Dr Armin Mustafa has been pioneering advances in Digital Technologies and AI for 15 years. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Surrey and Co-founder/Director of the start-up SaiRECO Ltd. She was awarded the prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship and has published >50 papers in major journals and conferences. She is leading a large team of researchers for major UKRI and AHRC AI grants in collaboration with BBC-R&D and RHUL, and teaching AI in the Computer Science department. She completed her PhD in 2016 from the University of Surrey and has worked in industry for three years.