Research projects

Find out more about our research including artificial intelligence, intelligent agents, robotics, game theory and crowdsourcing.

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Research project

AI City Innovation Sandpit

Lead researchers:
Dr Richard Gomer
Other researchers:
Dr Vanissa Wanick,
Dr Eike Schneiders,
Dr Edward Parkinson,
Dr Joseph Owen,
Professor Matt Ryan
:
https://www.ai-city.uk/
Status:
Active

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Richard Gomer BSc(Hons) MSc PhD (he/him)

Lecturer in Computer Science

Research interests

Human-Computer Interaction
Agency-oriented Design
Data Institutions

Connect with Richard

Email: R.C.Gomer@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Vanissa Wanick FHEA

Senior Lecturer in Interaction Design

Research interests

Games for Social Impact and Wellbeing
Human Behaviour and Interaction Design
Participatory and Co-Design Methods

Connect with Vanissa

Email: V.Wanick@soton.ac.uk

Dr Eike Schneiders

Lecturer in Computer Science

Research interests

Human-Computer and Robot Interaction
Human-AI Interaction focusing on generative AI and its impact on society
Multidisciplinary research in collaboration with, artists, medical professionals, and lawyers

Connect with Eike

Email: Eike.Schneiders@soton.ac.uk

Dr Edward Parkinson

Senior Research Software Engineer

Connect with Edward

Email: E.Parkinson@soton.ac.uk

Dr Joseph Owen

Research Fellow

Research interests

Culture and heritage in place
Arts and humanities approaches to law and policy
Modernist art and literature

Connect with Joseph

Email: J.G.Owen@soton.ac.uk

Professor Matt Ryan

Professor

Research interests

Democracy
Social Research Methods
Web Science

Connect with Matt

Email: M.G.Ryan@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

Future Electric Vehicle Energy networks supporting Renewables (FEVER)

Lead researchers:
Professor Andrew Cruden
Other researchers:
Professor Suleiman Sharkh,
Professor Richard Wills,
Professor Sebastian Stein
Status:
Active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Andrew Cruden BEng, MSc, PhD, FIET

Professor of Energy Technologies

Connect with Andrew

Email: A.J.Cruden@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Suleiman Sharkh BEng, PhD, CEng, MIET

Professor of Electrical Machines & Drives

Research interests

Electric Machines
Power Electronics
Microgrids

Connect with Suleiman

Email: S.M.Sharkh@soton.ac.uk

Professor Richard Wills

Head of Department

Connect with Richard

Email: rgaw@soton.ac.uk

Professor Sebastian Stein

Professor

Research interests

Citizen-Centric Artificial Intelligence Systems
Mechanism Design and Incentive Engineering in Multi-Agent Systems
Applications of AI in smart energy, transportation, electric vehicle charging and disaster re…

Connect with Sebastian

Email: ss2@ecs.soton.ac.uk

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Research project

Low Carbon Comfort Centre

Lead researchers:
Dr Stephanie Gauthier,
Professor Christina Vanderwel,
Professor Sebastian Stein
Status:
Active

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Stephanie Gauthier MSc PhD FHEA

Associate Professor

Research interests

Energy demand;
Built environment;
Behaviour change;

Connect with Stephanie

Email: S.Gauthier@soton.ac.uk

Professor Christina Vanderwel BSc, MASc, PhD

Professor

Research interests

Experimental Fluid Mechanics
Turbulence Measurements and Modelling
Building Aerodynamics and Urban Air Pollution

Connect with Christina

Email: C.M.Vanderwel@soton.ac.uk

Professor Sebastian Stein

Professor

Research interests

Citizen-Centric Artificial Intelligence Systems
Mechanism Design and Incentive Engineering in Multi-Agent Systems
Applications of AI in smart energy, transportation, electric vehicle charging and disaster re…

Connect with Sebastian

Email: ss2@ecs.soton.ac.uk

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Research project

makeNormalBetter: Developing Health Resilience INteractive Technology to Transform UK Health and Wellbeing at Scale

Lead researchers:
Professor m.c. Schraefel
Status:
Active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor m.c. Schraefel phd, cscs, ceng, fbcs

Professor

Connect with m.c.

Email: mc@ecs.soton.ac.uk

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UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Machine Intelligence for Nano-electronic Devices and Systems

Lead researchers:
Professor Tim Norman
Other researchers:
Professor Stuart Middleton,
Professor Harold Chong,
Professor Rob Maunder,
Dr Bahar Rastegari,
Dr Reena Pau,
Professor Dimitra Georgiadou,
Dr Christine Evers
:
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP/S024298/1
Status:
Active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Tim Norman

Head of School

Research interests

Learning and reasoning under uncertainty
AI safety
Human-AI collaboration

Connect with Tim

Email: T.J.Norman@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Stuart Middleton

Professor of Natural Language Processing

Research interests

Natural Language Processing: Large Language Models
Human-in-the-loop LLMs: Rationale-based learning, Active learning, Adversarial defence, Adver…
Information Extraction: Text/Behaviour classification, Few/Zero shot learning, Location extra…

Connect with Stuart

Email: sem03@soton.ac.uk

Professor Harold Chong

Professor of Electronic Engineering

Connect with Harold

Email: hmhc@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Professor Rob Maunder PhD, CEng, FIET, SMIEEE, SFHEA

Professor of Electronics & Computer Science

Connect with Rob

Email: rm@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Dr Bahar Rastegari

Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence

Connect with Bahar

Email: B.Rastegari@soton.ac.uk

Dr Reena Pau

Senior Enterprise Fellow

Connect with Reena

Email: R.Pau@soton.ac.uk

Professor Dimitra Georgiadou PhD FHEA MRSC

Professor

Research interests

photonic synapses for neuromorphic computing and AI hardware
photoelectric memories for in-memory sensing and computing
green manufacturing of flexible nanoelectronic devices

Connect with Dimitra

Email: D.Georgiadou@soton.ac.uk

Dr Christine Evers

Associate Professor

Research interests

Machine Listening
Robot Audition
Bayesian inference

Connect with Christine

Email: C.Evers@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

The scaling-up of purpose in evolution (evo-ego): Connectionist approaches to the evolutionary transitions in individuality.

Lead researchers:
Professor Richard Watson
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Richard Watson

Professor

Connect with Richard

Email: R.A.Watson@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

A framework for research, application, and governance of bio-hybrid robotics: plotting a path to responsible research and innovation

Lead researchers:
Dr Rafael Mestre
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Rafael Mestre PhD, MSc, BSc

Lecturer

Research interests

Emergent technologies
Applied and responsible AI
Health

Connect with Rafael

Email: R.Mestre@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

AI Otherwise

Lead researchers:
Professor Sebastian Stein
Other researchers:
Dr Eike Schneiders,
Dr Zhaoxing Li,
Dr Bruno Arcanjo,
Dr Ezhilarasi Periyathambi,
Dr Vahid Yazdanpanah
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Sebastian Stein

Professor

Research interests

Citizen-Centric Artificial Intelligence Systems
Mechanism Design and Incentive Engineering in Multi-Agent Systems
Applications of AI in smart energy, transportation, electric vehicle charging and disaster re…

Connect with Sebastian

Email: ss2@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Eike Schneiders

Lecturer in Computer Science

Research interests

Human-Computer and Robot Interaction
Human-AI Interaction focusing on generative AI and its impact on society
Multidisciplinary research in collaboration with, artists, medical professionals, and lawyers

Connect with Eike

Email: Eike.Schneiders@soton.ac.uk

Dr Zhaoxing Li

Research Fellow (AI systems)

Research interests

Large Language Models
Deep Reinforcement Learning
Multi-Agent Systems

Connect with Zhaoxing

Email: Zhaoxing.Li@soton.ac.uk

Dr Bruno Arcanjo

Research Fellow

Connect with Bruno

Email: B.R.Queiros-Arcanjo@soton.ac.uk

Dr Ezhilarasi Periyathambi

Research Fellow

Research interests

Smart energy
Application of AI in power grid

Connect with Ezhilarasi

Email: ep2n24@soton.ac.uk

Dr Vahid Yazdanpanah

Lecturer

Research interests

Multiagent (AI) Systems
Agent-Based Computing
Responsibility of AI Systems

Connect with Vahid

Email: V.Yazdanpanah@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

AutoTrust: Human-Cyber Design for Resiliant, Useful, Usable Internet of Vehicles

Lead researchers:
Professor m.c. Schraefel
Other researchers:
Professor Enrico Gerding,
Professor Sebastian Stein
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor m.c. Schraefel phd, cscs, ceng, fbcs

Professor

Connect with m.c.

Email: mc@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Enrico Gerding

Professor

Research interests

artificial intelligence
autonomous agents and multi-agent systems
algorithmics game theory

Connect with Enrico

Email: eg@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Professor Sebastian Stein

Professor

Research interests

Citizen-Centric Artificial Intelligence Systems
Mechanism Design and Incentive Engineering in Multi-Agent Systems
Applications of AI in smart energy, transportation, electric vehicle charging and disaster re…

Connect with Sebastian

Email: ss2@ecs.soton.ac.uk

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Research project

Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub (TAS Hub)

Lead researchers:
Professor Gopal Ramchurn
Other researchers:
Professor Dame Wendy Hall,
Professor Diana Eccles,
Professor Michael Butler,
Emeritus Professor Neville Stanton,
Professor Age Chapman,
Professor Paurav Shukla,
Professor Wendy Adams,
Professor James Scanlan,
Professor Christian Enemark,
Professor Susan Gourvenec,
Professor Michael Boniface,
Dr Nic Fair
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Gopal Ramchurn

Professor of Artificial Intelligence

Connect with Gopal

Email: sdr1@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Dame Wendy Hall DBE FRS FREng FCGI

Director of WSI

Research interests

Web Science
AI Policy
Artificial Intelligence

Connect with Dame Wendy

Email: wh@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Professor Diana Eccles

Dean (Medicine)

Research interests

Genetic predispostion to cancer
Cancer susceptibility variant interpetation and clinical application
Patient communication to optimise shared decision making

Connect with Diana

Email: D.M.Eccles@soton.ac.uk

Professor Michael Butler

Dean (Engineering & Physical Sciences)

Connect with Michael

Email: M.J.Butler@soton.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor Neville Stanton

Research interests

Ergonomics and Human Factors methods
Distributed cognition and distributed situation awareness
The effects of automation on human tasks, mainly focused on the development of vehicle automa…

Connect with Neville

Email: N.Stanton@soton.ac.uk