People
The Surrey 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 Surrey’s pan-University collaboration on AI research, teaching and innovation.
Founding Director
Professor Adrian Hilton
Founding Director of the Surrey 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 Surrey 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, Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI
Biography
Professor Braun’s 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 Surrey 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 Surrey, currently hosting 100+ students, and acts as the Turing Liaison (Academic) to the Alan Turing Institute.
Dr Joaquin Prada
Co-Director Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI; Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology
Biography
My research focuses on the development of mathematical and statistical models to inform policy decision-making for the control and elimination of infectious diseases, with a particular interest in neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
My work has supported global policy, for example during the development of the 2021-2030 NTD roadmap, and I am also part of several informal WHO-led working groups and the United Against Rabies forum working group 1 (a FAO-OIE-WHO initiative). My research group at Surrey combines mathematical modelling with economic evaluation and stakeholder elicitation techniques to develop sustainable portfolios of interventions against NTDs (in particular zoonotic NTDs such as Echinococcosis and Rabies).
I hold a visiting position at North Carolina State University. I previously held similar visiting positions at the University of Warwick and the University of Oxford.
Strategy and Innovation
Elizabeth (Eli) James
Founder & Director of Strategy and Operations of the Surrey 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 Surrey 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)
Academic staff
Dr Ayse Demirkan
Senior Lecturer in AI Multiomics for Health and Wellbeing
Dr Anjan Dutta
Lecturer in People-Centred AI
Dr Mikolaj Firlej
Lecturer in AI and Regulation
Dr Bahareh Heravi
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
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 Xiatian Zhu
Senior Lecturer in People-Centred AI
Surrey Future Fellows
The Surrey 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
Surrey Future Fellow
Dr Emily Corrigan-Kavanagh
Surrey Future Fellow in Designing AI for Home Wellbeing, Surrey AI Fellow
Dr Richard Green
Surrey Future Fellow
Dr Bingxin Lu
Surrey Future Fellow
Dr Klara Wanelik
Surrey 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
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
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
Tao Chen
Postgraduate Research Student
Dr Rocco Chiou
Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience
Dr Theopisti Chrysanthaki
Lecturer in Integrated Care/ehealth
Dr Irina Cojuharenco
Reader, Founding Director of the University of Surrey Business and Economic Experiments (USBEE) Laboratory
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
Senior Lecturer 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
Senior Lecturer
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
Dr Andrew Gilbert
Associate Professor in Computer Vision and Machine Learning
Professor Nigel Gilbert
Professor of Sociology
Dr Lee Gillam
Reader
Dr Richard Green
Surrey 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, Head of Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, NHS Consultant Interventional Angiology
Professor Christine Hine
Professor of Sociology
Dr Nadine Itani
Programme Leader and Lecturer in Air Transport Management
Dr Haomiao Jin
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 Surrey Law School
Dr Lirong Liu
Associate Professor in Environment and Sustainability
Dr Giovanni Lo Iacono
Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics/Epidemiology
Professor Steven Lockley
Professor, Vice-Chancellor Fellow
Dr Bingxin Lu
Surrey 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
Senior Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Biology, Director of Research, School of Veterinary Medicine
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; School of Psychology Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Lead
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 and Royal Society University Research Fellow in Physical and Computational Chemistry, Theme Leader in Sustainable Energy and Materials Research
Professor Alexander Sarch
Professor of Legal Philosophy
Dr Kirill Shakhnov
Senior Lecturer in Economics
Professor Simon Skene
Emeritus Professor of Medical Statistics
Professor Aldo Sorniotti
Professor in Advanced Vehicle Engineering, Head of the Centre for Automotive Engineering
Dr Yashwanth Subbannayya
Dean's Research Fellowship
Dr Alireza Tamaddoni Nezhad
Reader (Associate Professor) in Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence
Dr Richard Tee
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Dr Lada Timotijevic
Associate Professor; Head of Department of Psychological Sciences; Deputy Director of the Food, Consumer Behaviour and Health Research Centre
Dr Ehsan Toreini
Lecturer in Software Security
Dr Christopher Turner
Senior Lecturer in Business Analytics
Professor Iis Tussyadiah
Dean of Surrey Business School
Dr Ines Violante
Visiting Senior Lecturer
Dr Anna-Stiina Wallinheimo
Visiting Research Fellow
Professor Jennifer Wen
Professor, Chair in Energy and Environment, Head of Fire and Explosion Modelling Group (FMEG), Programme Lead for Energy and Environment at Institute for Sustainability
Professor Tony Whetton
Professor of Translational Biosystems
Dr Alan Wong
Senior Lecturer: Programme Lead, MSc Psychology in Game Design & Digital Innovation
Professor Yu Xiong
Associate Vice-President (External Engagement); Chair Professor of Business Analytics; Director, Surrey 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.