Nathan Duran

Dr Nathan Duran is a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Creative Technologies within the Faculty of Environment and Technology at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol). His work bridges theoretical insights with practical applications in computational modeling of language and meaning, alongside exploring creative and societal impacts of AI technologies.

• Research Focus: Natural Language Processing (NLP), Natural Language Understanding, Computational Neuroscience, Language Modeling, and interdisciplinary applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). His thesis leveraged human conversational structures (Conversation Analysis) to design task-oriented dialogue systems using ML.
• Teaching: Natural Language Processing, Machine Vision, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning.
• Collaborations: Engaged with Positive Behaviour Solutions for applied research.

Contact: Nathan.Duran@uwe.ac.uk