News
September 2025
New Scientist video: "How Virtual Nightclubs Are Changing Modern Society".
Centre for Human-Centred Computing
22 September 2025A New Scientist video about the collaboration between the Human Interaction Lab and Target3D has just been released featuring resaerch by Karl Clarke, Ella Cullen and Pat Healey. "The movie Ready Player One introduced us to the futuristic idea of a fully immersive virtual world where meaningful human interactions ... [more]
June 2025
CHCC PhD student wins Best Paper award at prestigious conference
Centre for Human-Centred Computing
17 June 2025Nirit Bintamini Ben-Meir, a PhD student in Cognitive Science and Human-Centered Computing at the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, has been awarded a Best Paper prize at the ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2025 conference for their innovative research on domestic plant care. See the full news story at: ... [more]
April 2025
Groundbreaking research reveals how the brain turns sound into music
9 April 2025Dr. Iran R. Roman, Lecturer of Artificial Intelligence at the Centre for Multimodal AI and Centre for Human-Centered Computing, and a group of external collaborators have revealed a groundbreaking theory explaining how the brain transforms sound into the human experience of music. Read the full story at: https://www.qmul.... [more]
March 2025
New Book: "Understanding the Artificial Intelligence Revolution Between Catastrophe and Utopia" by Professor Shalom Lappin.
Centre for Human-Centred Computing
26 March 2025Publication date: June 16, 2025 This concise and sober book presents a brief history of AI, explaining in clear language the central engineering innovations that have produced the current revolution, and distinguishing between imagined dangers and the very real problems that AI is creating. Spread across seven short and accessible chapters, the ... [more]
February 2025
Prof. Maria Liakata on Inside Science, BBC Radio 4, talking about Google's AI co-science
Centre for Human-Centred Computing
27 February 2025The programme will air today (27/02/25) at 16.30 on BBC Radio 4, and repeat at 20.30 on Monday evening. It will also be available here on BBC Sounds shortly after first broadcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028bpf and on all other platforms (Spotify, etc.) four weeks after first broadcast. [more]
A Night of Science and Engineering: exploring Tomorrow's World at Queen Mary
Faculty of Science and Engineering
24 February 2025Queen Mary University of London's third annual Night of Science and Engineering brought together leading industry partners, researchers, academics, policymakers, and the public for an evening of discovery, innovation, and collaboration. Held in the historic Octagon venue on 20 Feb, this year's event, themed 'Tomorrow's World', showcased groundbreaking research that is ... [more]
December 2024
Prof. Massimo Poesio elected ACL Fellow
Centre for Human-Centred Computing
11 December 2024The ACL Nominating Committee has selected Prof. Massimo Poesio as one of nine ACL fellows for 2024. He was elected for significant contributions to the theory and practice of anaphora and reference resolution, and to sound methodologies of corpus development. [more]
November 2024
New Paper: Melodious or distorted? how music reinforces gender stereotypes in kids' toys commercials
Centre for Human-Centred Computing
8 November 2024The music in toy commercials might be shaping how children see themselves and the world! A new study, published in PLOS ONE, from Queen Mary University of London reveals that sound in toy ads isn't just background noise — it's actively reinforcing gender stereotypes. AIM PhD student Luca Marinelli, supervised by ... [more]
August 2024
Queen Mary University of London seeks 30 new academics in AI, Machine Learning and Computer Science
Faculty of Science and Engineering
26 August 2024Queen Mary University of London is renowned for its cutting-edge research, ranked 14th in the world and 5th in the UK for the quality of our research (THE World University Rankings 2024) and in the top 100 universities worldwide according to the US News & World Report rankings. Home to world-renowned researchers, Queen ... [more]
July 2024
Pop melodies: getting simpler in the age of complexity?
Centre for Human-Centred Computing
12 July 2024A new analysis of Billboard hits from 1950 to 2023 by Queen Mary University of London PhD student Madeline Hamilton suggests that melodic complexity in popular music has been steadily decreasing. The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, examined the evolution of pitch and rhythm in chart-topping melodies over seven decades. ... [more]
Study finds popular song melodies have become simpler over time
Centre for Human-Centred Computing
5 July 2024Melodies of popular songs have become simpler since the 1950s, according to a study carried out by Centre for Human-Centered Computing PhD student Madeline Hamilton and centre academic Dr Marcus Pearce, published in the journal Scientific Reports. The full paper can be found at: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598... [more]
June 2024
Where Plants and People Meet
Centre for Human-Centred Computing
3 June 202411th-29th June 2024 A series of discussions and workshops focussed on plants, people and participation for all ages and levels of experience. A collaborative programme with the South London Botanical Institute led by QMUL's School of Politics and International Relations (Dr Giulia Carabelli) in collaboration with the School of Georgraphy (... [more]
May 2024
Singing researchers uncover cross-cultural patterns in music and language
Centre for Human-Centred Computing
17 May 2024Predictable melodies in songs may aid social bonding and group synchronisation, according to researchers. Key points: Over 75 researchers from 46 countries participated in the study, singing traditional songs and speaking in their native languages. The study found that songs tend to have slower rhythms and higher pitches than speech, suggesting that ... [more]
Professor Maria Liakata awarded RAI UK Keystone grant to tackle risks of ChatGPT-like systems for healthcare and law
Centre for Human-Centred Computing
9 May 2024The Queen Mary University of London professor has been awarded a £4.38 million grant to tackle a pressing challenge in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Professor Maria Liakata, a leading expert in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Turing AI Fellow, will spearhead a highly competitive RAI UK Keystone project to address ... [more]
Queen Mary project aims to tackle risks of ChatGPT-like systems in healthcare and law
Centre for Human-Centred Computing
8 May 2024Professor Maria Liakata awarded RAI UK Keystone grant to address sociotechnical limitations of Large Language Models (LLMs). Published on: 8 May 2024 Share The Queen Mary University of London professor has been awarded a £4.38 million grant to tackle a pressing challenge in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Professor Maria Liakata, a ... [more]
Elif Dogu wins Best Paper Award at ICT4AWE 2024 for her Work on Novel Falls Risk Screening Tool Based on Millimetre-Wave Radar
1 May 2024Many congratulations to Dr Elif Dogu who received the Best Paper Award at The 10th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health (ICT4AWE) that took place in Angers (France) between 28 and 30 April 2024. Elif and the multidisciplinary team at the Centre for Electronics led by ... [more]
March 2024
A Night of Science and Engineering: Queen Mary showcases cutting-edge research and innovation
Faculty of Science and Engineering
3 March 2024Queen Mary University of London held its second annual Night of Science and Engineering last evening at the university's Octagon venue. The event brought together over 200 leading industry partners, researchers, academics, policymakers, and the public, for an evening of exploration, engagement, and celebration of Queen Mary's Faculty of Science and ... [more]
New video celebrating Queen Mary's outstanding science and engineering
Faculty of Science and Engineering
1 March 2024A new video has been released featuring academic staff, post doctural research assistants and PhD students talking about the amazing science and engineering that they undertake at Queen Mary University of London and how this is underpinned by our diversity and core values. [more]