Our People

Joel Fischer is Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at the School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, UK, where he is a member of the Mixed Reality Lab. His research takes a human-centred view on AI-infused technologies to understand and support human activities and reasoning and is frequently concerned with how interactive technology can be designed to support collocated people interacting face-to-face. Joel’s research approach is multidisciplinary, drawing on ethnography, participatory design, prototyping, and studies of technology deployments, often with an ethnomethodological and conversation analytic lens.

Praminda Caleb-Solly is Professor of Embodied Intelligence in the School of Computer Science where she leads the Cyber-physical Health and Assistive Robotics Technologies (CHART) research group. She holds a BEng in Electronic Systems Engineering, MSc in Biomedical Instrumentation Engineering and a PhD in Interactive Evolutionary Computation. She joined the University of Nottingham in September 2021. Prior to joining Nottingham she was Professor of Assistive Robotics and Intelligent Health Technologies at the Bristol Robotics Lab, UWE, where she was leading the Robotics Engineering and Computing for Health Research Group and held the post of Associate Head of Department for Research and Scholarship.

is Associate Professor of Robotics and Autonomous Systems in the School of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham, UK. Her research interests include haptics, human-robot interaction (pHRI), assistive robotics, and machine learning. Her team primarily works in building adjustable autonomy paradigms to enable dynamic switching behaviours between different levels of robotic autonomy (e.g. full human control vs. full autonomy) during shared/traded control of a physical task, enabling effective human-autonomy teaming.

is the Dunford Professor of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham where he co-founded the Mixed Reality Laboratory. He is Director of the EPSRC-funded Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training and also Director of the University's Smart Products beacon of research excellence. He was previously an EPSRC Dream Fellow, a Visiting Researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge and a Visiting Professor at the BBC.

My research interests are based in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) with a particular focus on interdisciplinary approaches to Human-Centred Design (HCD). As part of Somabotics, I will be working closely with Steve to develop novel and innovative methodologies and approaches to understand the intersection of Embodied AI, Robotics, Art, Design and People. As part of this we aim to continue our groundbreaking research collaborations with artists which will enable us to creatively explore embodied AI. We will develop a community relating to embodied AI, the Arts and Humanities, and Music. The project will allow us to explore interdisciplinary approaches to embodiment which will enable us to reflect on research areas such as pain, creativity, values, beliefs, and intimacy. I am grateful to be given the opportunity to expand upon my own research and practice in this area. Dr Alan Chamberlain is a Principal Research Fellow in the School of Computer Science and an Honourable Fellow in the Music Department (University of Nottingham). He is a Visiting Professor at Copenhagen Business School, and Aberystwyth University. He is the Creative Industries Sector Lead on the UKRI TAS Hub (£11.7 million), a Principal Research Fellow on RAI UK (£35 million, UKRI) and a Co-Investigator on the REC-HURDLEs project: Revisiting Employment Contracts and Help for Under-represented Researcher groups to Develop, Lead and Excel (£1 million, Wellcome Trust). Contact: Alan.Chamberlain @ Nottingham.ac.uk