Dr Joseph El Gemayel

Teaching Fellow

Computer and Information Sciences

Personal statement

An experienced university educator with over ten years of teaching expertise in computer science, particularly within the domains of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, across undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PGT) levels at various private and public universities located in different countries.

Joined the University of Strathclyde as a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences on August, 2020.

Joseph’s research interests focus on building Autonomous Adaptive and Self-Learners Multi-Agent Systems and in the development and the use of Artificial Intelligence techniques with special focus on game-based learning and applications for education

Expertise

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Prize And Awards

Fellow of Advance HE: Recipient; 9/2022
Teaching Excellence Awards Team Award: Recipient; 31/8/2022

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Publications

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Publications

Reliability-gated semantic safety layer for machine-centric wireless video-frame transmission: Pollwaththage Nimesh Nadeesha, Ganearachchi Yasith Lakmal, El Gemayel Joseph, Fernando Anil; 2026 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (2026)
Reliable semantic image transmission via joint DJSCC diffusion framework: Pollwaththage Nimesh, Ganearachchi Yasith, Samarathunga Prabhath, El Gemayel Joseph, Fernando Anil; 2026 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (2026); https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIP61757.2026.11630325
HERMES : metric-driven multi-transport routing for civilian messaging during connectivity disruption: El Gemayel Charbel, El Gemayel Joseph, Constantin Joseph; Network Vol 6 (2026); https://doi.org/10.3390/network6030064
Ways to Teach Online : Lessons Learned Through Experience: Cooling Chris, Alvarez Madrazo Samantha, El Gemayel Joseph, Jayanth Nick, Michielin Lucia, Shafti Leila S; Teaching Programming Across Disciplines (2026) (2026); https://doi.org/10.2218/ED.9781836450795.29
Notebooks for novices? : Pros and cons of Jupyter: El Gemayel Joseph, Budiarto Arif, Bell William; Teaching Programming Across Disciplines (2026) (2026); https://doi.org/10.2218/ED.9781836450795.24
Using automated marking in programming courses to enhance learning: Shafti Leila Shila, El Gemayel Joseph; Teaching Programming Across Disciplines (2026) (2026); https://doi.org/10.2218/ED.9781836450795

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Teaching

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Teaching

AI search algorithms and Planning,
Machine Learning,
Computer programming with Python,

Research

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Professional Activities

Planly: Teaching AI planning through block-based programming and robotics: Speaker; 21/1/2026
SIGCSE Technical Symposium (Event): Peer reviewer; 10/2025
Demystifying Neural Networks: a stage-based learning approach for novice students: Speaker; 5/9/2025
9th SLAAI International Conference on AI 2025 (Event): Peer reviewer; 8/2025
United Kingdom Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education (ACM UK SIGCSE) (External organisation): Member; 7/2025
Outreach Workshop – Science @ Strathclyde: Presenter; 25/5/2025

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Projects

Effective Video Transmission in Ultra-Low Bandwidth- Using Semantic Communication (Funded by EPSRC Vacation Internship Programme 2025): El Gemayel, Joseph (Principal Investigator); 27-Jan-2025 - 04-Jan-2025
Cultivating Collaborative Networks for Individual Computing Projects and Dissertations (CPHC special project): El Gemayel, Joseph (Co-investigator) Riddle, Steve (Principal Investigator) Zarb, Mark (Principal Investigator) Elawady, Mohamed (Co-investigator) Maier, Patrick (Co-investigator) Ali, Hazrat (Co-investigator) Kolberg, Mario (Co-investigator) Corsar, David (Co-investigator) Balasubramaniam, Dharini (Co-investigator) Everett, Miles (Co-investigator) Forshaw, Matthew (Co-investigator) Scott, Michael (Co-investigator) Bhardwaj, Jyoti (Co-investigator); 25-Jan-2025 - 27-Jan-2026
Demystifying Neural Networks: A Stage-Based Learning Approach for Novice Students (funded by CPHC Special Project Grant): El Gemayel, Joseph (Principal Investigator) Kydd, Marc (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2024