I study how to make meaningful technology through creative practice, critical engagement, and new kinds of representation.
I am co-Director of Cambridge Global Challenges, and a Fellow of Darwin College.
I welcome enquiries. Please start by reading my advice on how to explain your specific research interests
For an overview of recent research browse my publications
P342 - course page (part II)
Practical Research in Human-centred AI is co-taught with Advait Sarkar (Microsoft Research Cambridge). Students design an original experiment, leading to a report suitable for publication.
R225 - course page
Theories of Socio-digital Design for Human Centred AI is co-taught with Tomasz Hollanek (Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence). This interdisciplinary reading group meets together with MPhil students in Data Ethics and Society, and in Digital Humanities
Part 1B - course page
Co-taught with Luke Church. This course provides an introduction to the principles of designing alternatives to AI, including modes of representation, intelligent interfaces, user experience and critical perspectives.
Part 2/3 - course page
Co-taught with Mark Gotham. Currently being revised for 2024/25.
Part 1B - course page
This design course, at the centre of the computer science degree, involves working for a term to create an advanced prototype, working with an external client. Co-taught with Rob Harle and Tobias Grosser.
Development - Wiki
Please contact me if you'd like to work with a student team as client/mentor for their design project.
Sofija is a student with the AI for Environmental Risk CDT, investigating sensing infrastructure and citizen action.
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Justas is investigating critical design of digital twin infrastructure, co-supervised by Ian Lewis and Per Ola Kristensson, and funded by the Sensors Centre for Doctoral Training.
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Research team meeting in November 2022: David, Bianca, Anna, Alexander, Sofija, Pamela, Alan, Malak, Oumaima, Joycelyn, Diana, Emma.
Described by David as "Studio X", although he might want to reconsider that proposal following Musk's rebranding of Twitter the following year.
Coming from a background in art history, Bianca is investigating the fundamentals of meaningful transparency, co-supervised by Jat Singh.
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Funded by the Centre for Doctoral Training in AI for Environmental Risk, Joycelyn is working with a community in Ghana on conservation eco-acoustics. Co-supervised by Jennifer Gabrys (Sociology), Adham Ashton-Butt (Britist Trust for Ornithology) and Emmanuel Acheampong (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology).
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Diana is exploring end-user domain specific probabilistic programming languages for clinical decision support, funded by Microsoft Research Cambridge. This work is co-supervised by Alain Vuylsteke, Kenton O'Hara, Neil Lawrence and Luke Church.
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Mariana has completed an investigation of end-user tools for data visualisation, and works on data science applications and the design of novel programming tools. Her PhD was funded by BT, and co-supervised by Martin Spott and Detlef Nauck
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Luke's designs systems of computers and people for integrating intelligence. He is the founder of Lark Systems, lead technologist at Africa’s Voices Foundation, and assists a number of other organisations with socio-technical design needs.
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