Professor Elizabeth Black

Elizabeth Black is Professor of Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Informatics at King’s College London. She is Deputy Director of the Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences Graduate School at King’s, and a Turing Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute. Professor Black is passionate about ensuring ethical and responsible AI, and about the support and development of PhD students. She has made significant contributions to the field of computational models of argument dialogue, which can be used to support both human and joint human-AI reasoning, and can allow humans to question and challenge decisions made by AI. She is a member of the steering committee of COMMA international conference series on Computational Models of Argument, an emeritus member of the Board of Directors of the European Association for Multi-Agent Systems, and on the Editorial Board of the Journal for Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. Professor Black has a particular interest in matters relating to equality, diversity and inclusion, and has been involved in many initiatives to create a more inclusive and supportive environment for staff and students.