Raziyeh Farmani is a Professor of Water Engineering at the Centre for Water Systems, Exeter, UK; the Chair of International Water Association (IWA)’s Intermittent Water Supply Specialist Group; and the Director of the Water Informatics Science & Engineering Centre for Doctoral Training (WISE-CDT). She was an industrial fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (2019-2022).She specialises in urban water systems modelling, asset management, water resources management, many-objective optimisation, uncertainty and risk assessment, and decision aid. Her research interests include Artificial Intelligence and data mining and their applications for real-time control for smart water systems, integrated asset management of water supply and distribution systems including leakage management, energy management, sustainability and resilience issues, asset failure and deterioration modelling, Intermittent water supply systems, Bayesian networks and Participatory integrated assessment under uncertainty.  She has a strong track record of funding from EPSRC, the European Union, and the Government. She has extensive experience in leading multidisciplinary research works.