About Russell Beale
Russell Beale leads the Advanced Interaction Group in the School of Computer Science at the
University of Birmingham. As a Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) specialist, his interests range broadly across the border between computing & communication systems and society, with a particular focus on using artificial intelligence in interactive systems, usability and design.
As well as being a full-time academic, Russell has founded four companies and run two of them, provides consultancy services on projects he’s interested in, and used to race yachts competitively until a toddler and twins needed his attention – but once they have learned to sail, he’ll return to that as well.