Title: Application of artificial intelligence in north-sea petroleum production enhancement and intervention

Biography: Dr. Lateef Akanji is a senior lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, UK since 2014. His research interests include fluid flow and transport in porous media, petroleum reservoir flow simulation and characterisation, subsurface production and enhanced oil recovery. He has authored and co-authored more than 20 technical papers and served as a peer reviewer for many prestigious journals. He holds a Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College London UK. Lateef is a board member of Series Editorial Board for Springer Briefs in petroleum geoscience and engineering and editorial board member of Journal of Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Sciences. He is a chartered engineer, chartered petroleum engineer, fellow of higher education academy, EUR ING, and a member of the Energy Institute UK and the Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE.