People in the Department of Computing

Dr Edward Anstead

Lecturer and programme lead BSc Computer Science. Research interests include Human Computer interaction and e-learning.

Rebecca Aston

Omar B Karakchi

My research interest is in the field of applied mathematics and non linear differential equations.

Dr Golnaz Badkobeh

Golnaz has research interests in string algorithms and combinatorics on words.

Dr Tim Blackwell

I am interesting in all things swarming and musical.

Alexander Brigden

Alex's research focuses on human-computer-interaction, expression with sound, and game design.

Dr David R. K. Brownrigg

David's current work is in novel image processing as part of collaboration with an artist, and in lossy compression.

Dr Raju Chinthalapati

Raju’s research focuses on Financial Technologies, Big Data Analysis, Computational Finance, Financial Econometrics and Operations Research.

Tom Cole

HCI/Games Researcher working on emotional engagement in videogames.

Dr Maggie Cooper

Prof Tim Crawford

Tim has research interests in computational approaches to musicology and music history from the 16th to 18th centuries.

Rachel Falconer

Rachel is a digital art curator, researcher and lecturer in Digital Arts Computing and Creative Computing.

Federico Fasce

Game design, play as a language and game anthropology

Dr Rebecca Fiebrink

Rebecca’s research combines human-computer interaction and signal processing to allow people to apply machine learning.

Prof Frederic Fol Leymarie

Frederic works on creativity and AI systems, including robots which can perform artistic skills similar to humans.

Dr Jamie Forth

Jamie is a musician, artist/coder, and interdisciplinary researcher, focussing on music networks and inclusivity.

Andy Freeman

Andy is a lecturer specialising in digital journalism, data visualisation and digital interactions.

Dr Betty Fyn-Sydney

Betty is a mathematician with interests in group theory, representation theory, and coding theory.

Dr Max Garagnani

Max works on building neurobiologically realistic, deep, neural-network models of cognition (in particular, language).

Dr Jennifer George

Jennifer’s research areas include human computer interaction, accessibility and research through design.

Dr Marco Gillies

Marco’s research centres on how we can create technologies that work with embodied, tacit human knowledge.

Prof Mick Grierson

Mick finds new approaches to the creation of sounds, images and video through signal processing and machine learning.

Dr Nicolas Hine

Nick’s vocation is to seek to optimise the fit between technology and people.

Dr Matty Hoban

Matthew is interested in the difference between quantum and non-quantum information and firmly believes that the former is the future of computing.

Dr Elaheh (Ela) HomayounVala

Ela's research is multi-disciplinary and is focused on User Modelling and Personalisation.

Lane Palmer Hughston

Lane is a mathematician who carries out research in quantum informatics, financial technology, financial mathematics, general relativity, and statistical mechanics.

Janis Jefferies

Janis Jefferies is Emeritus Professor of Visual Arts, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.

Dr Simon Katan

Simon is a digital artist with a background in music and an interest with games and play.

Prof William Latham

William is a designer of computer games and computer artist with expertise in evolutionary art.

Richard Leinfellner

Richard started in the games business in 1980 and has programmed & produced many top ten games.

Andy Lomas

Andy is an Emmy award-winning computational artist exploring the complex nature of form and the simulation of growth processes.

Andolie Marguerite

Andolie’s current research focus is trans and non-binary young people’s identities.

Georgios Mastorakis

Georgios is interested in computer vision, machine learning and simulation modeling

Joe McAlister

Joe is an artist and privacy advocate. His work focuses on how technology can be used to aid progressive discussion.

Jon McClellan

3d Artist and 2d and VFX Compositor, Editor and Designer with over 25 years broadcast and film post-production experience, specialising in 3d modelling, animation, and visual effects compositing, motion design, and vfx editing, with a thorough understanding of the latest digital film workflows.

Dr Sean McGrath

Sean’s research explores the intersection between technology and people, with a particular focus on audio.

Dr Dan McQuillan

Currently writing a book on 'AI for the People' for Bristol University Press.

Dr Nikolay Nikolaev

Nikolay’s recent work is devoted to genetic programming of tree-structured polynomials.

Dr James Ohene-Djan

James is interested in digital entrepreneurial studies, social video technologies, and location-based digital services

Hooman Oroojeni

Dr Lahcen Ouarbya

Dr Sylvia Xueni Pan

Sylvia has extensive experience working in VR researching Virtual Reality technology and social neuroscience.

Dr Theo Papatheodorou

Theo is interested in generative algorithms, computational art, free software, and the hacker movement.

Sumit Paul-Choudhury

Sumit is a writer and entrepreneur interested in the commercial and recreational applications of creative computing.

Dr Ida Pu

Ida specialises in probabilistic and average case algorithms, data structures and communications and complexity theory.

Dr Lance Putnam

Lance is a composer and researcher, interested in generative art, digital sound synthesis and media signal processing.

Evan Raskob

Evan is an interactive artist whose work investigates live computational and procedural sculpting.

Dr Tony Russell-Rose

Tony joined Goldsmiths in September 2019 as Senior Lecturer in Computer Science.

Prof Andrew Shoben

Andrew is an artist working at the cutting edge of computer technology to create innovative artworks in public spaces.

Dr Larisa Soldatova

Larisa joined Goldsmiths in November 2017 as director of the online Masters in Data Science programme.

Dr Daniel Stamate

Daniel’s research interests concern problems and applications involving soft computing and data science.

Prof Atau Tanaka

Atau researches embodied musical interaction, human computer interaction and gestural computer music performance.

Philip Tarr

Dr Itshak Tkach

Itshak is working with Tim Blackwell on a couple of projects in swarm intelligent optimisation.

Prof Stephen Todd

Stephen works on the Mutator VR project, finding applications for it in biological visualisation and digital art.

Patrick Tresset

Patrick is a French artist and scientist using “clumsy robotics” to create autonomous and playful cybernetic entities.

Darpan Triboan

Gabriel Vigliensoni

Dr Jamie A Ward

Jamie's interests include wearable computing, social neuroscience, and theatre. He is particularly interested in how wearable computing can help to capture and model human activity.

Dr Sarah Wiseman

Sarah’s focusses on human computer interaction, specifically the design of data entry interfaces in hospitals.

Jessica Wolpert

Jesse is an artist using digital technology to design and build interactive experiences.

Dr Matthew Yee-King

Matthew interests are in education technology, automatic sound synthesizer programming and interactive music systems.

Bruno Zamborlin

Bruno's research focuses on converting physical objects into interactive surfaces using vibration sensors and AI

Dr Michael Zbyszyński

Michael builds real-time musical interactions using sensors, machine learning, and audio processing.

Prof Robert Zimmer

Robert specialises in AI, safety-critical systems, humanities computing, and digital multimedia with applications.

Alan Zucconi

Alan Zucconi is a passionate lecturer and developer, working in the intersection between Creativity and Education.