Dr Nazila Fough
- Senior Lecturer (Electronic & Nanoscale Engineering)
Biography
Dr. Nazila Fough is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Glasgow. Her research focuses on subsea communication, intelligent sensing, and real-time monitoring systems for marine and underwater environments. As Chair of the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES) and former Chair of IEEE Young Professionals UK & Ireland, she has contributed extensively to the global engineering community through leadership, conference organisation, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Dr. Fough actively collaborates across academia and industry, integrating AI, and communication systems to address challenges in marine environments.
Research interests
- Underwater Wireless Networking
- Acoustic Communication
- Sonar
- Satellite SAR data analysis
- Under water Sensor Network (UWSN) Communication and Localization
- Subsea Sensors
- Subsea Robotic and Autonomous system
- Real-Time Interactive Video Commutation
- Network Security
- Multimedia Streaming
- Congestion Control
- QOS & QOE
- Image Processing
- Object detection and Compression
Publications
2026
Kalibhat, R., Ologunmeta, A., Zhao, Y., Mohjazi, L. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4866-1997, Kannan, S. and Fough, N.
(2026)
Domain-Aware Gate Selection for Acoustic Sensor Networks in Internet-of-Sounds Leak Monitoring.
In: IEEE International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds (IS2 2026), Cannes, France, 28-30 Oct 2026,
(Accepted for Publication)
Kalibhat, R. and Fough, N. (2026) Physics-Informed Neural Channel Emulation for Underwater Semantic Communications. In: IEEE 12th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT 2026), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 26 - 29 Oct 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
Ologunmeta, A., Zhao, Y., Kannan, S. and Fough, N. (2026) Dynamic Structural-Textural Routing for Internet of Underwater Things Monitoring. In: IEEE 12th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT 2026), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 26 - 29 Oct 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
Ologunmeta, A., Zhao, Y., Kannan, S. and Fough, N. (2026) Reliability-Controlled Selective Inference for Subsea IoT Asset Monitoring. In: IEEE 12th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT 2026), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 26 - 29 Oct 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
Fough, F., Zhao, Y. and Fough, N. (2026) Automated Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing: A Comparative Framework Using Deep Learning, Image Processing, and OCR-Based Analysis. In: 2026 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea(MetroSea), Šibenik, Croatia, 05-07 Oct 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
Kalibhat, R., Ologunmeta, A., Zhao, Y., Kannan, S. and Fough, N. (2026) Evaluation of Motion Filtering Combined with YOLOv12 for Underwater Object Detection. In: 2026 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea(MetroSea), Šibenik, Croatia, 05-07 Oct 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
Ologunmeta, A., Zhao, Y., Kannan, S. and Fough, N. (2026) Lightweight Detector Selection for Autonomous Subsea Monitoring Under Degraded Underwater Imaging. In: 2026 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea(MetroSea), Šibenik, Croatia, 05-07 Oct 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
Ologunmeta, A., Zhao, Y., Kannan, S. and Fough, N. (2026) Reliability-Aware Structural-Textural Hybrid Perception for Subsea Defect Detection. In: 2026 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea(MetroSea), Šibenik, Croatia, 05-07 Oct 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
Sundas, R. and Fough, N. (2026) Hybrid Deep-Learning Enhanced Causal Matched-Field Processing Algorithm for Robust Underwater Acoustic DOA Estimation. In: 2026 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea(MetroSea), Šibenik, Croatia, 05-07 Oct 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
Lawal, Sani Mohammed, Fough, Nazila, Muhammad‐Sukki, Firdaus, Kamarudin, Mohd Khairul Amri and Sellami, Nazmi (2026) Exploring low‐concentrating photovoltaic systems and solar cell solutions for Nigeria's renewable energy future. Energy Science and Engineering, 14(5), pp. 2667-2687. (doi: 10.1002/ese3.70520)
Lawal, S., Fough, N., Valizadeh, S., Sellami, N. and Muhammad-Sukki, F. (2026) Low-cost concentrating photovoltaic as an energy panacea for developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Energy Science and Engineering, (Accepted for Publication)
2025
Stewart, Craig, Lovie, Fraser, Fough, Nazila and Prabhu, Radhakrishna (2025) Effects of Suspended Material on the Bit Error Ratio of Underwater Wireless Optical Links. In: OCEANS 2025, Brest, France, 16 - 19 June 2025, pp. 1-7. ISBN 9798331537470 (doi: 10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104320)
Valizadeh, Shima, Shokri, Aliasghar, Lawal, Sani M. and Fough, Nazila (2025) Optimizing hole transport materials and electrodes for enhanced performance in RbGeBr₃-based on perovskite solar cells utilizing fullerene as an electron transport material. Results in Physics, 73, 108280. (doi: 10.1016/j.rinp.2025.108280)
Stewart, Craig, Ayaz, Beenish, Fough, Nazila and Prabhu, Radhakrishna (2025) Towards the underwater internet of things for subsea oil and gas monitoring. Internet of Things, 30, 101510. (doi: 10.1016/j.iot.2025.101510)
2024
Valizadeh, Shima, Shokri, Aliasghar, Sabouri-Dodaran, Amirabbas, Fough, Nazila and Muhammad-Sukki, Firdaus (2024) Investigation of efficiency and temperature dependence in RbGeBr3-based perovskite solar cell structures. Results in Physics, 57, 107351. (doi: 10.1016/j.rinp.2024.107351)
2023
Stewart, Craig, Fough, Nazila, Prabhu, Radhakrishna, Bouma, Henri, Stokes, Robert J., Yitzhaky, Yitzhak, Prabhu, Radhakrishna and Dijk, Judith (2023) Fuzzy Logic, Edge Enabled Underwater Video Surveillance Through Partially Wireless Optical Communication. In: SPIE Security + Defence 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 04 - 05 Sep 2023, ISBN 9781510667143 (doi: 10.1117/12.2685278)
Stewart, Craig, Fough, Nazila and Prabhu, Radhakrishna (2023) Multimodal, Software Defined Networking for Subsea Sensing and Monitoring. In: OCEANS 2023, Limerick, Ireland, 05 - 08 June 2023, ISBN 9798350332261 (doi: 10.1109/OCEANSLimerick52467.2023.10244664)
Articles
Lawal, Sani Mohammed, Fough, Nazila, Muhammad‐Sukki, Firdaus, Kamarudin, Mohd Khairul Amri and Sellami, Nazmi (2026) Exploring low‐concentrating photovoltaic systems and solar cell solutions for Nigeria's renewable energy future. Energy Science and Engineering, 14(5), pp. 2667-2687. (doi: 10.1002/ese3.70520)
Lawal, S., Fough, N., Valizadeh, S., Sellami, N. and Muhammad-Sukki, F. (2026) Low-cost concentrating photovoltaic as an energy panacea for developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Energy Science and Engineering, (Accepted for Publication)
Valizadeh, Shima, Shokri, Aliasghar, Lawal, Sani M. and Fough, Nazila (2025) Optimizing hole transport materials and electrodes for enhanced performance in RbGeBr₃-based on perovskite solar cells utilizing fullerene as an electron transport material. Results in Physics, 73, 108280. (doi: 10.1016/j.rinp.2025.108280)
Stewart, Craig, Ayaz, Beenish, Fough, Nazila and Prabhu, Radhakrishna (2025) Towards the underwater internet of things for subsea oil and gas monitoring. Internet of Things, 30, 101510. (doi: 10.1016/j.iot.2025.101510)
Valizadeh, Shima, Shokri, Aliasghar, Sabouri-Dodaran, Amirabbas, Fough, Nazila and Muhammad-Sukki, Firdaus (2024) Investigation of efficiency and temperature dependence in RbGeBr3-based perovskite solar cell structures. Results in Physics, 57, 107351. (doi: 10.1016/j.rinp.2024.107351)
Conference Proceedings
Kalibhat, R., Ologunmeta, A., Zhao, Y., Mohjazi, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4866-1997, Kannan, S. and Fough, N.
(2026)
Domain-Aware Gate Selection for Acoustic Sensor Networks in Internet-of-Sounds Leak Monitoring.
In: IEEE International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds (IS2 2026), Cannes, France, 28-30 Oct 2026,
(Accepted for Publication)
Kalibhat, R. and Fough, N. (2026) Physics-Informed Neural Channel Emulation for Underwater Semantic Communications. In: IEEE 12th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT 2026), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 26 - 29 Oct 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
Ologunmeta, A., Zhao, Y., Kannan, S. and Fough, N. (2026) Dynamic Structural-Textural Routing for Internet of Underwater Things Monitoring. In: IEEE 12th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT 2026), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 26 - 29 Oct 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
Ologunmeta, A., Zhao, Y., Kannan, S. and Fough, N. (2026) Reliability-Controlled Selective Inference for Subsea IoT Asset Monitoring. In: IEEE 12th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT 2026), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 26 - 29 Oct 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
Fough, F., Zhao, Y. and Fough, N. (2026) Automated Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing: A Comparative Framework Using Deep Learning, Image Processing, and OCR-Based Analysis. In: 2026 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea(MetroSea), Šibenik, Croatia, 05-07 Oct 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
Kalibhat, R., Ologunmeta, A., Zhao, Y., Kannan, S. and Fough, N. (2026) Evaluation of Motion Filtering Combined with YOLOv12 for Underwater Object Detection. In: 2026 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea(MetroSea), Šibenik, Croatia, 05-07 Oct 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
Ologunmeta, A., Zhao, Y., Kannan, S. and Fough, N. (2026) Lightweight Detector Selection for Autonomous Subsea Monitoring Under Degraded Underwater Imaging. In: 2026 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea(MetroSea), Šibenik, Croatia, 05-07 Oct 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
Ologunmeta, A., Zhao, Y., Kannan, S. and Fough, N. (2026) Reliability-Aware Structural-Textural Hybrid Perception for Subsea Defect Detection. In: 2026 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea(MetroSea), Šibenik, Croatia, 05-07 Oct 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
Sundas, R. and Fough, N. (2026) Hybrid Deep-Learning Enhanced Causal Matched-Field Processing Algorithm for Robust Underwater Acoustic DOA Estimation. In: 2026 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea(MetroSea), Šibenik, Croatia, 05-07 Oct 2026, (Accepted for Publication)
Stewart, Craig, Lovie, Fraser, Fough, Nazila and Prabhu, Radhakrishna (2025) Effects of Suspended Material on the Bit Error Ratio of Underwater Wireless Optical Links. In: OCEANS 2025, Brest, France, 16 - 19 June 2025, pp. 1-7. ISBN 9798331537470 (doi: 10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104320)
Stewart, Craig, Fough, Nazila, Prabhu, Radhakrishna, Bouma, Henri, Stokes, Robert J., Yitzhaky, Yitzhak, Prabhu, Radhakrishna and Dijk, Judith (2023) Fuzzy Logic, Edge Enabled Underwater Video Surveillance Through Partially Wireless Optical Communication. In: SPIE Security + Defence 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 04 - 05 Sep 2023, ISBN 9781510667143 (doi: 10.1117/12.2685278)
Stewart, Craig, Fough, Nazila and Prabhu, Radhakrishna (2023) Multimodal, Software Defined Networking for Subsea Sensing and Monitoring. In: OCEANS 2023, Limerick, Ireland, 05 - 08 June 2023, ISBN 9798350332261 (doi: 10.1109/OCEANSLimerick52467.2023.10244664)
Professional activities & recognition
Professional & learned societies
- Chair - UK and Ireland Section, IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society
- Member, IET (The Institution of Engineering and Technology)
