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Shannon Vallor

The Centre is led by Director Shannon Vallor, the Baillie Gifford Professor in Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh’s Futures Institute and Department of Philosophy. Professor Vallor also chairs the University’s AI and Data Ethics Advisory Board.

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Zeerak Talat

Zeerak Talat joined the Centre in November 2024. They are Chancellor’s Fellow in Responsible Machine Learning and AI. Their research centres on if, and how, machine learning and AI technologies can be used towards fair and equitable futures to answer how machine learning and AI should look, if we must live with them in our societies.

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Cristina Richie

Dr Cristina Richie joined the Centre in August 2023. She is Lecturer and Cohort Lead for the MSc in Data and Artificial Intelligence Ethics at the University of Edinburgh’s Futures Institute. Her research is driven by a global vision of clean, just, and ethical health care and technology through the development of strategies and policies.

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John Zerilli

Dr John Zerilli joined the Centre in May 2023. He is the Chancellor’s Fellow (Assistant Professor) in AI, Data, and the Rule of Law at the University of Edinburgh, a Research Associate in the Oxford Institute for Ethics and AI at the University of Oxford, and an Associate Fellow in the Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge.

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