Naomi Pitzer
Doctoral researcher at the University of Southampton’s Vision, Learning and Control Group, researching self-supervised audio-visual learning and robotic perception. Her previous work explored emergent communication and language evolution between artificial agents. She has led several initiatives supporting women in computing and was named a 2025 ACM-W Scholar.
Leonardo Castro-Gonzalez
Research data scientist working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, computational social science and digital humanities. He is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol and Visiting Fellow with the Department of Design, University of Southampton. His research combines AI, network science and large-scale digital data to develop interpretable, socially grounded tools and explore how emerging technologies can help us understand complex social, economic and cultural systems.
Cera Y.J. Tan
Her research spans critical theory, media philosophy, and the philosophy of computation. She is a book reviews editor at Theory, Culture & Society, and Managing Editor of Journal of Visual Art Practice. She forms part of the executive committee of the Association for Philosophy and Literature. Her work addresses questions concerning the ontology, epistemology, and politics of computational systems.
Nabil Mashrur
A specialist of database design, data management and the development of efficient data-driven systems. He explores how structured data can be collected, stored, managed and transformed into meaningful information through relational databases, automation and web-based applications. His expertise includes database architecture, SQL, Python, data integration, data visualisation and interactive web systems. He is particularly interested in developing scalable and reliable database solutions that transform complex datasets into accessible insights and meaningful connections.