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Rafael Mestre is a Lecturer at the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, and a Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute. He leads multiple interdisciplinary research projects at the intersection of computer science, political science, and bioengineering. He is co-director of the Centre for Democratic Futures, Ethics & Governance lead at the Centre for Robotics, Associate at the Digital Humanities hub, and member of the Institute for Life Sciences.
Research Interests:
- Responsible Research and Innovation of emergent technologies
- Multimodal machine learning and Natural Language Processing
- Computational social science and argumentation mining
- Bio-hybrid robotics and nanorobotics
- Digital tools for democratic innovation and public deliberation
- Ethics and governance of AI and robotics
His recent publications reveal a strong trend in interdisciplinary research combining machine learning with societal and biological applications. He works on multimodal AI for analyzing political debates, ethical implications of bio-hybrid systems, and responsible deployment of distributed sensing in urban environments. His work integrates methods from computer science, social sciences, and engineering.
Scientific Awards:
- Alan Turing's Postdoctoral Enrichment Award (PDEA), 2022
- Turing Fellow, 2024
Advising and Grants:
- Supervises PhD students in MINDS and Web Science programs
- Principal Investigator (PI) of ESRC New Investigator Award: 'Biohybrid Futures'
- PI of RAI UK International Partnership: 'RAI4MH – Fairness in NLP for Mental Health'
- PI of £1.2M UKRI Cross-Council Grant: SOUNDSCALE (responsible sensing in smart cities)
- Previously held postdoctoral fellowships including New Frontiers Fellow and role in 'Rebooting Democracy' project
Labs and Research Groups:
- Centre for Democratic Futures (Co-Director)
- Centre for Robotics (Ethics & Governance Lead)
- Agents, Interaction and Complexity Research Group
- Institute for Life Sciences (IfLS)
- Digital Humanities (DH) Hub (Associate)
- Collaborates with Institute for Experiential AI (Northeastern University, US) and National Oceanography Institute (NOC)
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