Diversity in AI – Panel discussion 

Shared resources

We have created the following Padlet board where you will be able to access the readings, as well as add your questions and comments:

Panellists short biographies

Gabi Tropia is currently the Course Leader for the MA Performance: Screen at Central Saint Martins (UAL). Previously, Gabi designed and led the MA Screendance at London Contemporary Dance School. In the classroom, Gabi fosters a community of learning where every voice is valued, encouraging students to take risks, experiment, and develop a unique authorial voice. As a dance filmmaker, Gabi’s practice sits between film, performance, and choreography. Gabi’s works include Under the Cobblestones, Units of Action, and the improvisatory Jam Series. Additionally, Gabi’s writing appears in Terpsichore in Zeros and Ones and Art in Motion.

Hannah Hyde is the Digital Learning Engagement Coordinator within the Digital Learning Practice team within the Teaching, Learning and Employability Exchange at University of the Arts London. Her work involves communications, staff development, events and coordinating staff networks. She is also the DEL Conference Coordinator and is usually the one sending out newsletters, posting on DEL social media, and responding to emails. 
She’s previously facilitated workshops on storytelling, learning environments and AI, and presented at DEL 2024. 

Jheni Arboine is an Educational Developer in Academic Enhancement, located within the Teaching, Learning and Employability Exchange at University of the Arts London. As an Educational Developer, she looks at some of the key issues and priorities for courses. Where courses may have what we would call attainment gaps or awarding gaps, her role is to work with course leaders to develop strategies to address them. 
Jheni facilitates Positionality Wheel workshops for students and staff to think about the positions, roles and identities that we all have within the context of learning and teaching at university. She also facilitates Inquilab/Ink-Lab, a reading group at UAL that encourages staff and students to come together to explore and activate conversations about social justice and decolonisation.  

Mayra Berrones is a full-time AI and data science specialist technician at UAL’s Creative Computing Institute, originating from México. Her academic journey culminated in a doctorate in systems engineering with a foundation in software engineering. Prior to her moving to the UK, Mayra imparted teaching in a master’s program, focusing on data-centric subjects, including big data, data preprocessing and analysis, and data mining. Her research involves deep learning and machine learning methodologies, particularly employing medical imaging data. 

Femi Isiaq is the founding Programme Director for Computer and Data Science at UAL’s Creative Computing Institute. A Chartered Engineer and Senior Fellow of Advance HE, his work on human-environment interaction, data-human interaction and wellbeing has driven global, interdisciplinary collaborations with partners including with organisations such as the Royal Navy (MOD), NHS, Southampton Teaching Hospital, and Southern Health NHS Foundation. He is the founder of the Data as Partner (DaP) and Data and Wellbeing Group (DaWg) projects, which support global research on human-data interaction and health-focused AI. Femi contributes to academic and policy discourse through service on scientific committees, and as a peer reviewer for high-impact journals, conferences, and funding bodies including Marie Skłodowska-Curie, Horizon 2020, Elite Standards, and Human+. He is an active member of several institutional and external working groups and holds memberships with professional bodies including the BCS. Femi is known for bridging technical innovation with human-centred design, and for championing data’s role in enhancing lives through education, creativity, and care.