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Dr Ling Ma

BEng, MSc, PhD, SFHEA, MACM, MIET
Reader in Software Engineering

Teaching

Dr Ling Ma teaches the following modules at QMUL:
  • Software Engineering (JP)
In 2019-20, Dr Ling Ma taught the following modules at UCL:

Dr Ling Ma taught the following modules in previous years:

  • Advanced Object-Oriented Programming in C++ (EECS)
  • Fundamental Programming in C (EECS)
  • Introductory Java Programming (EECS and JP)
  • Software Engineering (EECS)
  • Software and Network Service Design (EECS)
  • IT Programming (EECS)
  • Advanced Network Programming (JP)

Project supervision

Dr Ling Ma supervises the following projects in 2025-26:
  • AI-Powered Case Study Generator for Management Education
  • Interactive Platform for Prompt Engineering Learning
  • Intelligent System for Court Judgments Analysis
  • Bias Audit and Mitigation Framework for AI Models
  • Explainable AI for Legal Prediction Models
  • Smart Court Platform for Legal Assistance
  • Sentiment and Argument Mining in Case Law
  • Automated Academic Ethics Monitoring Platform
  • Optimised Project Allocation Platform
  • Interactive Ethics and Responsible Engineering Case Simulator

Some supervised projects from previous years:

  • Legal Case Management System
  • Deepfakes Detection and Legal Compliance Checking System
  • Deepfakes Analysis Tool for Enhancing Legal Framework
  • Global Workforce Compliance Tracker
  • Utilising Knowledge Graphs for Enhanced Personalised Learning
  • Using Knowledge Graphs for Enhanced Curriculum Development
  • A Learning Platform for Prompt Engineering
  • AI-enhanced Legal Research Service Platform
  • A trademark application supporting tool
  • AI-enhanced Academic Integrity Management System
  • Data-driven retail pricing strategy guidance application
  • Legal tech service for courts judgements
  • An analytic tool for legal risk assessment
  • A legal advice platform
  • Academic integrity management system
  • A case law study application
  • Use legal tech to redesign legal information
  • Legal contract management system
  • A legal contract interpretation tool for small business
  • An application for legal contract generation
  • An Ultimate Frisbee App
  • Gamification tools for the legal sector
  • A VST sampler plug-in for vocal processing
  • An iOS learning APP to assist elderly users
  • Student dormitory management system
  • Identity and access solution of non-fungible tokens (NFTs)
  • Identity and access management system of non-fungible tokens (NFTs)
  • Legal research service for technology cases
  • Data analytics and visualisation for technology cases
  • Legal service process automation
  • A personalised Diabetes management App
  • A car sharing management app for community users
  • Machine-readable format conversion for regulatory documents
  • Data analysis of regulatory documents
  • Compliance as a service system
  • Integrated consent management tool for online service
  • Digital identity solution for digital assets
  • Digital assets management system
  • A toy swap app for community users
  • Healthcare service analytics and rating system
  • A context-aware adaptive and personalised mobile app
  • Cybersecurity risk assessment as a service
  • Question based search for cases in legal research
  • Data analysis of an arbitration service
  • Contract analysis in online service
  • Automated content tagging for online content providers
  • Youth protection software for online content providers
  • An e-commerce website migration software tool for small businesses
  • Automated FAQs generator
  • A platform for educational research in STEM
  • Digital education tool for law
  • Legal contract automation tool
  • Data analytics for legal research
  • Patent data analytics for disclosure screening
  • Screening system for counterfeits
  • Voice search assistant of legal text
  • Automated tool for weekly bulletin of decisions from courts
  • Data analytics of Chinese IP courts
  • Electronic legal register system for e-commerce products and services
  • Automated trademark registration
  • Context based information retrieval for legal research
  • Online marketplace for virtual items
  • Judge’s decision making analytics
  • Fines prediction in court sentencing process
  • Case recommendation for court sentencing
  • Lawyer’s track record analytics
  • Low cost customised smart home system with Raspberry Pi
  • Spending analysis on past transactions
  • Online platform for Intellectual Property law research in China
  • Data analytic and visualisation tool for Intellectual Property law research in China
  • Phone App for PRC Contract Law review and revision
  • Virtual legal service platform for small businesses
  • Patent data analytics tool
  • A mini cloud-based platform for small business

CONTACT
Email: ling.ma@qmul.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)20 7882 7343
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ling-ma
Office: E307, Engineering Building, Mile End Campus
Address: School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK