Rakhi Rajani

AWARDS

Won: 

• 2007 : Royal Philharmonic Society Award [Education] for PLAY.orchestra

Finalist: 

• 2007 : Royal Philharmonic Society Award [Audience Development]

• 2007 : Index Award for ‘Design to Improve Life’ [Play]

• 2006 : BT Digital Music Award [Best Event]

• 2006 : BT Digital Music Award [Best Innovation]

PATENTS

• International Patent WO2005038686A1 – Conveying access to digital content using a physical token

• United States Patent US20060136292A1 – Collection of data associated with an advertisement (pending)

• International Patent WO2005039170A3 - Active images

TEACHING/MENTORING

• Space Generation Advisory Council (Mentor)

• Imperial Enterprise Lab (Mentor)

• Central Saint Martins (Narrative Environments and Innovation Management)

• Royal College of Art (Global Innovation Design)

• St Gallen (Entrepreneurship)

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS/WORKSHOPS

• Panel Speaker, HSJ, How can healthcare best use past, present and future information to support transformation (2023)

• Panel Speaker, Industry Insights, Annual Tech Careers, Cognizant and Newham Council (2023)

• Panel speaker, Women in Science, AWS Summit London (2023)

• Closed workshop, Exploring a post-truth society through Science Fiction, CERN (2023)

• J.Blank, J.Breslin, J.Millsapps, R. Rajani (2023) Realizing a more regenerative, equitable, & thriving collective future, On world and off. Nexus Nairobi, produced by 100 Year Starship

• Keynote talk, Human-Robot Interaction, McKinsey CTO/SIO Summit (2022)

• Closed workshop, The Future of Detection and Imaging for Humanity in 2075, CERN (2022)

• J.Breslin, J.Millsapps, R.Rajani, J.G. Blank (2022) Model Mars: A collective learning experience for future Martians, United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs, Space4Women Expert Meeting

• J.Millsapps, J.G. Blank, R.Rajani, J.Breslin (2022) Model Mars: A Collective Learning Experience for the Martians of the Future, 25th Annual Mars Society Convention, Keynote address

• Keynote talk, Working at the Intersections, Response-Ability Summit (2021)

• Judging Panel, Venture Catalyst Challenge, Imperial Enterprise Lab (2021)

• Judging Panel, Venture Catalyst Challenge, Imperial Enterprise Lab (2020)

• Creating Cognitively Diverse Teams. Mind The Product (2020)

• Building Multidisciplinary Teams. Interviewed for MTP Engage, The Product Experience Podcast (2020)

• How diversity spurs creativity in software development. Interviewed for Computer Weekly, Building the Internet of the Future (2019)

• Be Afraid and Do it Anyway, Panel Discussion at Salesforce with Helen Mullings, Rakhi Rajani, Jacqui Gilbert, Emily Lawson, Emily Freeman (2019)

• Inventing new ways to lead. Cambridge University Judge Business School at the launch of the EnterpriseWomen initiative, with Kim Wedral-Rooke, Anne Boisier-Fouché and Dr Ghina M. Halabi (2019)

• Panel Chair, AI and the Social Sciences. Anthropology and Technology Conference (2019)

• Planning for a future where robots and humans work together, The Experience Designers Podcast, with Stefan Moritz (2019)

• Planning for a future where robots and humans work together, STHLM TECH FEST, with Stefan Moritz (2019)

• Women and Mars, Panel, University of Cambridge Institute of Astronomy (2019)

• Keynote Talk, The Business Value of Design, Design Thinking Ireland (2019)

• Building great product teams. McKinsey Digital, Product UNconference (2019)

• Methods for exponential invention vs incremental innovation. QuantumBlack Flash Talk at CogX (2019)

• Women in tech. Women Who Code London (2019)

• Keynote on Innovation for the Unknown. Bucharest Tech Week, Innovation Summit (2019)

• Finding your leadership Style. Ladies that UX (2016)

• Keynote panel: The focus for creating Contextual Customer Experiences. Tech Expo (2016)

• Women in Innovation - driving growth through gender diversity. Women in Innovation networking event (2016)

• Panel: The Elephant In The Room: Making Mobile Fit For Business. Open Mobile Summit, London (2016)

• Digital Innovation in Travel. Future thinking in Digital Marketing as part of London Technology Week (2016)

• Panel: Consumer Shopping Trends. Retail Innovation. unBound London (2015)

• Trends in retail and new rules for engagement. Keynote speech at Hong Kong Knowledge of Design Week (2014)

• Trends in hospitality fuelled by the sharing economy. Keynote speech at Hong Kong Knowledge of Design Week (2014)

• Changing Behaviour in Places. Invited talk at Central Saint Martins, November 8 2012, London (2012)

• Cognition in Space. Invited CPD Talk at Stanton Williams Architects & The Bartlett School of Architecture, London (2012)

• The Psychology of Communication. Invited Master Class at the School of Communication Arts, February 07 2012, London (2012)

• Creative Research for the Creative Industries. Invited talk at the Market Research Society, January 23 2012, London (2012)

• Cross Cultural Dialogues – The Speaker vs the Listener. Invited talk at the Narrative in Practice Symposium, London (2011)

• An invitation to interact – embedding engagement cues into objects and space. Invited talk at the Pervasive Media Studio (2011)

• Social Research and Design. Doors of Perception 8, Delhi (2005)

• Programme Chair. Designing for User Experience (DUX2005), San Francisco (2005)

PUBLICATIONS

Genomics/AI

• Contribution to: How AI can support science (2023) British Science Association and Google DeepMind

• Contribution to: DNA.I. (2023) Early findings and emerging questions on the use of AI in genomics, Ada Lovelace Institute and Nuffield Council on Bioethics

Mars/Space/Education

• Jennifer G. Blank - NASA Ames, Rakhi Rajani - Lostin Ventures, Jan Millsapps - SFSU, Lauren Kai Yungb, Benjamin Pauleyb, Divyeshwari Vansadiab, Amy Welchb, and Jennifer Breslin - Futuristas (2023) Model Mars: A Collaborative Learning Experience for Future Martians, 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC)

Human/Machine Intelligence

• Moritz S, Smaje K, Rajani R (2022) Forging the Human-Machine Alliance. McKinsey Insights

Digital Transformation

• Sheppard B, Brookhouse C, Rajani R. (2019) The luxury of time, digitally enhanced experiences in an analog industry. McKinsey Insights

Hospitality

• Welcome to the Un-Hotel: Experiencing the world through someone else's home. Harpers Bazaar Interiors (2014)

• ‘International Intelligence’ Column in Harper’s Bazaar Interiors Arabia (ongoing). Reporting on trends in interior and spatial design experiences

Narrative, Architecture + psychology

• Austin P, Rajani R. (2011). Arcs of Interaction. In the Proceedings of The Second Interaction Symposium on Culture, Creativity, and Interaction Design

• Parsons A, Rajani R. (2007) The Performative Edge: Place Exploration. In the Proceedings of Livenarch III; Environments and Architecure, Turkey

Social Media

• Debaty P, Goddi P, Gossweiler R, Rajani R, Vorbau A, Tyler J. (2004) Enabling Informal Communication of Digital Stories. HP Labs Technical report number HPL-2004-180

• Kindberg T, Tallyn E, Rajani R, Spasojevic M. (2004) Active Photos. In the Proceedings of DIS 2004, The 5th conference on Designing interactive systems: processes, practices, methods, and techniques. ACM New York, NY, USA. ISBN:1-58113-787-7

• Rajani R, Vorbau A (2004). Viewing and Annotating Media with MemoryNet. In Proceedings of CHI 2004. ACM New York, NY, USA. ISBN:1-58113-703-6

Cloud Computing, Spatial Experiences and Internet of Things

• Wilson D, Tateson J, Roadknight C, McCann J, McKenzie I, Austin T, Jones S, Rajani R, Lunt P, Parsons A, Garcia-Perate G, Comella A, Schneidler T, Macdonald N (2007), BOP: Making Sense of Space, Project sponsored by the Technology Strategy Board

• Kindberg T, Tallyn E, Rajani R, Spasojevic M. Active Photos. HP Labs Technical report number HPL-2004-47

• Rajani R, Vorbau A (2003). MemoryNet Viewer: Connecting People with Media. HP Labs Technical Report number HPL-2003-219

• Kindberg T, Rajani R, Spasojevic M, Tallyn E (2003), Pulp Computing: Demonstration at Ubicomp 2003

• Rajani R (2003), An Observational Study of an Independent Bookstore. HP Labs Technical Report number HPL-2003-107

• Fleck M, Frid M, Kindberg T, O’Brian-Strain E, Rajani R, Spasojevic M (2002), Rememberer: A Tool for Capturing Museum Visits. In the proceedings of UbiComp 2002. ISBN:3-540-44267-7

• Fleck M, Frid M, Kindberg T, O’Brien-Strain E, Rajani R and Spasojevic M (2002), From Informing to Remembering: Ubiquitous Systems in Interactive Museums. In Pervasive Computing (April-June 2002). ISSN: 1536-1268

• Fleck M, Frid M, Kindberg T, O’Brien-Strain E, Rajani R and Spasojevic M (2002), From Informing to Remembering: Deploying a ubiquitous system in an interactive science museum. HP Labs Technical Report number HPL-2002-54

Telemedicine and Medical Informatics

• Tachakra S, Rajani R (2002), Social Presence in Telemedicine. In the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. Vol 8, No 4, pp226-230. ISSN: 1357-633X

• Rajani R and Perry M (2001), Forms, Boards and Bleepers – Media and Mobility in Accident an Emergency. ECSCW2001. ISBN-10: 0792371631 / ISBN-13: 978-0792371632

• Rajani R and Perry M, (2000) Medical Work as Practised: implications for the design of mobile telemedicine and medical information systems. Presentation given to the SIHI conference, September 2000

• Rajani R (2000), Mobility in a Complex Collaborative Setting. Presented to the Doctoral Colloquium at CSCW2000

• Rajani R and Perry M (1999), The Reality of Medical Work: The Case for a new Perspective on Telemedicine. In the VR Journal, Vol 4, pp243-249. ISBN: 1359-4338 (print), ISSN: 1434-9957 (online)

Cognitive Psychology applied to SYSTEMS Design

• Rajani R and Spinelli G (2000), Learning Systems: Using Distributed Cognition as a Framework for Analysing Complex Organisational Settings. In the Proceedings of the Human Centred Technology Workshop, University of Sussex

• Rajani R and Rosenberg D (1999), Usable Or Not? Factors Affecting the Usability of Web Sites. In Computer Mediated Communication Magazine Special Focus on Web Usability, Vol 6, No 1, ISSN 1076-027X

• Rajani, R (1998), Investigating Web Usability. In Internetworking: The ITG (Internet Technical Group) Newsletter, Vol 1, No 3