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Helen Gibson serves as the Head of Innovation at CENTRIC, where she focuses on innovation, stakeholder engagement, and developing funding applications across the security domain. With a strong academic background in Mathematics and Information Visualization, she has made significant contributions to various security projects including ATHENA, UNITY, and TENSOR.
Her educational background includes:
- Undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Edinburgh University
- Master's degree in Computing and Information Technology from Northumbria University
- PhD in Information Visualization (focused on graphs and networks) from Northumbria University
Helen's research spans multiple critical areas in security technology, with particular expertise in information visualization, open source intelligence (OSINT), and the ethical implications of AI in law enforcement. Her work bridges technical innovation with practical security applications, focusing on crisis management, cybercrime prevention, and community engagement through technology. She has made significant contributions to understanding how citizens perceive AI use by police forces and the necessary safeguards for privacy and safety.
Her publication record demonstrates a consistent focus on security technology applications, particularly in OSINT methodologies, AI ethics in law enforcement, and crisis management systems. Over the years, her research has evolved from technical aspects of data visualization and social media analysis for crisis response to broader considerations of legal, ethical, and privacy implications of security technologies. Recent work emphasizes citizen perspectives on AI in policing and the future challenges of OSINT in law enforcement.
Helen has played key roles in major security research projects:
- Central role in setting up and implementing the OSINT Hub
- Significant contributions to the ATHENA project for crisis management
- Key involvement in UNITY and TENSOR projects
- Development of systems for dark web investigations
Her leadership extends to developing security research ecosystems and fostering collaboration between academic, law enforcement, and community stakeholders to address contemporary security challenges through innovative technological solutions.
