Dr Laura James

at Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge

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Dr Laura James is Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, catalysing multidisciplinary research and activities around trust and technology, and also Technology Principal at Doteveryone. She has spent nearly twenty years exploring cutting edge internet technologies and turning them into useful products and systems, in technology and leadership roles in diverse contexts. Laura holds Masters and PhD degrees in Engineering from the University of Cambridge, and is a Chartered Engineer. She was VP Engineering at AlertMe, a connected home startup; on the management team at Evi, an AI startup acquired by Amazon to become Alexa; CEO of Open Knowledge International, a civil society network opening up information for all; and COO at CARET, delivering mission-critical innovative software for the University of Cambridge. Laura co-founded Makespace, a community workshop; Field Ready, an NGO meeting humanitarian need through local manufacturing; and the Digital Life Collective, a tech co-operative.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurajames/

  • 11 June 2020, 9:30am

    CSaP Annual Conference Seminar Series 2020

    This year instead of holding a one-day annual conference in London, we will be delivering a series of virtual seminars in May and June on topics that CSaP and our network have worked on over the past year

  • 4 June 2020, 11am

    Annual Conference Virtual Seminar Series: Net Zero

    The fourth seminar in the annual conference virtual seminar series will be on the topic of net zero with expert speakers from the University of Cambridge.