Hani Hagras is a Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Director of Impact, Director of the Computational Intelligence Centre and Head of the Artificial Intelligence Research Group, in the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, UK. He is a Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Principal Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (PFHEA), Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA) and Fellow of the Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA).

His main research interests are in Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) and Data Science with applications to Finance, Cyber Physical Systems, Neuroscience, Life Sciences, Uncertainty Management, Intelligent Robotics and Intelligent Control of Industrial Processes. He has authored more than 500 papers in international journals, conferences and books. He is amongst the top 2% of the most-cited scientists in the World (Scopus October 2024). He is Highly Ranked Scholar-Lifetime by  ScholarGPS  (his scholarly contributions have placed me in the top 0.05% of all scholars worldwide).

He offers a unique blend of world-leading academic and research expertise with significant entrepreneurial and high-level industrial leadership experience. His concurrent roles as Professor, Chief Science Officer, and Head of AI represent a distinctive and valuable combination of deep academic insight and substantial industrial leadership. Excelling in both environments provides him with a unique perspective and a high level of responsibility, signifying recognized expertise and the ability to effectively lead and inspire teams across diverse contexts. His work received funding from major research councils and industry. He holds eleven industrial patents in the field of Explainable AI. His research has won numerous prestigious international awards where he was awarded by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS), the 2010 Outstanding Paper Award in the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems and the 2004 Outstanding Paper Award in the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. He was also awarded the 2015 and 2017 Global Telecommunications Business award for his joint projects with British Telecom. In 2016, he was elected as Distinguished Lecturer by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. His work has also won best paper awards in several leading international conferences. He was awarded by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) the 2011 IEEE CIS Outstanding Chapter Award. In 2017, he was awarded by the University of Essex, the 2017 best Research impact award for his. He is Associate Editor of many international journals. He served as the General and Programme Chair of numerous major international conferences