People in the Department of Computing In this section Academic staff Professional staff Academic staff Professional staff Staff list Dr Edward Anstead Lecturer E.Anstead (@gold.ac.uk) Edward is interested in human computer interaction, focussing on collaborative group practices with distributed devices. Omar B Karakchi Lecturer o.karakchi (@gold.ac.uk) Dr Golnaz Badkobeh Lecturer G.Badkobeh (@gold.ac.uk) Golnaz has research interests in string algorithms and combinatorics on words. Dr Alejandra Beghelli Lecturer in Computer Science a.beghellizapata (@gold.ac.uk) Prof Mark Bishop Professor m.bishop (@gold.ac.uk) Mark works in the field of cognitive computing, researching the theory and applications of computational intelligence. Dr Tim Blackwell Senior Lecturer tim.blackwell (@gold.ac.uk) Tim researches swarm intelligence, social learning, sensor networks, and live algorithms. Prof Michael Casey Visiting Professor m.casey (@gold.ac.uk) Michael specialises in audio signal processing and machine learning/pattern recognition. Dr Raju Chinthalapati Reader in Financial Technologies V.Chinthalapati (@gold.ac.uk) Raju’s research focuses on Financial Technologies, Big Data Analysis, Computational Finance, Financial Econometrics and Operations Research. Tom Cole Associate Lecturer t.cole (@gold.ac.uk) Tom research is situated at the boundary of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Games Studies and focuses on the broadening and deepening of emotional engagement in videogames. Dr Maggie Cooper Programme Director, International Programmes maggie.cooper (@gold.ac.uk) Prof Tim Crawford Professorial Research Fellow in Computational Musicology t.crawford (@gold.ac.uk) Tim has research interests in computational approaches to musicology and music history from the 16th to 18th centuries. Rachel Falconer Associate Lecturer / Goldsmiths Digital Project Manager R.Falconer (@gold.ac.uk) Rachel is a digital art curator, researcher and lecturer in Digital Arts Computing and Creative Computing. Federico Fasce Lecturer and Researcher f.fasce (@gold.ac.uk) Federico is a game designer interested in the anthropology of game spaces, in promoting personal games and in exploring the potential of games as expressive artefacts. Dr Rebecca Fiebrink Senior Lecturer r.fiebrink (@gold.ac.uk) Rebecca’s research combines human-computer interaction and signal processing to allow people to apply machine learning. Prof Frederic Fol Leymarie Professor ffl (@gold.ac.uk) Frederic works on creativity and AI systems, including robots which can perform artistic skills similar to humans. Dr Jamie Forth Lecturer j.forth (@gold.ac.uk) Jamie is a musician, artist/coder, and interdisciplinary researcher, focussing on music networks and inclusivity. Andy Freeman Lecturer a.freeman (@gold.ac.uk) Andy is a lecturer specialising in digital journalism, data visualisation and digital interactions. Dr Betty Fyn-Sydney Associate Lecturer B.Fyn-Sydney (@gold.ac.uk) Betty is a mathematician with interests in group theory, representation theory, and coding theory. Dr Max Garagnani Lecturer in Computer Science M.Garagnani (@gold.ac.uk) Max’s research lies at the intersection of computational and cognitive neuroscience. Dr Jennifer George Senior Lecturer/Deputy Head of Computing j.george (@gold.ac.uk) Jennifer’s research areas include human computer interaction, accessibility and research through design. Dr Marco Gillies Senior Lecturer / Director of Distance Learning m.gillies (@gold.ac.uk) Marco’s research centres on how we can create technologies that work with embodied, tacit human knowledge. Prof Mick Grierson Visiting professor m.grierson (@gold.ac.uk) Mick finds new approaches to the creation of sounds, images and video through signal processing and machine learning. April Grow Lecturer in Creative Computing april.grow (@gold.ac.uk) April's primary research mixes physical crafts, digital support tools, and games. Dr Nicolas Hine Lecturer n.hine (@gold.ac.uk) Nick’s vocation is to seek to optimise the fit between technology and people. Dr Matty Hoban Lecturer in Computer Science m.hoban (@gold.ac.uk) 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 Lecturer in Computer Science e.homayounvala (@gold.ac.uk) Ela's research is multi-disciplinary and is focused on User Modelling and Personalisation. Lane Palmer Hughston Professor of Mathematics l.hughston (@gold.ac.uk) Lane is a Professor of Mathematics who's interests include general relativity, cosmology and twistor theory, among many others. Janis Jefferies Emeritus Professor of Visual Arts j.jefferies (@gold.ac.uk) Janis Jefferies is Emeritus Professor of Visual Arts, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. Dr Konstantin Kapinchev Lecturer in Computing K.Kapinchev (@gold.ac.uk) Dr Simon Katan Senior Lecturer in Computing Director of Undergraduate Studies s.katan (@gold.ac.uk) Simon is a digital artist with a background in music and an interest with games and play. Dr Rodger Kibble Lecturer r.kibble (@gold.ac.uk) Rodger is interested with natural language semantics, intelligent agent theories, and dialogue modelling. Prof William Latham Professor w.latham (@gold.ac.uk) William is a designer of computer games and computer artist with expertise in evolutionary art. Richard Leinfellner Lecturer R.Leinfellner (@gold.ac.uk) Richard started in the games business in 1980 and has programmed & produced many top ten games. Andy Lomas Lecturer in Creative Computing a.lomas (@gold.ac.uk) Andy is an Emmy award-winning computational artist exploring the complex nature of form and the simulation of growth processes. Andolie Marguerite Lecturer a.marguerite (@gold.ac.uk) Andolie’s current research focus is trans and non-binary young people’s identities. Dr Louis McCallum Associate Lecturer / Post Doctoral Researcher l.mccallum (@gold.ac.uk) With a background in music and robotics, Louis McCallum has been at Goldsmiths since 2017, researching interactive machine learning with motion sensors, as well as AI for musicians. Jon McClellan Senior Lecturer j.mcclellan (@gold.ac.uk) 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 Lecturer s.mcgrath (@gold.ac.uk) Sean’s research explores the intersection between technology and people, with a particular focus on audio. Dr Dan McQuillan Lecturer in Creative & Social Computing d.mcquillan (@gold.ac.uk) Dan is a Lecturer in Creative & Social Computing at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Dr Nikolay Nikolaev Lecturer n.nikolaev (@gold.ac.uk) Nikolay’s recent work is devoted to genetic programming of tree-structured polynomials. Dr James Ohene-Djan Senior Lecturer and Assistant Pro Warden j.djan (@gold.ac.uk) James is interested in digital entrepreneurial studies, social video technologies, and location-based digital services Dr Lahcen Ouarbya Lecturer (Deputy Senior Tutor) mas01lo (@gold.ac.uk) Dr Sylvia Xueni Pan Lecturer in Graphics x.pan (@gold.ac.uk) Sylvia has extensive experience working in VR researching Virtual Reality technology and social neuroscience. Dr Theo Papatheodorou Senior Lecturer / Director of Postgraduate Studies t.papatheodorou (@gold.ac.uk) Theo is interested in generative algorithms, computational art, free software, and the hacker movement. Sumit Paul-Choudhury Visiting Research Fellow S.Paul-Choudhury (@gold.ac.uk) Sumit is a writer and entrepreneur interested in the commercial and recreational applications of creative computing. Dr Helen Pritchard Lecturer h.pritchard (@gold.ac.uk) As an artist and geographer, Helen’s works across computational aesthetics, geography and feminist technoscience. Prof Jane Prophet Visiting Tutor j.prophet (@gold.ac.uk) Jane takes an interdisciplinary approach to work in areas of digital art and media, and art-science collaboration. Dr Ida Pu Lecturer i.pu (@gold.ac.uk) Ida specialises in probabilistic and average case algorithms, data structures and communications and complexity theory. Dr Lance Putnam Research Associate L.Putnam (@gold.ac.uk) Lance is a composer and researcher, interested in generative art, digital sound synthesis and media signal processing. Evan Raskob Lecturer in Physical and Creative Computing e.raskob (@gold.ac.uk) Evan is an interactive artist whose work investigates live computational and procedural sculpting. Dr Tony Russell-Rose Senior Lecturer in Computer Science t.russell-rose (@gold.ac.uk) Tony joined Goldsmiths in September 2019 as Senior Lecturer in Computer Science. Prof Andrew Shoben Professor of Public Art (@gold.ac.uk) Andrew is an artist working at the cutting edge of computer technology to create innovative artworks in public spaces. Dr Larisa Soldatova Reader in Data Science l.soldatova (@gold.ac.uk) Larisa joined Goldsmiths in November 2017 as director of the online Masters in Data Science programme. Dr Daniel Stamate Senior Lecturer in Data Science d.stamate (@gold.ac.uk) Daniel’s research interests concern problems and applications involving soft computing and data science. Prof Atau Tanaka Professor of Media Computing a.tanaka (@gold.ac.uk) Atau researches embodied musical interaction, human computer interaction and gestural computer music performance. Philip Tarr Honorary Research Fellow p.tarr (@gold.ac.uk) Prof Stephen Todd Visiting Professor computing (@gold.ac.uk) Stephen works on the Mutator VR project, finding applications for it in biological visualisation and digital art. Patrick Tresset Visiting Research Fellow tressetp (@gold.ac.uk) Patrick is a French artist and scientist using “clumsy robotics” to create autonomous and playful cybernetic entities. Gabriel Vigliensoni Visiting Research Fellow g.vigliensoni (@gold.ac.uk) Dr Jamie A Ward Lecturer j.ward (@gold.ac.uk) 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 Lecturer s.wiseman (@gold.ac.uk) Sarah’s focusses on human computer interaction, specifically the design of data entry interfaces in hospitals. Dr Matthew Yee-King Lecturer mas01mjy (@gold.ac.uk) Matthew interests are in education technology, automatic sound synthesizer programming and interactive music systems. Dr Michael Zbyszyński Lecturer M.Zbyszynski (@gold.ac.uk) Michael is an academic and musician who teaches perception and multimedia computing, and electroacoustic music. Prof Robert Zimmer Professor (Head of Department) r.zimmer (@gold.ac.uk) Robert specialises in AI, safety-critical systems, humanities computing, and digital multimedia with applications. Alan Zucconi Lecturer a.zucconi (@gold.ac.uk) Article
Dr Edward Anstead Lecturer E.Anstead (@gold.ac.uk) Edward is interested in human computer interaction, focussing on collaborative group practices with distributed devices.
Dr Golnaz Badkobeh Lecturer G.Badkobeh (@gold.ac.uk) Golnaz has research interests in string algorithms and combinatorics on words.
Prof Mark Bishop Professor m.bishop (@gold.ac.uk) Mark works in the field of cognitive computing, researching the theory and applications of computational intelligence.
Dr Tim Blackwell Senior Lecturer tim.blackwell (@gold.ac.uk) Tim researches swarm intelligence, social learning, sensor networks, and live algorithms.
Prof Michael Casey Visiting Professor m.casey (@gold.ac.uk) Michael specialises in audio signal processing and machine learning/pattern recognition.
Dr Raju Chinthalapati Reader in Financial Technologies V.Chinthalapati (@gold.ac.uk) Raju’s research focuses on Financial Technologies, Big Data Analysis, Computational Finance, Financial Econometrics and Operations Research.
Tom Cole Associate Lecturer t.cole (@gold.ac.uk) Tom research is situated at the boundary of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Games Studies and focuses on the broadening and deepening of emotional engagement in videogames.
Prof Tim Crawford Professorial Research Fellow in Computational Musicology t.crawford (@gold.ac.uk) Tim has research interests in computational approaches to musicology and music history from the 16th to 18th centuries.
Rachel Falconer Associate Lecturer / Goldsmiths Digital Project Manager R.Falconer (@gold.ac.uk) Rachel is a digital art curator, researcher and lecturer in Digital Arts Computing and Creative Computing.
Federico Fasce Lecturer and Researcher f.fasce (@gold.ac.uk) Federico is a game designer interested in the anthropology of game spaces, in promoting personal games and in exploring the potential of games as expressive artefacts.
Dr Rebecca Fiebrink Senior Lecturer r.fiebrink (@gold.ac.uk) Rebecca’s research combines human-computer interaction and signal processing to allow people to apply machine learning.
Prof Frederic Fol Leymarie Professor ffl (@gold.ac.uk) Frederic works on creativity and AI systems, including robots which can perform artistic skills similar to humans.
Dr Jamie Forth Lecturer j.forth (@gold.ac.uk) Jamie is a musician, artist/coder, and interdisciplinary researcher, focussing on music networks and inclusivity.
Andy Freeman Lecturer a.freeman (@gold.ac.uk) Andy is a lecturer specialising in digital journalism, data visualisation and digital interactions.
Dr Betty Fyn-Sydney Associate Lecturer B.Fyn-Sydney (@gold.ac.uk) Betty is a mathematician with interests in group theory, representation theory, and coding theory.
Dr Max Garagnani Lecturer in Computer Science M.Garagnani (@gold.ac.uk) Max’s research lies at the intersection of computational and cognitive neuroscience.
Dr Jennifer George Senior Lecturer/Deputy Head of Computing j.george (@gold.ac.uk) Jennifer’s research areas include human computer interaction, accessibility and research through design.
Dr Marco Gillies Senior Lecturer / Director of Distance Learning m.gillies (@gold.ac.uk) Marco’s research centres on how we can create technologies that work with embodied, tacit human knowledge.
Prof Mick Grierson Visiting professor m.grierson (@gold.ac.uk) Mick finds new approaches to the creation of sounds, images and video through signal processing and machine learning.
April Grow Lecturer in Creative Computing april.grow (@gold.ac.uk) April's primary research mixes physical crafts, digital support tools, and games.
Dr Nicolas Hine Lecturer n.hine (@gold.ac.uk) Nick’s vocation is to seek to optimise the fit between technology and people.
Dr Matty Hoban Lecturer in Computer Science m.hoban (@gold.ac.uk) 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 Lecturer in Computer Science e.homayounvala (@gold.ac.uk) Ela's research is multi-disciplinary and is focused on User Modelling and Personalisation.
Lane Palmer Hughston Professor of Mathematics l.hughston (@gold.ac.uk) Lane is a Professor of Mathematics who's interests include general relativity, cosmology and twistor theory, among many others.
Janis Jefferies Emeritus Professor of Visual Arts j.jefferies (@gold.ac.uk) Janis Jefferies is Emeritus Professor of Visual Arts, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.
Dr Simon Katan Senior Lecturer in Computing Director of Undergraduate Studies s.katan (@gold.ac.uk) Simon is a digital artist with a background in music and an interest with games and play.
Dr Rodger Kibble Lecturer r.kibble (@gold.ac.uk) Rodger is interested with natural language semantics, intelligent agent theories, and dialogue modelling.
Prof William Latham Professor w.latham (@gold.ac.uk) William is a designer of computer games and computer artist with expertise in evolutionary art.
Richard Leinfellner Lecturer R.Leinfellner (@gold.ac.uk) Richard started in the games business in 1980 and has programmed & produced many top ten games.
Andy Lomas Lecturer in Creative Computing a.lomas (@gold.ac.uk) Andy is an Emmy award-winning computational artist exploring the complex nature of form and the simulation of growth processes.
Andolie Marguerite Lecturer a.marguerite (@gold.ac.uk) Andolie’s current research focus is trans and non-binary young people’s identities.
Dr Louis McCallum Associate Lecturer / Post Doctoral Researcher l.mccallum (@gold.ac.uk) With a background in music and robotics, Louis McCallum has been at Goldsmiths since 2017, researching interactive machine learning with motion sensors, as well as AI for musicians.
Jon McClellan Senior Lecturer j.mcclellan (@gold.ac.uk) 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 Lecturer s.mcgrath (@gold.ac.uk) Sean’s research explores the intersection between technology and people, with a particular focus on audio.
Dr Dan McQuillan Lecturer in Creative & Social Computing d.mcquillan (@gold.ac.uk) Dan is a Lecturer in Creative & Social Computing at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Dr Nikolay Nikolaev Lecturer n.nikolaev (@gold.ac.uk) Nikolay’s recent work is devoted to genetic programming of tree-structured polynomials.
Dr James Ohene-Djan Senior Lecturer and Assistant Pro Warden j.djan (@gold.ac.uk) James is interested in digital entrepreneurial studies, social video technologies, and location-based digital services
Dr Sylvia Xueni Pan Lecturer in Graphics x.pan (@gold.ac.uk) Sylvia has extensive experience working in VR researching Virtual Reality technology and social neuroscience.
Dr Theo Papatheodorou Senior Lecturer / Director of Postgraduate Studies t.papatheodorou (@gold.ac.uk) Theo is interested in generative algorithms, computational art, free software, and the hacker movement.
Sumit Paul-Choudhury Visiting Research Fellow S.Paul-Choudhury (@gold.ac.uk) Sumit is a writer and entrepreneur interested in the commercial and recreational applications of creative computing.
Dr Helen Pritchard Lecturer h.pritchard (@gold.ac.uk) As an artist and geographer, Helen’s works across computational aesthetics, geography and feminist technoscience.
Prof Jane Prophet Visiting Tutor j.prophet (@gold.ac.uk) Jane takes an interdisciplinary approach to work in areas of digital art and media, and art-science collaboration.
Dr Ida Pu Lecturer i.pu (@gold.ac.uk) Ida specialises in probabilistic and average case algorithms, data structures and communications and complexity theory.
Dr Lance Putnam Research Associate L.Putnam (@gold.ac.uk) Lance is a composer and researcher, interested in generative art, digital sound synthesis and media signal processing.
Evan Raskob Lecturer in Physical and Creative Computing e.raskob (@gold.ac.uk) Evan is an interactive artist whose work investigates live computational and procedural sculpting.
Dr Tony Russell-Rose Senior Lecturer in Computer Science t.russell-rose (@gold.ac.uk) Tony joined Goldsmiths in September 2019 as Senior Lecturer in Computer Science.
Prof Andrew Shoben Professor of Public Art (@gold.ac.uk) Andrew is an artist working at the cutting edge of computer technology to create innovative artworks in public spaces.
Dr Larisa Soldatova Reader in Data Science l.soldatova (@gold.ac.uk) Larisa joined Goldsmiths in November 2017 as director of the online Masters in Data Science programme.
Dr Daniel Stamate Senior Lecturer in Data Science d.stamate (@gold.ac.uk) Daniel’s research interests concern problems and applications involving soft computing and data science.
Prof Atau Tanaka Professor of Media Computing a.tanaka (@gold.ac.uk) Atau researches embodied musical interaction, human computer interaction and gestural computer music performance.
Prof Stephen Todd Visiting Professor computing (@gold.ac.uk) Stephen works on the Mutator VR project, finding applications for it in biological visualisation and digital art.
Patrick Tresset Visiting Research Fellow tressetp (@gold.ac.uk) Patrick is a French artist and scientist using “clumsy robotics” to create autonomous and playful cybernetic entities.
Dr Jamie A Ward Lecturer j.ward (@gold.ac.uk) 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 Lecturer s.wiseman (@gold.ac.uk) Sarah’s focusses on human computer interaction, specifically the design of data entry interfaces in hospitals.
Dr Matthew Yee-King Lecturer mas01mjy (@gold.ac.uk) Matthew interests are in education technology, automatic sound synthesizer programming and interactive music systems.
Dr Michael Zbyszyński Lecturer M.Zbyszynski (@gold.ac.uk) Michael is an academic and musician who teaches perception and multimedia computing, and electroacoustic music.
Prof Robert Zimmer Professor (Head of Department) r.zimmer (@gold.ac.uk) Robert specialises in AI, safety-critical systems, humanities computing, and digital multimedia with applications.