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Muffy Calder joined the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow in 1988, initially as a Lecturer and progressing to Senior Lecturer and Professor. She served as the Head of the School during the 2000s and currently holds the position of Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Science and Engineering from 2015 to 2025. Calder is also a Senior Visiting Fellow at the CETaS (Centre for Emerging Technology and Security) and is recognized for her contributions to the field as a member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Science and Technology. She serves as deputy chair on the REF main panel B and is a member of the UKRI-EPSRC council. Among her notable accolades are recognition as a Chief Scientific Adviser to Scotland, a Royal Society Leverhulme Research Senior Fellow, and a Suffrage Science award winner in Computing Science and Mathematics. Her extensive research interests lie in computational modelling, automated reasoning, complex interactive systems, and responsible AI, with significant engagement in various professional societies and editorial boards.