About
Swati is a Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence in Finance (Financial Technology). She joined the Management School at the University of Liverpool in August 2021. Her research interests are centered on the development of explainable AI algorithms to automate and augment decisions in finance, insurance, and law. Swati is actively engaged in the development of automated auditing of AI algorithmic decisions using Blockchain technology (Link to Swati's GitHub Profile).
Her current research is focused on the integration of Explainable AI, Cryptographic Security, and Decentralized Technologies such as Blockchain to develop systems for financial inclusion and legal equality of underserved communities in society. She publishes regularly in IEEE, IET Conferences, and AI journals.
Swati has an MSc in Financial Operational Research from the School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, and a PhD in Operational Research and Applied Statistics from the School of Engineering, Glasgow.
After completing her PhD, she worked at the University of Nottingham as a Research Fellow on a European Commission project on Innovative Intelligent Rail (In2Rail). Later, she joined Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester, as a Research Associate from Oct 2017 to Jul 2021. She has worked on an AI Smart Claim insurance project funded by UKRI in collaboration with Kennedys Law and AXA Insurance to develop an industry-defining toolkit for the human-AI augmentation of the claims process. She has been involved in FinTech automation projects with start-ups, financial institutions, and law firms to create explainable AI decision-support systems.