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Team

Current Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Lachlan McPheat
Post-doctoral Research Associate
Dr. Navdeep Kaur
Post-doctoral Research Associate
Their joint research focuses on integrating probabilistic answer set programs (P-ASP) with large language models to enable knowledge-grounded, logical, and robust reasoning from user prompts, especially in complex and uncertain domains.

Current PhD Students

Maeve Hutchinson, PhD student
Maeve's PhD looks at the problem of Visual Analytics and Data Visualisation modulated by Natural Language—building natural language interfaces for data visualisation—a multimodal challenge.
Alex Clay, PhD student
Alex Clay's PhD looks at Information Structuring and its Impact on Generated Outputs in the context of generative models like LLMs.
Monica Visani, PhD student
Monica's research focuses on supporting users interacting with conversational Generative AIs, minimising potential harms and maximising benefits.
Mohammad Albinhassan, PhD student
Mohammad's work looks at scaffolding LLMs with symbolic approaches with guarantees on validity and correctness.
India-Jane Barry, PhD student
India-Jane Barry is working on aspects of generative AI models in the domain of computer networks and cybersecurity.
Syed Huq, PhD student
Syed Huq is working on generalising RAG for open domains.

Alumni

Rishabh Upadhyay, Postdoctoral Researcher (Alumnus)
Using RAG-based frameworks for knowledge-grounded retrieval and generation in large language models.
Hadeel Al-Negheimish (PhD student) → CSAIL MIT
Hadeel worked on automating numerical question answering with neuro-symbolic approaches.
Chenxi Whitehouse (PhD student) → Cambridge → Meta
Chenxi worked on integrating knowledge for multimodal & multilingual NLP.
Nadine El Naggar (PhD student) → MBZUAI
Nadine worked on Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Counting Behaviour in RNNs.
Chiraag Lala (PhD student) → Imperial College London
Chiraag worked on Grounded Word Sense Translation.