Bryan Maddox

Executive Director

Bryan is Executive Director of Assessment MicroAnalytics, Professor of Educational Assessment at the University of East Anglia, and visiting Professor (Professor II) at the Centre for Educational Measurement at the University of Oslo.  He is a specialist in the application of small-scale, observational data on assessment response processes, including studies of gesture and eye tracking.  Bryan has conducted assessment research in France, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Nepal, Senegal, Slovenia, the United States and the UK. His edited book on International Large-Scale Assessments in Education is published by Bloomsbury (2019).

Naomi Care

Analyst

Naomi Care leads Assessment MicroAnalytic work on inclusive digital assessments and on digital ethnography. She has a background in anthropology, psychology and education, with specialist expertise and extensive experience in inclusive assessment, disability, special educational needs, and chronic illness. Naomi is a member of the Association of Education Europe (AEA) SIG on Inclusive Assessment.  She is skilled in the use of eye tracking, gesture analysis, cognitive interviews and digital ethnography.

"My goal, in all the work I do, is to ensure that learners have the necessary tools to flourish.  To me, creating inclusive assessments is integral to that goal."

Dr. Tahmina Zebin

Ethical and Inclusive AI design

Dr. Tahmina Zebin is a Lecturer in the School of Computing Sciences at the University of East Anglia and is one of the academic leads at the On-device and Explainable AI Laboratory. Tahmina is a UEA based research collaborator, and leads work at AMA on Ethical and Inclusive AI design for products and services. Tahmina pursued her PhD studies at the University of Manchester and has been the recipient of the Presidents Doctoral Scholarship (2013-2016) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Her research expertise includes Advanced Video and Signal Processing, Explainable and Inclusive AI, Human Activity Recognition, Risk Prediction modelling using various statistical machine learning and deep learning techniques.

Liz Monahan

Figurative artist

Liz Monahan is a figurative artist who graduated from Norwich University of the Arts with an MA Fine Art distinction in 2017. She has won the Bishop’s Art Prize and was highly commended for the Hermione Hammond Drawing Prize.  Her work has been shown at the RefreshArt and ING Discerning Eye exhibitions.

“I find the human face an endlessly fascinating subject to contemplate. With the tiniest lift of an eyebrow, or slightest shift of the mouth a whole gamut of thought and feeling is expressed”.

Liz produces anonymised images on the facial expressions and gestures of test respondents. You can see more of Liz's work at: www.lizmonahan.co.uk

Nic Redfern

Finance Director

Nic has worked with Assessment MicroAnalytics since before its launch in October 2018.  He advises businesses across the digital and technology sectors, providing advice and support on strategy and growth.  His focus is the adoption and alignment of technology and process to facilitate rapid scaling.  As a qualified accountant, Nic has a focus on robust financial modelling and planning using an approach developed over many years working with high growth technology businesses, including; Virgin Money, the Optimise Media Group and the UK price comparison site knowyourmoney.co.uk