Nelly Bencomo

Nelly Bencomo is Associate Professor in Computer Science at Durham University, leading research on AI/ML systems and autonomous software engineering. Principal Investigator for major projects including EPSRC Twenty20Insight and JusTN0W.

Research areas: AI/ML decision-making under uncertainty, runtime models for self-adaptive systems, and software engineering for autonomous systems. Focuses on bridging AI theory with practical applications.

Current projects include JusTN0W (£5M interdisciplinary climate initiative), weDecide clinical tool for shared decision-making, and Digital Arctic Twin network.

Awards: Best Paper at EDTconf'24, Best Software Artefact at SEAMS'24, and recognition by Northern Health Science Alliance for innovation.