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I am a Reader at the Department of Computer Science, at The University of Manchester. I lead the Human Computer Systems group and I am a member of the Interaction Analysis and Modelling Lab.

I am a Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute.

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markel . vigo at manchester . ac . uk

@markelvigo

+44 (0) 161 275 0143

2.32 Kilburn Building

Department of Computer Science

School of Engineering

M13 9PL, Manchester (UK)

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I'm interested in using AI to enhance decision-making in data-intensive environments such as fitness trackers and information dashboards. My research utilises a mixed methods approach to gain deeper insights into human behaviour with computing systems. This involves leveraging human-centred methods, tools and pipelines that facilitate wrangling and mine behavioural patterns. By doing so, I develop computational user models of interest, engagement, interaction barriers, and knowledge acquisition.

Currently, I focus on two primary areas. First, within healthcare, I investigate the implementation of eXplainable AI to support critical decision-making in environments such as the ICU, clinical dashboards, and health tracking applications. Second, I delve into the integration of AI within workplace settings, exploring its potential to enhance workforce learning opportunities, well-being and performance.

I received a PhD in Computer Science from the University of the Basque Country about web accessibility assessment, evaluation and measurement. I keep active in the accessibility field and publish papers about:

LATEST NEWS

October 2021 I received a Turing Fellowship. My 'spotlight' talk can be watched in Youtube and the slides are also available.

User interaction analysis is key to understanding the interface between humans and interactive computing systems. Despite being an essential activity for digital phenotyping and user modelling purposes, the manipulation, enquiry and mining of interaction data is full of challenges.

Informed by case studies on online learning, knowledge acquisition and user interface evaluation, in this talk I'm going to: (1) introduce a set of tools to support hypothesis-driven and data-driven analysis; and (2) present some innovative data analysis pipelines that involve human decision-making.

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TEAM

Mohammed Alhamadi (PhD student, Y3)

Hatim Alsayahani (PhD student,Y2)

Sarah Almulhem (PhD student,Y1)

Co-supervised PhD students

Alex Hambley, Y3

Hasinah Alzahrani, Y2

Zhongyan Chen, Y2

Ron Bar-Ad, Y2

Alumni

He Yu, 2022

Alaa Alahmadi, 2021

Deemah Alqahtani, 2021

Oludamilare Matthews, 2019

Julio Vega, 2019

Alan Davies, 2018

Amaia Aizpurua, 2017