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Find out more about our research including artificial intelligence, intelligent agents, robotics, game theory and crowdsourcing.
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Citizen-Centric AI for Resilient IoT Systems

Staff

Lead researchers

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 Jan Buermann

Enterprise Fellow
Research interests
  • Translating Research into Practical Solutions
  • Scalable Prototyping and Demonstrator Development
  • Artificial Intelligence for Real-World Applications
Connect with Jan

Email: J.Buermann@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Ezhilarasi Periyathambi

Research Fellow
Research interests
  • Smart energy
  • Application of AI in power grid
Connect with Ezhilarasi

Email: ep2n24@soton.ac.uk

Dr Bruno Arcanjo

Research Fellow
Connect with Bruno

Email: B.R.Queiros-Arcanjo@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 Vahid Yazdanpanah

Lecturer
Research interests
  • Multiagent (AI) Systems
  • Agent-Based Computing 
  • Responsibility of AI Systems
Connect with Vahid

Email: V.Yazdanpanah@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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Computational Modelling of Microbial Biofilm Systems

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COVER: COalgebraic Foundations for Quantitative VERification

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Cyber security solutions for smart traffic control systems

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Does developmental plasticity influence speciation?

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Tom Ezard

Associate Dean (Education)
Research interests
  • The bridge from micro- to macroevolution.
  • Scaling ecological dynamics across individuals, populations and ecosystems.
  • Demography for conservation and life history evolution.
Connect with Tom

Email: T.Ezard@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Ian Sinclair

Professor of Engineering Materials
Connect with Ian

Email: I.Sinclair@soton.ac.uk

Professor Richard Watson

Professor
Connect with Richard

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

Emeritus Professor Mark Nixon

Research interests
  • My research interests are in image processing and computer vision.
  • I have helped to develop new techniques for static and moving shape extraction (both parametr…
Connect with Mark

Email: msn@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Professor Paul Wilson

Professor
Research interests
  • Greenhouse climates
  • Ice sheet instability
  •  Monsoons and Rainfall Deserts and Aridity 
Connect with Paul

Email: paw2@soton.ac.uk

Professor Clive Trueman

Professor
Research interests
  • Stable isotope ecology in marine settings
  • Ecophysiology (fishes)
  • Sclerochronology
Connect with Clive

Email: trueman@soton.ac.uk

Professor Gavin Foster

Professor of Isotope Geochemistry
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Email: G.L.Foster@soton.ac.uk

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Elder Athletes: building incidental interaction at home for thriving at home, in home and on the go

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 Chris Freeman PhD, BEng, BSc, CEng, FIET

Professor
Research interests
  • Iterative learning and repetitive control theory and their experimental application to indust…
  • Biomechanics 
  • Motor learning and control
Connect with Chris

Email: cf@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Dr Martin Warner PhD

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • My research is focsued on enabling lifelong active living and healthy ageing through optimisi…
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  • I have a particular interest and expertise in biomechanics of the shoulder and upper limb whe…
Connect with Martin

Email: M.Warner@soton.ac.uk

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EPSRC Core Equipment Award 2022/23

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Mark Spearing

Vice-President (Research & Enterprise)
Connect with Mark

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

Other researchers

Professor Ivo Tews

Professor
Research interests
  • Natural products biosynthesis: a complex cascade of catalytic steps in vitamin B6 biosynthesi…
  • Bacterial biofilms: understanding of RedOx regulated phosphodiesterase activity in dispersal …
  • Cancer immunology: together with Cancer Immunology at Southampton we use a structure based ap…
Connect with Ivo

Email: Ivo.Tews@soton.ac.uk

Dr Ruomeng Huang FInstP, FHEA, SMIEEE, MRSC

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • 1. Neuromorphic and memristive nanoelectronic devices
  • 2. AI-enabled semiconductor device design and optimisation
Connect with Ruomeng

Email: R.Huang@soton.ac.uk

Dr Hachem Kassem PhD, MSc, FHEA

Lecturer
Research interests
  • Nearshore hydrodynamics and coastal sediment dynamics
  • Coastal and ocean engineering and flow-structure-seabed-biota interactions
  • Adaptive, nature-inclusive solutions to climate-mediated geohazards, including flooding, eros…
Connect with Hachem

Email: Hachem.Kassem@soton.ac.uk

Dr Nuno Bimbo

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • Dr Nuno Bimbo joined the University of Southampton in 2019 and is currently an Associate Prof…
  • Nuno graduated with an integrated Masters in Chemical Engineering from the University of Coim…
  • He is a full member of the Ordem dos Engenheiros (the Portuguese Professional Accreditation B…
Connect with Nuno

Email: N.Bimbo@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 Christoph Tremmel

Research Fellow in Wellbeing Technology
Research interests
  • Brain-Computer-Interfaces
  • Electroencephalography
  • Biomedical Engineering
Connect with Christoph

Email: Christoph.Tremmel@southampton.ac.uk

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Ethnic minority business data in the UK

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Ajit Nayak

Professor of Strategic Management
Research interests
  • Strategic Management
  • Innovation and Dynamic Capabilities
  • Responsible Leadership and Sustainability Transitions
Connect with Ajit

Email: A.Nayak@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

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XHS: eXplainable Human-swarm Systems

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Exploring Fairness and Bias of Multimodal Natural Language Processing for Mental Health

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

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