Research

I work within the broad area of human-computer and human-AI interaction, with a specific interest in data visualisation. I am increasingly interested in how data- and model-intensive systems are used in everyday decision-making, and how interactive and visual methods can support people in those moments.

I have a special interest in problems where high-dimensional, spatio-temporal, heterogeneous and large datasets are used to answer questions with data. I take a human-centred approach throughout, which has given me the chance to work with researchers in biomedicine, bioinformatics, geography, social science, epidemiology and cyber security, among others.

Current projects

• EPSRC CDT in Diverse Data Visualisation (DIVERSE CDT)
  Jul 2024 – Oct 2030 · EPSRC, ~£10m total (~£2m Warwick) · Co-director, Warwick PI
• HAT MEPP 3: Widening access to modelling to support gHAT elimination
  Oct 2024 – Sep 2028 · Gates Foundation, ~£300k for CIM · Co-I (led by Prof Kat Rock, Zeeman Institute)

Past projects

• Visualising Contact Networks in Response to COVID-19
  Sep 2020 – Feb 2022 · UKRI, £174k for Warwick · Joint PI
• RAMP VIS: Making Visual Analytics an Integral Part of the Technological Infrastructure for Combating COVID-19
  Feb 2021 – Jan 2022 · UKRI · Co-I
• DECIDE: Delivering Enhanced Biodiversity Information with Adaptive Citizen Science and Intelligent Digital Engagements
  Aug 2020 – Jul 2022 · NERC, £96k for Warwick · Co-I
• More-than-human data interactions in the smart city
  Mar 2020 – Jul 2020 · EPSRC HDI Network+, £62k · Co-I
• Investigating Interactive Visualisation Techniques for AI Explainability
  Jan 2019 – Jun 2019 · City, University of London pump-priming · Co-I (with R. Henkin)
• NLViS: Natural Language Interaction for Visual Data Analysis
  Dec 2017 – Mar 2019 · EPSRC First Grant, £100k · PI
• Agent-based modelling and visualisation of the causes and consequences of knock-on delays
  Apr 2018 – Mar 2019 · RSSB, £80k · Co-I
• DiSIEM: Diversity-enhancements for Security Information and Event Management
  Sep 2016 – Aug 2019 · EU H2020, €4m total (€910k City) · City PI (with I. Gashi)
• Interactive Visualization of Large Email Data
  Jan 2016 – Dec 2018 · Industry (Redsift Inc.), £86k · PI
• FareViz
  May 2014 – Nov 2015 · Technology Strategy Board, £472k total · Researcher Co-I

Service

I serve on the organising and programme committees of conferences including IEEE VIS, EuroVis, BioVis and EuroVA, on the editorial boards of Computers & Graphics and Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction, and have been guest editor for ACM TiiS and IEEE CG&A.