the University of Liverpool in 2020, MSc in Web Science and Big Data Analytics from University College London in 2015, and BSc (Hons.) in Internet Computing from the University of Liverpool in 2013.

Her research interests include Natural Language Processing, Speech Processing, Multimodal Learning, and Machine Learning Applications.

“Xia” in Chinese means “Summer” in English.

Education

• 2016-2020: PhD in Computer Science, University of Liverpool
• 2013-2015: MSc in Web Science and Big Data Analytics, University College London
• 2010-2013: BSc (Hons.) in Internet Computing, University of Liverpool