Dr Martyn Harris
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Overview
Overview
Biography
Dr Martyn Harris is a Lecturer and Programme Director in Computer Science with research interests spanning data science, digital humanities, AI, and natural language processing. His work explores how computational methods—such as time series analysis, sentiment analysis, and bibliometric modelling—can help us better understand online discourse, cultural heritage, writing systems, and academic impact.
Martyn’s research is distinctly interdisciplinary. He has published on topics ranging from pandemic-related sentiment on social media, to the discovery of parallel texts in historical archives, and the development of novel bibliometric indices. He also has a long-standing interest in marine science and ancient writing systems, where he applies computational tools to understand environmental data and decipher undeciphered scripts.
He is particularly passionate about the responsible use of AI and data technologies aligned with broader global challenges, and increasing diversity in Computer Science.
Martyn teaches and designs postgraduate modules in Applied Machine Learning, Object Oriented Programming, Information Security, and Data Management for the University of London Worldwide MSc Computer Science programme.
Highlights
Professional activities
Project manager (2018 to 2023) of the Birkbeck contribution to the Government-funded Institute of Coding initiative.
Honours and awards
- BL Labs 2017 Symposium Research Award Runner Up, British Library, June 2017
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Research
Research
Research interests
- Machine Learning
- Natural Language Processing
- Microalgae and Macroalgae
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Publications
Publications
Article
- Harris, Martyn and Jacobson, Jessica and Provetti, Alessandro (2024) Sentiment and time-series analysis of direct-message conversations. Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation 49 (301753), pp. 1-14. ISSN 2666-2825.
- Levene, Mark and Harris, Martyn and Fenner, Trevor (2020) A two-dimensional bibliometric index reflecting both quality and quantity. Scientometrics 123, pp. 1235-1246. ISSN 0138-9130.
- Harris, Martyn and Levene, Mark and Zhang, Dell and Levene, D. (2020) Comparing “parallel passages” in digital archives. Journal of Documentation 76 (1), pp. 271-289. ISSN 0022-0418.
- Harris, Martyn and Levene, Mark and Zhang, Dell and Levene, D. (2018) Finding parallel passages in cultural heritage archives. ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage 11 (3), ISSN 1556-4673.
- Fenner, Trevor and Harris, Martyn and Levene, Mark and Bar-Ilan, J. (2018) A novel bibliometric index with a simple geometric interpretation. PLoS One ISSN 1932-6203.