Computer scientist · Human-centered AI
Nuria Oliver, PhD
Researching artificial intelligence that understands people, works with people, and serves society.
Nuria Oliver is Director and cofounder of ELLIS Alicante, cofounder and vice-president of ELLIS, and Chief Data Scientist at Data-Pop Alliance. She holds a PhD from the MIT Media Lab and has more than 25 years of research experience across academia and industry.
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Human-centered artificial intelligence
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Understanding people
Computational models of individual and collective human behavior, mobile data, and AI for social good.
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Working with AI
Human-AI interaction, intelligent interfaces, educational AI, and systems that strengthen critical thinking and human agency.
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Trustworthy AI
Algorithmic fairness, privacy, transparency, interpretability, and the societal impact of generative AI.
Profile
Research and professional experience
Her career includes Microsoft Research, Telefónica R&D, and Vodafone, where she was the first Director of Data Science Research globally. Today, her work at ELLIS Alicante advances human-centered, socially responsible AI. She also co-led the winning team of the XPRIZE Pandemic Response Challenge, developing data-driven AI models to support decision-making during a global crisis.
She is the named inventor of more than 40 patents and speaks and writes about responsible AI through invited talks and the media.
Professional affiliations
Fellowships and academies
ACM Fellow · IEEE Fellow · EurAI Fellow · ELLIS Fellow · AAIA Fellow · Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering · CHI Academy · Academia Europaea · Academy of Engineering of Mexico