Professor, Computational Intelligence
Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Keeley Crockett SMIEEE SFHEA is a Professor in Computational Intelligence at Manchester Metropolitan University and Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee SHIELD (Ethical, Legal, Social, Environmental and Human Dimensions of AI/CI). She has over 27 years’ experience of research and development in Ethical and responsible AI, computational intelligence algorithms and applications, including adaptive psychological profiling, fuzzy systems, semantic similarity, and dialogue systems. Keeley has led work on Place based practical Artificial Intelligence, facilitating a parliamentary inquiry with Policy Connect and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Data Analytics (APGDA), leading to the inquiry report “Our Place Our Data: Involving Local People in Data and AI-Based Recovery”. She obtained STRENGTH IN PLACES POLICY funded engagement work with Greater Manchester businesses on “SME Readiness for Adoption of Ethical Approaches to AI Development and Deployment” and has contributed to the recent APGDA: AI and Ethics Repot (launched 19-06-23). She is currently the PI on the EPSRC “PEAs in Pods: Co-production of community based public engagement for data and AI research.” Grant, Co-I on The Alan Turing Institute “People-powered AI: responsible research and innovation through community ideation and involvement” Grant, and PI on the Innovate UK Knowledge Transfers Partnership with My First Five Years.
Keeley is an International Collaborator on COMPROMISE 2021 – 2024: Enhancing COMmunication PROtocols with Machine Learning while Protecting SEnsitive Data (Ministerio De Ciencia e Innovación, Spain). She was Co-academic lead of the GM AI Foundry and is Co-Lead for AI/Cybersecurity on the new Centre for Digital Innovation (CDI). She was also elected to the IEEE Computational intelligence member ADCOM (2023-25), Chair of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Diversity and Inclusion subcommittee and the Co-Chair of the IEEE Women in Engineering Educational Outreach, and she is a U.K. STEM Ambassador. She has 28 PhD completions and will be technical Co-Chair at IEEE FUZZ 2024 (IEEE WCCI 2024) Japan.