Group Members (Alphabetical Order)

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Dr Alfie Abdul-Rahman

Senior Lecturer in Computer Science


Dr Alfie Abdul-Rahman is a Senior Lecturer at the HCC Group. Her interests include data visualization, user-centered design of visualization applications, and visualization in Digital Humanities.

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Dr Ruba Abu-Salma

Lecturer in Computer Science


Dr Ruba Abu-Salma is a Lecturer in Computer Science at King’s College London. She uses computational and social science methods to understand and improve people’s security, privacy, and safety decision-making processes, with a focus on at-risk populations, in order to ultimately design technologies that are equitably safe across users.



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Bdour Alwuqaysi

PhD Student


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Munkhtulga Battogtokh

PhD Student




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Dr Rita Borgo

Head of Human Centred Computing Group


Dr Rita Borgo is the head of the HCC Group, and a Reader in Data Visualisation and Artificial Intelligence.

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Dr Michael Cook

Senior Lecturer in Computer Science


Dr Michael Cook is a Senior Lecturer in the HCC Group. He researches AI in the context of creativity, generative systems, and game design.



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Dr Kovila Coopamootoo

Lecturer in Computer Science


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Humphrey Curtis

PhD Student


Humphrey Curtis is a PhD student in the Department of Informatics. His research focuses on wearable, discreet augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices with communities with complex communication needs and people with aphasia.



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Italo da Silva

PhD Student


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Dr Senir Dinar

Lecturer in Computer Science Education




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Dr Lin Gui

Lecturer in Natural Language Processing


Lin Gui is currently a Lecturer at King's College London, the Department of Informatics. His research interests include language modelling and model interpretation.

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Professor Yulan He

Professor in Natural Language Processing




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Professor Nicolas S Holliman

Director of CUSP London


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Xi Hu

PhD Student




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Dr Seray Ibrahim

Research Associate


Dr Seray Ibrahim is a Postdoctoral Research Associate, interested in how digital technology can help people to socially interact, learn and look after their mental wellbeing.

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Professor Shalom Lappin

Emeritus Professor of Computational Linguistics




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Dr Yijing Li

AEP Senior Lecturer in Urban Informatics


Dr Yijing Li is Deputy Director for CUSP London and a Senior Lecturer at the HCC Group. Her interests are human-environment interactions in urban context, applying geospatial analytics onto urban crime, health and sustainability themes.

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Jiazheng Li

PhD Student




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Dr Timothy Neate

Senior Lecturer in Computer Science


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Alexandre Nevsky

PhD Student


Alexandre Nevsky is a PhD student in the Department of Informatics. His research focuses on configurable medium and media personalisation, focusing on and applying it to accessibility.



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Dr Georgia Panagiotidou

Lecturer in Visualisation


Dr Georgia Panagiotidou is a Lecturer in the HCC Group. Georgia's interests lay in the intersection of human-computer interaction, data visualisation and sustainability.

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Siya Qi

PhD Student




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Dr William Seymour

Lecturer in Cybersecurity


William Seymour is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Cybersecurity who conducts interdisciplinary research at the intersection of security, privacy, HCI, ethics, and law using a combination of computational and social science research methods.

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Dr Petr Slovak

Reader in Computer Science


Dr Petr Slovak is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Reader in the HCC group. Petr's research focused on the intersection of user-centred design, digital technology and mental health.



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Phoebe Staab

PhD Student


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Svitlana Surodina

PhD Student / Entrepreneur in Residence




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Jessie (Sijie) Tan

PhD Student


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Sara Tandon

PhD Student




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Nikki Theofanopoulou

PhD Student / Research Assistant



Carlota Vazquez Gonzalez is a PhD student in the Department of Informatics. Her research focuses on non-verbal communication in videoconferencing tools, with the aim to improve empathetic understanding between users.



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Jun Wang

Visiting PhD Student


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Xinyu Wang

Visiting PhD Student




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Dr Jess Williams

Postdoctoral Researcher


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Yanzheng Xiang

PhD Student




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Yiwen Xing

PhD Student


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Dr Zheng Yuan

Lecturer in Natural Language Processing


Dr Zheng Yuan is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Natural Language Processing (NLP) at King’s College London and a Visiting Researcher at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on machine learning and deep learning for NLP, including their real-world societal applications.



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Dr Linus Dietz

Lecturer in Computer Science Education


Dr Linus Dietz a computer science researcher, educator, and author with a passion for programming and data science at King’s College London. His research focuses on the intersection of data science and recommender systems, with applications in mobility, urban computing, and health. He is a co-author of the book “Java by Comparison”, a guide to writing high-quality code.

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Melina Petsolari

PhD Student




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Dr. Adam Jenkins

Teaching and Research Fellow


Dr Adam Jenkins is a postdoctoral researcher in Usable Security and Privacy. His interests include Security and Privacy risks in emerging technologies including AI, Conversational AI systems, and Smart Homes.

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Yuheng Ren

Research Assistant




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Hainiu Xu

PhD Student


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Dylan Garcia

PhD Student




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Sinem Görücü

PhD Student


Sinem Görücü is a postgraduate researcher in the Department of Informatics, King’s College London; researching visualising and communicating the environmental impact of Machine Learning. She is also an interdisciplinary designer, educator, community organizer, and advocate working at the intersection of data, artificial intelligence, and design through the lens of social justice and intersectional feminism. She is the founding director of Feminist Design, an organization that uses feminist frameworks to inform design processes and harnesses creativity as a tool for feminist advocacy. She also teaches and talks on topics such as equitable AI, critical data studies, design justice, feminist hacking, community technology, creative literacy/advocacy, and creative resistance.

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Maria Teresa Ortoleva

PhD Student


Maria-Teresa is a PhD student focusing on data physicalization, personal data sculptures and mental health. With a background as drawing, sculpture and installation an artist, she is also interested in the use and evaluation of visual and sensory data objects and art languages in research.



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Shan Shao

PhD Student


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Yiran Li

PhD Student