PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Cecilia Mascolo

Cecilia Mascolo is a computer scientist whose AI research turns mobile-phone data into models of emotion and health. She completed a computer science PhD at Bologna in 2001 and joined Cambridge in 2008 after a faculty role at University College London. Her work includes EmotionSense, a mobile-phone platform for experimental social psychology, and the COVID-19 Sounds App, which gathers respiratory audio for machine-learning COVID-19 diagnosis. She became a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2025 and started as CSO at auryx during her 2025 sabbatical. As of October 2026, she is a Cambridge professor and principal investigator of its Mobile Systems Research Lab.

Works
561
Citations
18,842
h-index
67

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2001

    A PhD on mobile code systems

    In 2001, she completes a computer science PhD at the University of Bologna with a thesis titled "Specification, Analysis and Prototyping of Mobile Code Systems".

  2. 2008

    Joining Cambridge

    She joins Cambridge in 2008 after serving on the computer science faculty at University College London.

  3. 2010

    EmotionSense on mobile phones

    In 2010, she co-authors EmotionSense, a mobile-phone platform for experimental social psychology research.

  4. 2012

    A Tale of Many Cities

    In 2012, she co-authors A Tale of Many Cities: Universal Patterns in Human Urban Mobility, a study of movement across cities.

  5. 2020

    COVID-19 Sounds App

    In 2020, she leads development of the COVID-19 Sounds App, which gathers respiratory audio to build machine-learning algorithms for COVID-19 diagnosis.

  6. 2025

    Royal Academy fellowship

    In 2025, she is named a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

  7. 2025

    A sabbatical and CSO role

    During her 2025 sabbatical, she spends a few months at Harvard University and starts as CSO at auryx.

  8. As of October 2026

    Cambridge mobile systems leadership

    As of October 2026, she is Professor of Mobile Systems and principal investigator of Cambridge's Mobile Systems Research Lab.

Sources and credits

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  1. Cecilia Mascolo's Articles cl.cam.ac.uk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Cecilia Mascolo's Profile cl.cam.ac.uk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Cecilia Mascolo | Department of Computer Science and Technology cst.cam.ac.uk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. EmotionSense: a mobile phones based adaptive platform for experimental social psychology research - University of St Andrews Research Portal research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. A Tale of Many Cities: Universal Patterns in Human Urban Mobility | PLOS One journals.plos.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. New app collects the sounds of COVID-19 | University of Cambridge cam.ac.uk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Remote monitoring successfully tracks Covid-19 progression over time | International Development Research @ Cambridge gci.cam.ac.uk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  8. Jesus College academic named Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering | Jesus College in the University of Cambridge jesus.cam.ac.uk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  9. Professor Cecilia Mascolo cl.cam.ac.uk. Checked 15 October 2026.
  10. People | Mobile Systems Research Lab mobile-systems.cl.cam.ac.uk. Checked 15 October 2026.