Kate Devlin | |
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![]() Devlin in 2020 | |
Born | Adela Katharine Devlin Northern Ireland |
Alma mater | [1] |
Known for | Computer science, artificial intelligence, archaeology |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | King's College London |
Website | http://www.drkatedevlin.co.uk |
Kate Devlin, born Adela Katharine Devlin, is a Northern Irish computer scientist specialising in Artificial intelligence and Human–computer interaction (HCI). She is best known for her work on human sexuality and robotics and was co-chair of the annual Love and Sex With Robots convention in 2016 held in London[2] and was founder of the UK's first ever sex tech hackathon[3] held in 2016 at Goldsmiths, University of London.[4] She is Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Society in the Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London[5] and is the author of Turned On: Science, Sex and Robots in addition to several academic papers.[1]