Summary
Elliot Lister is a robotics researcher and PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh specializing in dependable, deployable AI for soft wearable robotics, with nine years of technical and leadership experience spanning academia and airport analytics. As a Robotics Research Assistant and former School Senior Student Leader, he blends hands-on research with practical systems thinking, applying AI and data analytics to real-world operational problems at Edinburgh Airport. His background in computer science and mathematics underpins work that bridges experimental robotics, reproducible code, and deployment-focused AI, and he contributes research code through academic channels like BayesWatch. Based in Edinburgh, Elliot pairs rigorous PhD research with cross-disciplinary collaboration and an unusual dual focus on both human-centric wearable robots and airport operations analytics.
9 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Dependable and Deployable AI for Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Dependable and Deployable AI for Robotics at The University of Edinburgh