Researcher | PhD | AFHEA
📘 EDUCATION
Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), University of Warwick, UK
- MSc in Engineering Business Management (with Distinction)
- Dissertation title: Transportation Capacity Planning for mega-events
Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan
- BSc in Mathematical and Computer Modelling
📘 RESEARCH
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A. Kozhabek, W. K. Chai and G. Zheng, Modeling Traffic Congestion Spreading Using a Topology-Based SIR Epidemic Model, in IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 35813-35826, 2024, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3370474
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A. Kozhabek and W. K. Chai (2025). A Multi-scale Network-based Topological Analysis of Urban Road Networks in Highly Populated Cities. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. doi: 10.1177/23998083251318067
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A. Kozhabek and W. K. Chai (2024). Robustness of Road Network Structures under Perturbations. Applied Network Science.
📘 AWARDS and GRANTS
- Scholarship awardee for Events on Complex Systems (SECS) (780€) to attend the Complex Networks 2024 Conference in Istanbul, Turkey (December 10-12, 2024) May 2024
- Selected for the Alan Turing Institute (ATI) Data Study Group (September 9-13, 2024), a week-long data hackathon with academic and industry ties. Working on a Transport for London project. All expenses covered by ATI
- 2nd time Winner of Poster competition “Green IT - Invest in our Planet” from the British Computer Society (BCS) July 2024
- OpenBright Grant awardee for Women in Computing (£2,430 for research equipment) December 2023
- Finalist of “Transport Research Arena (TRA) Visions” competition Young Researchers category April 2024
- OpenBright Grant awardee for Women in Computing (£1,900 for participation in “Network Science: Data Science” research summer school at Utrecht University, Netherlands) May 2023
- Winner of Poster competition “Green IT - How Computing can address the Energy Crisis” from the British Computer Society (BCS) July 2023
- A full match-funded PhD scholarship awardee from Bournemouth University and Bournemouth Cristchurch Poole (BCP) Council (tuition+housing+everyday expenses) June 2019
- A full Governmental (Kazakhstan) “Bolashak” Scholarship awardee to study MSc degree (tuition+housing+visa, travel and everyday expenses) August 2012
📘 TEACHING QUALIFICATION
Associate Fellow of the Higher education Academy (AFHEA) since December 2024
📘 MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES
- British Computer Society (BCS) since 2024;
- Women in Network Science (WiNS) since 2023;
- Young Researchers of the Complex Systems Society (yrCSS) since 2025.
📫 How to reach me: assemgul.kozhabek@gmail.com
⚡ Fun fact: I embrace minimalism and practice mindful under-consumption🌍