Roger Whitaker
Supercomputing Wales Academic Director
Professor Whitaker is the Academic Director for Supercomputing Wales and Dean of Research for the
College of Physical Sciences and Engineering.
Professor Whitaker is interested in the fusion between human and machine intelligence. From technologies such as social media, smartphones and embedded AI, there is now a much greater opportunity to understand the combined effects and implications of different forms of intelligence, both artificial and human.
Professor Whitaker explores this through simulation, data science, high performance computing as well as observational studies of human behaviour and technology. His work is interdisciplinary, including engineering, sociology and psychology. Funders including IBM and EPSRC support Professor Whitaker’s current research.