People

Sophia Ananiadou

Head of ELIAS Node Manchester

Professor of Computer Science, Director of NaCTeM, Deputy Director of the Christabel Pankhurst Institute, ELLIS Fellow

Leads the Manchester ELIAS Node and represents it in the ELIAS Alliance.

Mauricio Álvarez

Co-coordinator of ELIAS Node Manchester

Reader in Machine Learning, Department of Computer Science; Director of the AI Fundamentals CDT; ELLIS member

Coordinates research collaborations, seminars, workshops and engagement across node members.

Mingfei Sun

Co-coordinator of ELIAS Node Manchester

Lecturer in Machine Learning, Department of Computer Science; Open Source AI Fellow, The Alan Turing Institute; ELLIS member

Coordinates industry engagement, innovation opportunities and external partnerships.

Tamsyn Goodwin

Co-coordinator of ELIAS Node Manchester

Christabel Pankhurst Institute Administrator

Coordinates the website, publicity, events and communications.

Magnus Rattray

Member of ELIAS Node Manchester

Professor of Computational and Systems Biology; Director of the Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence; Director of ELLIS Manchester; ELLIS Fellow

Samuel Kaski

Member of ELIAS Node Manchester

Professor of AI, The University of Manchester, and Professor of Computer Science, Aalto University; Director of the Manchester Centre for AI Fundamentals and of the ELLIS Institute Finland; ELLIS Fellow

Alejandro Frangi

Member of ELIAS Node Manchester

Bicentennial Turing Chair in Computational Medicine; leads UK CEiRSI; ELLIS Fellow

Julia Handl

Member of ELIAS Node Manchester

Professor in Decision Sciences, Alliance Manchester Business School; ELLIS member

Brings optimisation, machine learning and decision intelligence to trustworthy AI for complex societal and industrial challenges.

Tingting Mu

Member of ELIAS Node Manchester

Department of Computer Science

Brings theoretical machine learning and AI fundamentals to real-world innovation, decision-making and societal impact.

Claudia Lindner

Member of ELIAS Node Manchester

Senior Research Fellow in Translational Medical Imaging; ELLIS member

Contributes AI, health innovation and interdisciplinary translation through her role at the Christabel Pankhurst Institute.

Matthew Sperrin

Member of ELIAS Node Manchester

Biostatistics and health data science

Contributes biostatistics, health data science and causal inference for sustainable and trustworthy AI.