Lynne Baillie

Professor of Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University and National Robotarium lead for human robot interaction, assistive living and health

Session: Protecting Minority Ethnic Communities Online (PRIME), AI and Racial Justice (Plenary)

Professor Baillie’s research interest is in the area of Human‐Computer Interaction (HCI) – that’s the study and subsequent improvement of human interaction with technology, and the development and evaluation of novel interactive technologies, particularly robots.

Professor Baillie, has a PhD and MSc and is the Director of the Interactive and Trustworthy Technologies Research Group at Heriot-Watt University, researching how people interact with technology, and the impacts that technology has on the population in terms of convenience, usability, performance and security. She is also the National Robotarium lead for human-robot interaction (HRI), assistive living and health. She is based in the National Robotarium a purpose-built facility in Edinburgh, the National Robotarium is a world-leading institute for robotics and artificial intelligence, boasting unrivalled facilities to explore collaborative interaction between humans, robots and their environments.

Her work has attracted funding from UK research councils, the EU, and national and local government, as well as international companies such as Siemens and Microsoft, and the charity sector including Heritage Lottery Fund and Chest Heart Stroke Scotland. She is the author of more than 100 peer reviewed scientific papers.