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Dr Alfie Abdul-Rahman
Dr Alfie Abdul-Rahman

Dr Alfie Abdul-Rahman

Senior Lecturer in Computer Science

Research interests

  • Computer science

Biography

Dr Alfie Abdul-Rahman is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at King’s College London. She received her PhD from Swansea University in Computer Science. Before joining King’s, she was a Research Associate at the University of Oxford e-Research Centre. She worked as a Research Engineer in HP Labs Bristol on document engineering, and then as a Software Developer in London, working on multi-format publishing. Her research interests include information visualisation, computer graphics, human-computer interaction, and digital humanities. Alfie has worked on several projects including Poem Viewer and ViTA: Visualization for Text Alignment. She is actively involved with the Quill Project at the University of Oxford, a platform for the study of negotiated texts.

Research interests

  • Information Visualisation
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • User-centered Design of Visualisation Applications
  • Visualisation in Digital Humanities
  • User Studies and Evaluation

More information

    Research

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    Security (Informatics)

    The Security Hub consolidates the research related to security

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    Health (Informatics)

    The Health Hub centres on computational characterisation of medically relevant study cases and data.

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    Centre for Attention Studies

    Forging new responses to the foundational crisis of the digital age: distraction.

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    Centre for Technology and the Body

    Shaping stories of embodied technology: from the plough to the touchscreen.

    Group working
    Human Centred Computing Research

    The group is concerned with the design, development and evaluation of human computer systems.

    FEATURE CUSP Window
    Centre for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) London

    CUSP London is a collaboration between King’s College London and New York University, which brings together researchers, businesses, local authorities and government agencies, to apply data science and visual analytics to challenges in and for London.

    News

    PhD students from Informatics attend WomENcourage conference

    The conference aims to connect women from diverse STEM backgrounds and encourage them to pursue a career in computing.

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    International Women's Day at King's Department of Informatics

    International Women’s Day (IWD) is aimed at breaking down social barriers and creating a gender equal world. On IWD on March 8 the world comes together to...

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    Events

    13OctAI 1

    Dealing with bias and diversity in Artificial Intelligence

    How AI can overcome bias

    Please note: this event has passed.

    Features

    He Said, She Said!

    Visualising how complex negotiations and social media conversations evolve over time.

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      Research

      THUMB PAGE Security Cameras
      Security (Informatics)

      The Security Hub consolidates the research related to security

      hospital-news
      Health (Informatics)

      The Health Hub centres on computational characterisation of medically relevant study cases and data.

      ask-hero-image-4
      Centre for Attention Studies

      Forging new responses to the foundational crisis of the digital age: distraction.

      Header
      Centre for Technology and the Body

      Shaping stories of embodied technology: from the plough to the touchscreen.

      Group working
      Human Centred Computing Research

      The group is concerned with the design, development and evaluation of human computer systems.

      FEATURE CUSP Window
      Centre for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) London

      CUSP London is a collaboration between King’s College London and New York University, which brings together researchers, businesses, local authorities and government agencies, to apply data science and visual analytics to challenges in and for London.

      News

      PhD students from Informatics attend WomENcourage conference

      The conference aims to connect women from diverse STEM backgrounds and encourage them to pursue a career in computing.

      flyer for women encourage event 780x440

      International Women's Day at King's Department of Informatics

      International Women’s Day (IWD) is aimed at breaking down social barriers and creating a gender equal world. On IWD on March 8 the world comes together to...

      collage of two images of women sitting together eating and standing next to a buffet table

      Events

      13OctAI 1

      Dealing with bias and diversity in Artificial Intelligence

      How AI can overcome bias

      Please note: this event has passed.

      Features

      He Said, She Said!

      Visualising how complex negotiations and social media conversations evolve over time.

      adem-ay-Tk9m_HP4rgQ-unsplash (1)