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Dr Dharini Balasubramaniam

Senior Lecturer

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3266

Email

dharini@st-andrews.ac.uk

Office

C1.13

Location

Jack Cole Building (Computer Science )

 

Biography

I am a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at 58³Ô¹Ï. I obtained my first degree in Computation at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and completed my PhD in Computer Science at 58³Ô¹Ï under the supervision of Prof Ron Morrison. In between the two degrees, I spent a year working in software industry, first as an Analyst Programmer and then as a Project Leader. I began my academic career as a Research Fellow in Computer Science at 58³Ô¹Ï.

Within the School of Computer Science, I have held roles such as Project Coordinator, Admissions Officer, Director of Postgraduate Teaching and Director of Teaching. I am currently the Director of Admissions, Recruitment and Outreach for Computer Science.

I am a Senior Fellow of the Advance HE (SFHEA) and a member of IEEE, British Computer Society, ACM SIGCAS, ACM SIGCSE and the British Society of Gerontology.

Teaching

In 2025-26, I will teach Second and Master's level modules:

• CS2001 - Foundations of Computation (co-delivered with Peter Macgregor)
• CS2101 - Foundations of Computation (Accelerated - for direct entry students)
• CS5033 - Software Architecture and Design

In the past, I have taught modules at different levels including:

• CS1002 - Object-Oriented Programming
• CS2003 - Advanced Internet Programming (currently Internet and the Web)
• CS3101 - Databases
• CS5030 - Software Engineering Principles

Research areas

My interests are broadly in the area of software engineering. Specifically, I work on

• Software architecture,
• Uncertainty in software systems,
• Software ethics,
• , and
• Computer Science education.

I am interested in establishing collaborations with industry and other external organisations to identify open problems in the above areas and to find viable solutions to these problems.

I accept PhD applications in my areas of interest. Prospective applicants are welcome to contact me with an outline proposal for the proposed research.

PhD supervision

• Rhayssa Silva De Oliveira

Selected publications

• Open access
  Balasubramaniam, D., Williamson, J., Selva Kumar, R., Farag, Y., Narra, G., Thomson, F. & Boyd, K., 1 Mar 2026, In: Gerontechnology. 25, supplement, 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Abstract › peer-review

• Open access
  Farag, Y., Narra, G., Balasubramaniam, D. & Boyd, K. M., 2 Jan 2026, Information and communication technologies for ageing well and e-Health: 10th international conference, ICT4AWE 2024, Angers, France, April 28–30, 2024, revised selected papers. Ziefle, M., Lozano Perez, M. & Mulvenna, M. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 30-62 33 p. (Communications in computer and information science; vol. 2762).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Open access
  Kellenberger, M., Leidich, S. & Balasubramaniam, D., 8 Apr 2025, Proceedings of the 11th international conference on information and communication technologies for ageing well and e-Health (ICT4AWE 2025). Law, E.L.-C., Lozano Perez, M. & Mulvenna, M. (eds.). SciTePress, p. 284-290 7 p. (International conference on information and communication technologies for ageing well and e-Health (ICT4AWE)).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Open access
  Balasubramaniam, D., 26 Sept 2024.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

• Open access
  Li, P. H. & Balasubramaniam, D., 1 Mar 2024, Smart Ethics in the Digital World: Proceedings of the ETHICOMP 2024. 21st International Conference on the Ethical and Social Impacts of ICT. Arias-Oliva, M., Pelegrín-Borondo, J., Murata, K., Lara Palma, A. M. & Ollé Sesé, M. (eds.). Logroño: Universidad de La Rioja, p. 117-121 9326112

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Open access
  Farag, Y., Narra, G., Balasubramaniam, D. & Boyd, K. M., 28 Apr 2024, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health (ICT4AWE 2024). Mulvenna, M., Perez, M. L. & Ziefle, M. (eds.). SciTePress, p. 47-58 (International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health (ICT4AWE)).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Balasubramaniam, D., Williamson, J., Farag, Y., Narra, G. & Boyd, K. M., 3 Jul 2024.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• Open access
  Vaswani, M., Balasubramaniam, D. & Boyd, K. M., 11 Jul 2023, 2023 IEEE/ACM 45th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society (ICSE-SEIS). IEEE Computer Society, p. 169-174 10173914. (IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Open access
  Lupafya, C. & Balasubramaniam, D., 10 Aug 2022, Proceedings - 2022 IEEE 46th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference (COMPSAC). Leong, H. V., Sarvestani, S. S., Teranishi, Y., Cuzzocrea, A., Kashiwazaki, H., Towey, D., Yang, J.-J. & Shahriar, H. (eds.). IEEE Computer Society, 6 p. 9842720. (Proceedings - International Computer Software & Applications Conference).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Open access
  Mitchell, A. C., Balasubramaniam, D. & Fletcher, J., 6 Dec 2022, 2022 29th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC). IEEE Computer Society, p. 90-98 9 p. 10043326. (Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC)).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution