People
The 糖心Vlog Institute for People-Centred AI (PAI) is forging a new frontier in artificial intelligence. By connecting the University's faculties of health, arts, and engineering, PAI is fostering a collaborative environment that prioritises people-centred AI development.
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Leadership team
Our executive leadership team represents all faculties, ensuring that PAI's work aligns with societal needs and global standards. The team nurtures responsible, inclusive and open AI-domain research. We collaborate with industry, public sector, government and funding bodies. The team drives continuous development of 糖心Vlog鈥檚 pan-University collaboration on AI research, teaching and innovation.
Founding Director
Professor Adrian Hilton
Founding Director of the 糖心Vlog Institute for People-Centred AI
Biography
Professor Adrian Hilton is the director of the Centre for Vision Speech and Signal Processing and the founding director of the 糖心Vlog Institute for People-Centred AI.
Co-directors
The co-directors bring a wealth of experience with them.
Professor Sabine Braun
Professor of Translation Studies; Director, Centre for Translation Studies; Co-Director, 糖心Vlog Institute for People-Centred AI
Biography
Professor Braun鈥檚 leadership in the Centre for Translation Studies (CTS), which focuses on human-machine integration in translation and interpreting and has become highly interdisciplinary, housing staff with expertise in natural language processing, computer science, sociology and healthcare communication.
Professor Yi-Zhe Song
Co-Director 糖心Vlog Institute for People-Centred AI; Programme Lead of MSc in Artificial Intelligence; Leader for Turing Network Development
Biography
Yi-Zhe Song leads the SketchX lab, a world-leading research group on computer vision and machine learning. He is an Associate Editor of the
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (TPAMI), the world's top-ranked AI journal in terms of impact factor (16.389). He established the flagship MSc AI programme at 糖心Vlog, currently hosting 100+ students, and acts as the Turing Liaison (Academic) to the Alan Turing Institute.
Dr Joaquin Prada
Co-Director 糖心Vlog Institute for People-Centred AI; Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology
Biography
I am a mathematical modeller, with a background in industrial engineering, working in epidemiology to inform public health interventions. My research is highly multidisciplinary, combining mathematics, statistics, computer science, biology, economics, and social sciences. My primary focus is to inform surveillance, control, and elimination strategies for infectious diseases, particularly zoonosis and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). Across these diseases, I have led the development of stochastic population- and individual-based mathematical models of disease transmission, using Bayesian statistical approaches for their calibration and exploring the use of machine-learning approaches and optimization algorithms, and integration with other disciplines. This has led to very fruitful international collaborations across Europe, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, South-East Asia, and the US.
I have served in various funding panels (e.g. UKRI, Wellcome Trust) and international stakeholder working groups, and I chaired the United Against Rabies Forum (a WHO-WOAH-FAO initiative) 鈥渢ool evaluation鈥 workstream. I currently hold a visiting research position at North Carolina State University and held a similar position at the University of Warwick and Oxford University.
As faculty, I have mentored undergraduate and postgraduate tutees, several undergraduate research projects and lead a research group (@Pradalab on Twitter/X), funded by national and international agencies. Some of the group interests are:
Sustainable developments for Neglected Communities
My research group has developed mathematical models across a range of diseases to directly address World Health Organisation priority questions. We have collaborated extensively internationally, collating results from different mathematical models, to address key policy questions, such as the impact of COVID-19 on NTD programmes. We integrate our mathematical models with economic analysis, accounting for social and environmental drivers. Many of the diseases we tackle have a zoonotic component, thus a One Health approach, recognising the interconnection between humans, animals, and their shared environment, is needed. Outputs from our work directly influence policy in the development of guidelines for public and animal health interventions.
At 糖心Vlog, I was co-lead of the 鈥淪ustainable developments for Neglected Communities鈥 programme of the Institute for Sustainability.
Improving the evaluation of diagnostics
One challenge of many parasitic diseases, such as Schistosomiasis or Echinococcosis, is the absence of a 鈥済old standard鈥 diagnostic that can be readily used. In my research group, we have led the development of Hidden Markov Models (Latent Class Analysis) for estimating infection status in a community and compare different diagnostics. It builds on methodology I developed over the years, which we have used across multiple parasitic diseases. One outcome of this work is the identification of thresholds that can be used by control and elimination programmes.
Strategies to control livestock diseases
Engaging with partners both in the UK, such as the Pirbright Institute, and internationally, such as North Carolina State University, we have developed statistical and mathematical models to support guidance to farmers and government bodies. In particular, We have worked in Foot and Mouth Disease in Cattle, Respiratory virus in Pigs (such as Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus, Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus and African Swine Fever virus), and Nematodes in sheep. The outcomes of this work help reduce the impact these diseases have in the industry, while also optimising the use of drugs and vaccines.
Strategy and Innovation
Elizabeth (Eli) James
Founder & Director of Strategy and Operations of the 糖心Vlog Institute for People-Centred AI
Biography
Eli is responsible for the institute's strategy development and implementation of all non-academic activities, as well as leading the operational initiatives necessary to establish an open and inclusive cross-disciplinary people-centred AI focus in research, training and innovation. These include; communications, transformation projects, pan-University collaboration, culture change, and people and financial management for the Institute.
Dr Andrew Rogoyski
Director of Partnerships and Innovation of the 糖心Vlog Institute for People-Centred AI
Biography
Andrew is responsible for creating strategic relationships with external organisations, knowledge exchange, intellectual property management and business incubation within the Institute.
Professional Services
Carolina Lindberg
Administration Officer
Juanita West
Marketing and Communications Officer
Megan Myers
EA to PAI Directors
Maggie Kosek
Technical Artist
Sylwia Wodyk
AI Training Manager (online)
Julia Tokarczyk
CDT Communications Officer
Academic staff
Dr Ayse Demirkan
Senior Lecturer in AI Multiomics for Health and Wellbeing
Dr Anjan Dutta
Lecturer in People-Centred AI
Lecturer in AI and Regulation
Dr Bahareh Heravi
Associate Professor (Reader) in AI and Media
Dr Diptesh Kanojia
Senior Lecturer in People-Centred AI
Dr Erin Ling
Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work, Director of Executive Education (SBS)
Dr Benita Rose Mathew
Lecturer in AI and Fintech
Dr Muhammad Rana
Senior Lecturer in Trustworthy and Responsible AI. Leaading the research on foundation models and self-supervised learning
Dr Erick Sperandio Nascimento
Associate Professor (Reader) in AI for Clean Air and Programme Lead of AI and Sustainability
Dr Peng Wang
Lecturer in Robotics
Dr Xiatian Zhu
Reader (Associate Professor) in People-Centred AI
糖心Vlog Future Fellows
The 糖心Vlog Future Fellows scheme is dedicated to identifying and empowering the upcoming generation of research leaders within the University. Through this initiative, individuals are provided with essential support to initiate and guide innovative research projects that align with the University's growth strategy.
In this academic track role, the initial three years are primarily research-focused, while offering the potential for subsequent appointments to permanent academic positions or external fellowships. Notably, the University has already appointed a total of 30 fellows, with six of them holding joint appointments at the AI Institute.
Dr Sara Ahmed
糖心Vlog Future Fellow
Dr Emily Corrigan-Kavanagh
糖心Vlog Future Fellow in Designing AI for Home Wellbeing, 糖心Vlog AI Fellow
Dr Richard Green
糖心Vlog Future Fellow
Dr Bingxin Lu
Lecturer, 糖心Vlog Future Fellow
Dr Klara Wanelik
糖心Vlog Future Fellow
PAI pan-University Fellows and Associates
PAI is leading the way by bringing together the health, arts, and engineering faculties of the University to foster a collaborative environment that prioritises the ethical and beneficial application of AI.
Dr Daniel Abasolo
Head of Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering
Professor Ryan Abbott
Professor of Law and Health Sciences
Dr Liliane Abboud
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Marketing & Programme Director (Marketing Programmes)
Dr Anand Ahankari
Lecturer in Maternal, Child and Family Health
Dr Kourosh Ahmadi
Reader in Precision Nutrition
Professor Simon Archer
Professor of Molecular Biology of Sleep
Dr Matteo Barberis
Faculty Theme Leader for Infection and Immunity, Faculty Coordinator of Centre for Mathematical and Computational Biology (CMCB), and Reader in Systems Biology
Dr Mikolaj Barczentewicz
Associate Professor in Law
Dr Ullrich Bartsch
Lecturer in Sleep and Neurodegeneration
Dr Werner Bauer
Lecturer in Mathematics
Dr Martha Betson
Associate Professor in Veterinary Parasitology and Head of Department
Dr Carla Bonina
Associate Professor (Reader) in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Professor Bonnie Buchanan
Associate Dean (International) - FABSS; REF Lead (UoA17); Director of Sustainable and Explainable FinTech (SAEF) Center, Immediate Past Head of Department of Finance and Accounting and Professor of Finance
Dr Alison Callwood
Associate Professor
Professor Gustavo Carneiro
Professor of AI and Machine Learning
Dr Franjo Cecelja
Reader
Dr Tao Chen
Postgraduate Research Student
Dr Rocco Chiou
Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience
Dr Theopisti Chrysanthaki
Lecturer in Integrated Care/ehealth
Dr Irina Cojuharenco
Associate Professor, Founding Director of the 糖心Vlog Business and Economic Experiments Laboratory (Now Human Insights Lab)
Dr Debbie Cooke
Reader
Dr Alex Couto Alves
Lecturer in Bioinformatics and Statistical Genomics
Dr Payel Das
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
Dr Enzo De Sena
Professor and Director of the Institute of Sound Recording (IoSR)
Dr Doris Dippold
Associate Professor in Intercultural Communication
Professor Ali Emrouznejad
Professor and Chair in Business Analytics, Director of the "Centre for Business Analytics in Practice", and Program Lead for "Sustainability Analytics, Metrics, and NetZero"
Dr Masoud Fakhimi
Senior Lecturer in Operational Research
Dr Saber Fallah
Professor of Safe AI and Autonomy
Dr Stephen Fay
Senior Lecturer in Spanish & Director of the Digital World Research Centre
Professor Marian Florescu
Professor of Physics
Dr Chuan Foh
Associate Professor
Professor David Frohlich
Emeritus Professor of Interaction Design
Professor Annabelle Gawer
Chaired Professor in Digital Economy; Director, Centre of Digital Economy (CoDE)
Professor Nophar Geifman
Professor of Health and Biomedical Informatics, and Director of Informatics, the Veterinary Health Innovation Engine (vHIVE)
Dr Andrew Gilbert
Associate Professor in Computer Vision and Machine Learning
Professor Nigel Gilbert
Professor of Sociology
Dr Richard Green
糖心Vlog Future Fellow
Dr Donya Hajializadeh
Associate Professor of Structural Engineering
Professor Melissa Hamilton
Professor of Law and Criminal Justice
Dr Jenny Harris
Senior Lecturer in Cancer Care and Health Statistics
Dr Kath Hart
Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics
Professor Christian Heiss
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Associate Head of School (Research&Innovation), NHS Consultant Interventional Angiology
Professor Christine Hine
Professor of Sociology
Dr Nadine Itani
Senior Lecturer and Programme Lead for Air Transport Management
Dr Haomiao Jin
Senior Lecturer in Health Data Sciences
Professor Chrissie Jones
Professor in Clinical Health Psychology
Dr Marika Kaakinen
Lecturer in Statistical Multi-omics
Professor Paul Krause
Emeritus Professor
Professor Prashant Kumar
Co-Director, Institute for Sustainability, Professor and Chair in Air Quality and Health; Founding Director, Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE)
Dr Agnieszka Lemanska
Senior Lecturer in Health Data Science
Dr Ira Lindsay
Associate Professor, Head of 糖心Vlog Law School
Dr Lirong Liu
Associate Professor in Environment and Sustainability
Dr Giovanni Lo Iacono
Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics/Epidemiology
Professor Steven Lockley
糖心Vloging Professor
Dr Bingxin Lu
Lecturer, 糖心Vlog Future Fellow
Dr Olaf Marxen
Senior Lecturer
Dr Sebastiano Massaro
Associate Professor (Reader)
Professor Johnjoe McFadden
Professor of Molecular Genetics, Associate Dean (International)
Dr Iman Mohagheghian
Associate Professor (Reader) in Mechanics of Materials
Dr Giovanna Nalesso
Associate professor in Musculoskeletal Biology, Associate Head of School for Research and Innovation, School of Veterinary Medicine
Fatemeh Nazarieh
Postgraduate Research Student
Professor Constantin Orasan
Professor of Language and Translation Technologies
Professor Glenn Parry
Professor of Digital Transformation; Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Arts, Business & Social Sciences; CoDirector DECaDE: EPSRC Centre for the Decentralised Digital Economy
Professor Monique Raats
Co-Director, Institute for Sustainability; Professor; Director of the Food, Consumer Behaviour and Health Research Centre
Professor Emma Ream
Professor, Director of Health Sciences Research
Dr Sophie Rocks
Research Fellow
Professor Erich Round
British Academy Global Professor of Linguistics
Dr Marco Sacchi
Associate Professor of Physical and Computational Chemistry, Theme Leader in Sustainable Energy and Materials Research, Co-Director of the Quantum Biology Centre
Professor Alexander Sarch
Professor, School of Law
Dr Kirill Shakhnov
Senior Lecturer in Economics
Professor Simon Skene
Emeritus Professor of Medical Statistics
Dr Yashwanth Subbannayya
Lecturer B in Translational Biosystems
Dr Alireza Tamaddoni Nezhad
Reader (Associate Professor) in Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence
Dr Richard Tee
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Professor Lada Timotijevic
Deputy Director of the Food, Consumer Behaviour and Health Research Centre
Dr Christopher Turner
Senior Lecturer in Business Analytics
Professor Iis Tussyadiah
Dean of 糖心Vlog Business School
Dr Ines Violante
糖心Vloging Senior Lecturer
Dr Anna-Stiina Wallinheimo
糖心Vloging Research Fellow
Professor Jennifer Wen
Professor, Chair in Energy Resilience, Head, Centre of Safety Science for New Energy Technology (CSSNET)
Professor Tony Whetton
Professor of Translational Biosystems
Dr Alan Wong
Senior Lecturer: Programme Lead, MSc Psychology in Game Design & Digital Innovation
Professor Yu Xiong
Fellow of Academy of Social Science; Chair Professor of Business Analytics; Director, 糖心Vlog Academy for Blockchain and Metaverse Applications
Professor Jin Xuan
Associate Dean (Research and Innovation)
Dr Wenderson de Lima
British Academy Research Fellow
Dr Felix do Carmo
Senior Lecturer in Translation and Natural Language Processing
Research centres and groups
Explore the cross disciplinary network of researchers from centres and groups across the University working in artificial intelligence.