Adrian Weller

Adrian Weller is a Director of Research in Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge and Head of Safe and Ethical AI at The Alan Turing Institute, where he also serves as a Turing Fellow. He additionally directs the Trust and Society programme at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. His career includes senior roles in finance and advisory positions for governmental AI ethics bodies.

His research integrates technical and societal dimensions of artificial intelligence, with major foci including:

• Foundational ML: Statistical methods, high-dimensional inference, causality, and Monte Carlo techniques
• Trustworthy AI: Fairness, privacy, bias mitigation, and algorithmic transparency
• Applied Domains: Computer vision, reinforcement learning, and bio-applications of ML
• Socio-technical Systems: Policy frameworks, human perceptions of algorithms, and ethical deployment

Notable recognition includes an MBE (2022) for pioneering contributions to digital innovation. His work actively informs UK and EU AI policy discussions.