Dr Elizabeth Black
Reader in Artificial Intelligence
Research interests
- Computer science
Biography
About
Dr Elizabeth Black is a Reader in Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Informatics, where she is a member of the Reasoning and Planning research group. She is the Director of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Safe and Trusted Artificial Intelligence, which brings together academics from King's College London and Imperial College London to deliver a 4-year PhD programme focussed on the use of model-based artificial intelligence (AI) techniques for ensuring the safety and trustworthiness of AI systems.
She also serves as a member of the steering committee of COMMA international conference series on Computational Models of Argument, and as an Editorial Board Member of the journal Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems.
Dr Black is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
She received her PhD in Computer Science from University College London in 2007, on the topic of argument inquiry dialogues. Prior to joining King's in 2011, Elizabeth worked as a post-doctoral research assistant at the University of Oxford and held a Marie-Curie Intra-European Fellowship at the University of Utrecht.
Research interests
- Safe and trusted artificial intelligence
- Intelligent agents and multi-agent systems
- Argumentation theoretic models of agent reasoning, communication and dialogue
- Strategic considerations for argumentation-based dialogues
- Responsible development of artificial intelligence technologies
More information
Research
Trusted Autonomous Systems (Informatics)
The Trusted Autonomous Systems Hub develops the trustable autonomous systems of tomorrow.
Reasoning and Planning
The group focuses on the fundamental AI challenge of creating, representing and reasoning.
News
King's AI researchers appointed as Turing Fellows to tackle societal challenges
Three King's academics from the Department of Informatics have been named as Turing Fellows for 2024-25
King's Supervisory Excellence Award Winners 2023
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 King’s Supervisory Excellence Awards and the new Mentoring & Support Awards.
Dr Elizabeth Black advising new government AI taskforce
Dr Elizabeth Black to advise new government taskforce on how AI can help the UK reach climate change targets.
Athena SWAN Bronze Award for Informatics
The Department of Informatics is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an Athena SWAN Bronze Award. Athena SWAN is a UK charter that recognises the...
Giving students the skills they need to succeed in a globalised world
The Departments of War Studies, Chemistry and Informatics are pleased to announce the launch of their new innovative online module for students, ‘Professional...
Features
Reimagining AI Futures - Dr Elizabeth Black: Trustworthy AI
The AI revolution is here, but can it be trusted? Dr Elizabeth Black talks us through what’s needed to trust AI and the trade-offs we’ll face in a future...
Research
Trusted Autonomous Systems (Informatics)
The Trusted Autonomous Systems Hub develops the trustable autonomous systems of tomorrow.
Reasoning and Planning
The group focuses on the fundamental AI challenge of creating, representing and reasoning.
News
King's AI researchers appointed as Turing Fellows to tackle societal challenges
Three King's academics from the Department of Informatics have been named as Turing Fellows for 2024-25
King's Supervisory Excellence Award Winners 2023
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 King’s Supervisory Excellence Awards and the new Mentoring & Support Awards.
Dr Elizabeth Black advising new government AI taskforce
Dr Elizabeth Black to advise new government taskforce on how AI can help the UK reach climate change targets.
Athena SWAN Bronze Award for Informatics
The Department of Informatics is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an Athena SWAN Bronze Award. Athena SWAN is a UK charter that recognises the...
Giving students the skills they need to succeed in a globalised world
The Departments of War Studies, Chemistry and Informatics are pleased to announce the launch of their new innovative online module for students, ‘Professional...
Features
Reimagining AI Futures - Dr Elizabeth Black: Trustworthy AI
The AI revolution is here, but can it be trusted? Dr Elizabeth Black talks us through what’s needed to trust AI and the trade-offs we’ll face in a future...