Senior Lecturer in Computer Science and Technology

Mitul has worked at the University of Bedfordshire since 2004. His research interest is focussed around social media technologies and how we communicate with one another using these mediating technologies. Particularly, he is interested in the affective impact and complex communication capability in using mediating technologies.

As of November 2012 Mitul gained his PhD which was focussed upon complex communications via online media. He accomplished this in a part-time capacity while working full-time in a variety of roles.

Previously he has worked as a lead on the JISC funded Building Capacities programme at the University of Bedfordshire. The project investigated how research staff at the University of Bedfordshire were supported as well as the processes involved in being a post-graduate research student. Mitul has also been involved in other JISC funded umbrella projects assisting other Universities with their research. In 2007 Mitul worked on a £1 million Arts Council project developing digital technology use within the Arts sector.

Outside of work Mitul spends time as 'Chairman' of a local non-profit organisation, the Luton Astronomical Society (LAS). Mitul has also been known to spend time with Arduino, sensors and various electronics.

Teaching

Mitul has most recently delivered lectures both in the UK and in Oman at a partner college on the following areas:

• Emerging technologies
• Crowd, cloud and collaborative technologies
• Mobile app development
• HTML5 technologies and multimedia

Publications

• See sample of publications

Contact

Dr Mitul Shukla
E: mitul.shukla@beds.ac.uk