Bayes Centre News: The Bayes Centre Announces Newly Appointed Turing Fellows

Through partnership with the Alan Turing Institute, we are set to welcome 12 new Turing Fellows to provide leadership in creative and innovative research in data science and Artificial Intelligence, whilst also playing a significant role in advancing the collaborative research programmes of the University.

The Alan Turing Institute partners with a wide range of organisations, including government, charities, companies and universities to undertake world-leading research to change the world for the better, the University of Edinburgh has been a long-standing partner of this national academic partnership.

Our partnership, coordinated through the Bayes Centre, involves colleagues and fellows, from across the University, providing a focus for academic data science and AI data-driven research and connectivity to the Institute’s UK-wide community.

We are delighted to announce and welcome a new group of Turing Fellows who will be joining the Edinburgh Turing Institute community from the 1^st of October.

Our newly appointed fellows are:

Fellow	School
Luciana D'Adderio	Usher Institute
Drew Hemment	Edinburgh Futures Institute
Oisin Mac Aodha	School of Informatics
Encarni Medina-Lopez	School of Engineering
Liza Mijovic	School of Physics and Astronomy
Diego Oyarzun	School of Biological Sciences, School of Informatics
Andre Santos	Business School
Ian Simpson	School of Informatics
Athanasios Tsanas	Usher Institute
Lachlan Urquhart	Edinburgh Law School
Shannon Vallor	Centre for Technomoral Futures
John Vines	Institute of Design Informatics

You can view more information about the University of Edinburgh partnership with the Alan Turing Institute here.

The addition of the new fellows further expands the Bayes Centre's collaborative, multidisciplinary approach where an emphasis is put on the development of innovative technological solutions for the benefit of society.

We look forward to welcoming our new and returning Turing Fellows as part of what continues to be a growing portfolio of interdisciplinary research coordinated by the Bayes Centre as part of the Data-Driven Innovation programme.

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