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Dr. Sophia Bano is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science at University College London, specializing in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. She is a member of the UCL Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional Surgical Science (WEISS) and the UCL Robotics Institute. Dr. Bano has a strong track record in Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, context awareness, and machine consciousness, specifically focusing on minimally invasive robot-assisted surgery. Previously, she was a leading researcher in the Wellcome/ESPRC GIFT-Surg project from 2014 to 2022 and was named a researcher for the EPSRC Context-Aware Augmented Reality Endonasal Surgery project, ongoing from 2022 to 2025. With over 60 peer-reviewed publications to her name, she has received several awards including the MICCAI-IJCARS paper award and the IPCAI audience choice award for her contributions to biomedical imaging challenges.
University College London • London, United Kingdom
Leading research in Robotics and AI.
University College London • London, United Kingdom
Conducting advanced research in Computer Science.
University College London • London, United Kingdom
Engaged in various research projects in Robotics and AI.
University of Dundee • United Kingdom
Contributed to Computing research projects.