Staff Lead researchers Dr Rafael Mestre PhD, MSc, BSc Lecturer Research interests Responsible Research and Innovation of emergent technologies Multimodal machine learning and Natural Language Processing Computational social science Connect with Rafael Email: R.Mestre@soton.ac.uk Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups Agents, Interaction and Complexity We research the science and engineering of complex areas. We focus on areas including human-machine teams and human-in-the-loop interaction. Institute for Life Sciences We bring together interdisciplinary researchers with expertise across the themes of health and medicine, living systems, disruptive life technologies, and insights through data Centre for Democratic Futures We carry out interdisciplinary research on the conditions of achieving democratic futures, ranging from conceptual debates to challenges of institutional innovation and public policy. Centre for Robotics Our mission is to bridge the gap between robot perception, control, and interaction to lead the creation of robotic systems that seamlessly integrate into society, transforming industries and lives. Research outputs Rafael Mestre, AnÃbal M. Astobiza, Victoria A. Webster-Wood, Matt Ryan & M. Taher A. Saif, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(31) DOI: Type: article