Siân Lindley
Also known as Sian Lindley
Siân Lindley is a senior principal research manager at Microsoft Research Cambridge, where she researches human-AI collaboration in knowledge work and co-leads People-Centric AI. Before joining Microsoft Research Cambridge in 2007, she was a lecturer at UCL, and by 2009 she was a post-doc researcher in the Socio-Digital Systems group. In 2013 she co-wrote a WWW paper with four colleagues, based on interviews with 14 people about their web-based content. In April 2026 she was listed on a CHI workshop about generative UI and HCI practice.
Timeline
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2007
Joining Microsoft from UCL
Her move to Microsoft Research Cambridge in 2007 follows a lectureship at UCL.
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2009
Postdoc in Socio-Digital Systems
In 2009 she works as a post-doc researcher in the Socio-Digital Systems group at Microsoft Research Cambridge.
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May 2013
Rethinking the personal archive
The WWW 2013 paper she co-writes with four colleagues interviews 14 people about their web-based content.
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April 2026
Generative UI at CHI 2026
A CHI 2026 workshop asks how generative UI will reshape design methods and HCI practice, and she is among those listed.
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As of October 2026
Co-leading People-Centric AI
As a Senior Principal Research Manager at Microsoft Research Cambridge, she researches human-AI collaboration in knowledge work and co-leads People-Centric AI. Project Ensemble, which she leads, builds tools for shared understanding across extended human-agent knowledge workflows.
Sources and credits
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- Siân Lindley at Microsoft Research
- Think Computer Science 2009 - Microsoft Research
- Rethinking the web as a personal archive - Microsoft Research
- What does Generative UI mean for HCI Practice? - Microsoft Research
- Maven of the Month – Knowledge Media Institute
- Lunch with Sian Lindley - Rethinking the Web as a Personal Archive