Xavier Laurent | AI Competency Centre
Xavier is the Training Manager at the Centre. His role involves developing, sourcing, and managing training programmes to meet users' needs. He is passionate about developing innovative training programmes that go beyond basic instruction, looking into the technical aspects of generative AI and related research. Another exciting aspect of this role is the opportunity to build new connections across the University to share different perspectives and facilitate knowledge exchange.
For the past nine years, he has been a Learning Technologist at the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL). He also has an academic background in experimental psychology and tutor cognitive psychology at Lady Margaret Hall, helping him stay connected to his academic interests in cognitive sciences and the foundations of AI. He also conducts research in the field of quantum physics, which helps him gain a solid scientific foundation to understand various fields of machine learning and AI.