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Dr Xavier Laurent

Research Member of Common Room

Lead Training Coordinator

AI and ML Competency Centre

PhD (Bangor University); Master’s (University of York); PGDip (UCL)

Xavier is the Training Manager at the AI and Machine Learning Competency Centre. His role involves developing, sourcing, and managing training programmes to meet users’ needs. He is passionate about creating innovative training programs that go beyond basic instruction, looking into the technical aspects of generative AI, related research, and its application in teaching. Another exciting aspect of this role is the opportunity to build new connections across the University to share different perspectives and facilitate knowledge exchange.

For the past nine years, he has been a Learning Technologist at the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL). He also has an academic background in experimental psychology and tutors in cognitive psychology at Lady Margaret Hall, helping him stay connected to his academic interests in cognitive sciences and the foundations of AI. He also conducts research in the field of quantum physics, which gives him a solid scientific foundation to understand various fields of machine learning and AI.