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KXKai Xu

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Research funding

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  1. Decoding the Vindolanda tablets: Generative AI to reassemble, read and restore Roman handwritten texts

    2025–2029
    Funding
    £116,000
    Role
    Co-investigator

    Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), UK

  2. Cognitive Engineering for Human-Centred AI Design

    2021–2024
    Funding
    £450,000
    Role
    Co-investigator

    Genetec Inc., Montreal, Canada

  3. RAMP VIS: Making Visual Analytics an Integral Part of the Technological Infrastructure for Combating Covid-19

    2021–2022
    Funding
    £430,000
    Role
    Co-investigator

    Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK

  4. VALCRI – Visual AnaLytics for sense-making in CRiminal Intelligence analysis

    2014–2018
    Funding
    €13,000,000
    Role
    Co-investigator

    European Commission (EU FP7 integration project)

Professional service

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  • Conference chair, Eurographics Conference on Visualisation (EuroVis)

    2026

    The largest data visualisation conference in Europe.

  • Panel member, UKRI Turing AI Pioneer interdisciplinary fellowships

    2026

  • Guest editor, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, special issue on “AI Governance, Authenticity, and Provenance for Visual Media”

    2026

  • Founder and co-organiser, Generative AI Nottingham (GAIN) Special Interest Group

    2024–present

    Part of Generative AI Nottingham, the university-wide generative AI initiative.

  • Best Paper Award

    2025 · Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis)

    The largest European conference on data visualisation.

  • Honourable Mention (2nd place)

    2024 · IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) Challenge

    Organised by the IEEE Computer Society and the Technical Community on Visualization and Graphics (VGTC), with dozens of international entries each year from leading data visualisation and machine learning companies and research groups.

  • Project of the Year Award

    2018 · Middlesex University, London

    Only one research project is selected across the entire university for its outstanding contribution to the University and wider research community.

  • Honourable mention (2nd place)

    2014 · IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) Challenge

    Organised by the IEEE Computer Society and the Technical Community on Visualization and Graphics (VGTC), with dozens of international entries each year from leading data visualisation and machine learning companies and research groups.