I am a member of the SEEDS team, itself a sub-group of the AMRC group at UWE, Bristol. My research involves the study of the different cost estimation methodologies available, identifying their limitations (may it be generally or particularly to specific customer needs) and prototyping novel solutions. We have a strong relationship with our industrial partners who are mostly, but not limited to, aerospace manufacturing companies.

Although I acquired in depth knowledge of paramateric cost estimation, I mainly focus on generative cost estimation due to its potential in delivering more accurate estimations. The increased accuracy is accompanied by a larger volume of output data, which led me to develop cognitive visualisation tools in order to permit a quick and thorough analysis of this data. The tools consist in a mixture of both textual and graphical approaches, providing both hypertextual and exploratory data mining solutions.

My areas of expertise are Costing, Manufacturing, Engineering, Visualisation, XML, Software, Decision Support.