Max Van Kleek

Max Van Kleek is an Associate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, and an Official Fellow of Kellogg College. His research focuses on technologies that empower individuals, spanning areas such as human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, privacy, the Internet of Things, and distributed network technologies. He is involved in multiple research projects, particularly in the fields of fair, ethical, and explainable AI, as well as information architecture design. He received his PhD from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and teaches courses at Oxford on interaction design, classical machine learning, and more.

• 2017–Present·University of Oxford·Associate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction
  • Specializing in the fields of Human-Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence, teaching topics such as interaction design, ethics, and explainable systems.
  • Leading multiple research projects on privacy, IoT, and distributed systems.
• 2015-2017·University of Oxford·Senior Research Associate
  • Participated in several national projects, including the EPSRC SOCIAM project and PETRAS project.
• 2010-2015·University of Southampton·Senior Research Fellow
  • Conducted research on social machines, distributed systems, and data privacy.

• 2003-2011·Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)·PhD (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
  • Research focused on Human-Computer Interaction and Distributed Systems.