Professor Nick Bryan-Kinns

Biography

I am Professor of Creative Computing at the Creative Computing Institute, University of the Arts London. My research explores new approaches to interactive technologies for the Arts and the Creative Industries through Creative Computing. My current focus is on Human-Centred AI and eXplainable AI for the Arts. My £24m research funding portfolio has made audio engineering more accessible and inclusive, championed the design of sustainable and ethical IoT and wearables, and engaged rural and urban communities with physical computing through craft and cultural heritage. Products of my research have been exhibited internationally including Ars Electronica (Austria) the V&A and the Science Museum (UK), made available online and as smartphone apps, used by artists and musicians in performances and art installations, and have been reported in public media outlets including the the BBC and New Scientist.

I am a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS), and Senior Member of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). I am a recipient of the ACM and BCS Recognition of Service Awards, and chaired the ACM Creativity and Cognition conference 2009, and the BCS international HCI conference 2006.

22 of my PhD students have now graduated. I have examined 18 PhD students.

See more details here: https://nickbknickbk.github.io