Dr Antesar Shabut is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science and Programme Leader for BSc Computer Science at Leeds Trinity University. She earned her PhD from the University of Bradford in 2015 and her MSc in IT Consultancy from Sheffield Hallam University in 2008.

Before joining Leeds Trinity, Dr Shabut held a postdoctoral fellowship at Anglia Ruskin University, specialising in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. She also worked as a Research Assistant at the University of the West of Scotland and as a Teaching and Research Assistant at the University of Bradford during her doctoral studies. Her academic and professional journey has involved contributing to multiple scientific and pedagogical research projects, with a strong focus on translating research ideas into practical software applications that deliver real-world impact.

Dr Shabut is an active member of Women in AI and Teens in AI and is deeply engaged in initiatives promoting digital diversity, equality, and inclusion in higher education and the workplace.

Research Interests

Dr Shabut’s research interests centre on:

• Applied AI in mobile intelligent systems
• Image processing and computer vision
• Trust and cybersecurity modelling in distributed systems

She has published extensively in leading journals and conferences and has worked on notable projects, including:

• Globalizer App: A mobile platform that connects educators and students worldwide to collaborate on global projects and internationalise curricula (see Globalizer.co.uk).
• TB Test Project: A Newton Fund–supported collaboration between Universiti Putra Malaysia and Anglia Ruskin University, developing a mobile-based intelligent diagnostic system for tuberculosis. Her work on this project was featured in the Daily Telegraph.

Areas of Supervision

• Cybersecurity in IoT networks and mobile ad hoc networks
• Image recognition
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Software Engineering
• Computer Education

Qualifications

• PhD, Computer Science – University of Bradford
• MSc, IT Consultancy – Sheffield Hallam University

Selected Publications

• Shabut, A. M., Kaiser, M. S., Dahal, K. P., & Chen, W. (2018). A multidimensional trust evaluation model for MANETs. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 123, 32–41.
• Shabut, A. M., Tania, M. H., Lwin, K. T., Evans, B. A., Yusof, N. A., Abu-Hassan, K. J., & Hossain, M. A. (2018). An intelligent mobile-enabled expert system for tuberculosis disease diagnosis in real time. Expert Systems with Applications, 114, 65–77.
• Mahmud, M., Kaiser, M. S., Rahman, M. M., Rahman, M. A., Shabut, A., Al-Mamun, S., & Hussain, A. (2018). A brain-inspired trust management model to assure security in a cloud-based IoT framework for neuroscience applications. Cognitive Computation, 1–10.
• Shabut, A. M., Dahal, K. P., Bista, S., & Awan, I. (2015). Recommendation-based trust model with an effective defence scheme for MANETs. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 14(10), 2101–2115.

Dr Shabut continues to explore the intersection of AI, cybersecurity, and applied intelligent systems, with a strong emphasis on research with societal impact.