Alan Blackwell
Professor of Interdisciplinary Design
Designs alternatives to conventional AI through computational arts, critical design and new representations of computation, including domain-specific probabilistic programming languages and the ideas in his book Moral Codes.
Alan Blackwell's lab at Cambridge works on probabilistic & causal inference and compilers & programming languages. 36 papers since 2023. 7 PhD students. 3 alumni. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 9/ year
- at T1 venues
- 0%
- PhD students
- 7
- MS students
- 0
- alumni listed
- 3
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 7 papers2026 · T1 0 · collecting
- 9 papers2025 · T1 0
- 12 papers2024 · T1 0
- 8 papers2023 · T1 0
T1 venuesOther
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Compilers & programming languages8 papers
- Probabilistic & causal inference4 papers
- programming languages2 papers
- codes1 paper
- arts0 papers
Paper list
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20267 papers
- Conservation Biology 40(2), e70222Building trust with marginalised communities in participatory acoustic monitoring through dynamic consent
- Human-Computer InteractionCommentary: There is also a C in HCI
- —Conversations with, among, and about machines
- In Proceedings of the Annual Workshop of the Psychology of Programming Interest Group (PPIG). 27-29 July , University College LondonNodeToJoy: Understanding Probabilistic State through Interactive Visualisation
- Patterns 7(6), 101568Resisting Epistemic Loss in AI Image Generation
- In Proceedings of the Annual Workshop of the Psychology of Programming Interest Group (PPIG). 27-29 July , University College LondonReversing the Mirror: The Moral Programming Language as Primary Notation for Agentic AI
- In Proceedings of the Annual Workshop of the Psychology of Programming Interest Group (PPIG). 27-29 July , University College LondonToward Adaptive Programming Environments for Blind Developers: A Large-Scale Analysis of Community Challenges
20259 papers
- Computational CultureComputing a Pluriversal Future
- In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT)Distributive Epistemic Injustice in AI Ethics: A Co-productionist Account of Global North-South Politics in Knowledge Production
- Site-specific multimedia installation, William Gates Building Cambridge. 19 AugustExperiments for a Sonic Ceremony
- PPIGLUCY-learn: Visualising Image Classifiers for Education in Machine Learning
- Big Data and SocietyMaking relations: re-imagining AI through crafted and embodied knowledge systems in Moana Oceania
- PPIGMixed-Initiative Collaborative Workflow Support for Online Tasks
- In Proceedings of BCS HCISocial Norms, Social AI: Investigating the Effects of AI (Im)politeness and Gender on User Perception
- In Proceedings of BCS HCI . DOI: 10.14236/ewic/BCSHCI2025.29Subaltern Futures in AI
- Cambridge Forum on AI: Culture and SocietyTwo Cultures of Interdisciplinarity
202412 papers
- Times Higher Education, January 12Editing companies are stealing unpublished research to train their AI
- —Educational Tools for Probabilistic Machine Learning Curriculum in Schools In Proceedings of the 35th Annual Workshop of the Psychology of Programming Interest Group (PPIG)
- In Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, EDULEARN 24 (pp. 8074-8083). IATEDHarnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence in Mathematics Education: The Potential of Probabilistic Programming Languages in the Teaching and Learning of Bayesian Statistics
- In CHI '24: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Article No.Justice-oriented design listening: Participatory ecoacoustics with a Ghanaian forest community
- In FAccT '24: The ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and TransparencyMeaningful Transparency for Clinicians: Operationalising HCXAI Research with Gynaecologists
- MIT PressMoral Codes: Designing alternatives to AI
- Presentation at Tacit Engagement in the Digital Age TEDA : Tacit Engagement in the Digital Age (TEDA) . The Magic Machine: through the prism of art and sciencePlaying with Propriomic Augmentation / Welcome to the propriodroŋe
- PPIGPredictability of identifier naming with Copilot: A case study for mixed-initiative programming tools
- PPIGPUX Explorer: An interactive critique and ideation tool for notation designers
- —Re:Generating the Tools of Knowledge
- Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 49(1), 82-103Taking Data Science into the Forest
- In NORRAG Policy Insights #04: AI and Digital Inequities, 13-14. NORRAG: Network for International policies and cooperation in educationWhat are Large Language Models Good For?
20238 papers
- PPIGA brief history of the human centric study of programming languages
- In Proceedings of IEEE Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC)Domain-specific probabilistic programming with Multiverse Explorer
- PPIGInteractive Narrative Visualization for Learning Markov Decision Process
- We automated bullshit. Blog post, 9 NovemberOops!
- Human-Computer Interaction 38(1), 25-48. DOI: 10.1080/07370024. .1877541Perception of rhythmic agency for conversational labeling
- PPIGPrompt Programming for Large Language Models via Mixed Initiative Interaction in a GUI
- In Malevé, N. and Zouli, I. (eds.) A cat, a dog, a microwave ... Cultural Practices and Politics of Image Datasets. London: The Photographers’ GalleryThe Age of ImageNet’s Discovery
- Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 48(1), 5-14. DOI: 10.1080/03080188. .2158258The two kinds of Artificial Intelligence, or how not to confuse objects and subjects
Where alumni went3 listed
Apply to CambridgeMichaelmas 2027
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