Alfie Abdul-Rahman

Dr. Alfie Abdul-Rahman is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at King’s College London, affiliated with the Department of Informatics under the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from Swansea University and has prior experience as a Research Associate at the University of Oxford’s e-Research Centre and as a Research Engineer at HP Labs Bristol. Her research focuses on information visualization, human-computer interaction, and digital humanities, with notable projects like the Quill Project (Oxford) and the ViTA visualization tool for text alignment. She co-leads the RAMPVIS initiative for emergency response visualization and the 'Narrating Complexity' project on multi-actor timelines.

Her work spans interdisciplinary collaborations, including health informatics (e.g., mental health-Social Media correlations), historical data visualization (e.g., book trade dispersal), and ethical AI decision-support interfaces. She actively engages in educational initiatives like the VisGuided community-driven visualization education platform and WomENcourage conferences for women in computing.

Notable grants include EPSRC funding for RAMPVIS (2021-2022) and Narrating Complexity (2022-2024). She advises on projects involving visualization ethics, epidemiological modeling, and collaborative text analysis tools. Her team developed the BookTracker platform and scFlowVis for single-cell RNA sequencing analysis, emphasizing close collaboration with domain experts.