Articles, and Papers
All Articles by Angus Addlesee Organised by Topic: Updated
Linked Data, Conversational AI and Computer Vision
Am I Allergic to This? Developing a Voice Assistant for Sight Impaired People
Answering Textual Questions from Packaging
The Spoon is in the Sink: Assisting Visually Impaired People in the Kitchen
Providing Usable Answers to Spatial Visual Questions
Ethically Collecting Conversations With People that have Cognitive Impairments
Improving the Accessibility of Voice Assistants: Doing Things Right
Education
2019 to Present – PhD in Artificial Intelligence. Combining NLP with Computer Vision and Linked Data
2018 – MSc with Distinction in Artificial Intelligence with Speech and Multimodal Interaction
2016 – BSc (Hons) in Mathematics
Experience
March 2022 – Present
Applied Scientist at Amazon Alexa AI
Previously: Machine Learning Engineer, Data Scientist, Data Analyst, and Risk Optimisation Intern
Organising
Ranked from (1): supporting role, to (3): a leading organiser, my organisational roles include: SIGDIAL 2022 (2), YRRSDS 2021 (3), African Chatbot Summit 2021 (3), European Chatbot Summit 2021 (3), SLiDInG 2020 (3), ICMI 2019 (1). I co-founded the ECS and ACS, hosting 90 speakers and 2,200 attendees in 2021.
Speaking
In March 2020 I had the fantastic opportunity to speak at Harvard and share my current research. I have a lot of experience presenting both virtually and in-person. In addition to Harvard, I have talked at: Carnegie Mellon University 2020, BBC 2020, KTH University 2019, University of Latvia 2019, Leipzig University 2019 and routinely around Edinburgh.
26
Medium Articles
6
Peer-Reviewed Papers