Centre for AI and Skills

The Interdisciplinary Centre for AI and Skills at Royal Holloway, is dedicated to advancing the responsible and ethical development of artificial intelligence for the benefit of society. The Centre acts as a hub where researchers and industry partners can work together, developing an environment in which AI research and innovation can grow across different disciplines and sectors. Our mission is to advance AI research and strengthen skills development at every stage of the career journey, while providing an inclusive and sustainable research environment. We are committed to promoting equitable access to data, computing resources, and training opportunities - empowering individuals from diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise to actively participate in and contribute to the future of AI. Through the promotion of interdisciplinary collaboration, we aim to develop AI technologies that are socially purposeful, ethically grounded, and capable of delivering meaningful impact both locally and globally.

About us

What is the Interdisciplinary Centre for AI and Skills at Royal Holloway?

The Centre for AI and Skills unites Royal Holloway’s diverse and rapidly expanding AI community, fostering collaboration and innovation across disciplines.

What sets Royal Holloway’s AI approach apart is its deep commitment to interdisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity - a distinctive strength that is increasingly recognized as essential for AI success. AI research and application span every School across the University, covering foundational AI, its technical advancements, real-world applications, and their societal and ethical implications.

Our key objectives at the Centre for AI and Skills are to establish a cohesive and visible AI presence at Royal Holloway, facilitate networking and collaboration across the university’s AI ecosystem, and serve as a central hub for coordination - both within Royal Holloway and for external partnerships and collaborations.

People

Interim Director: Professor Kostas Stathis
High Stakes AI lead Professor Chris Watkins	AI for Science lead Dr Alessio Spurio-Mancini
Affiliate	Department
Dr Muhammad Zubair Abbasi	Law and Criminology
Dr Stephen Alty	Engineering
Dr Gregory Ashton	Physics
Dr Beenish Ayaz	Engineering
Ms Isis Barrett-Lally	History
Prof Tracey Berry	Physics
Prof Veronique Boisvert	Physics
Prof Gary Brown	Psychology
Dr Queenie Chan	Earth Sciences
Dr Nicolo Colombo	Computer Science
Dr Vasudha Darbari	Computer Science
Dr Argyrios Deligkas	Computer Science
Dr Paul Devlin	Biological Sciences
Prof Alessandra Devoto	Biological Sciences
Prof Szonya Durant	Psychology
Dr Andrew Dwyer	Information Security
Prof Michael Evangeli	Psychology
Dr Francisco Ferreira	Computer Science
Dr Santiago Franco	Computer Science
Prof Paul Fraser	Biological Sciences
Prof Olga Goriunova	Media Arts
Dr Simone Gigliotti	History
Dr Vanessa Graber	Physics
Dr Anabel Gutierrez Mendoza	Marketing
Prof Gregory Gutin	Computer Science
Dr Najmeh Hafezieh	Digital Innovation Management
Prof Matthew Hague	Computer Science
Dr Donggyun Han	Computer Science
Dr Jassim Happa	Information Security
Prof Hari Harindranath	Digital Innovation Management
Prof Shyqyri Haxha	Engineering
Dr Vera Hoelscher	Marketing
Dr Alexey Koloydenko	Mathematics
Dr Angeliki Koutsoukou-Argyraki	Computer Science
Prof Zhaohui Luo	Computer Science
Prof Zhiyuan Luo	Computer Science
Dr Preeti Mahato	Health Studies
Dr Michael Mandler	Economics
Dr Justyn Maund	Physics
Dr Maryam Mehrnezhad	Information Security
Dr Agnieszka Mensfelt	Computer Science
Dr Konstantinos Mersinas	Information Security
Prof Amanda Murphy	Story Futures
Dr Onyema Sunday Nduka	Engineering
Dr Philip Neary	Economics
Dr Khuong An Nguyen	Computer Science
Dr Philipp Niklowitz	Physics
Dr Nuno Nodin	Psychology
Dr Daniel O'Keeffe	Computer Science
Dr Jacub Orzech	Economics
Dr Stavros Polykarpou	Digital Innovation Management
Dr Marton Ribary	Law and Criminology
Dr Xavier Rojas	Physics
Dr Christopher Satow	Geography
Dr Matteo Sammartino	Computer Science
Prof Alessio Sancetta	Economics
Prof Hugh Shanahan	Computer Science
Dr Vadim Shcherbakov	Mathematics
Dr Stuart Snowden	Biological Sciences
Dr Petar Stankov	Economics
Dr Anand Subramoney	Computer Science
Dr David Jaime Tena Cucala	Computer Science
Prof Pedro Teixeira-Dias	Physics
Dr Alin Tisan	Engineering
Dr Clive Cheong Took	Engineering
Prof Vladimir Vovk	Computer Science
Dr Tom Watts	Politics and International Relations
Dr Christian Weinert	Information Security
Prof Philip Fei Wu	Digital Innovation Management
Prof Li Zhang	Computer Science
Dr Barbara Zipser	History