Ann Nicholson

Ann E. Nicholson
Born(1965-06-00)June , 1965
London, England[citation needed]
NationalityAustralian/British
EducationPhD, University of Oxford, 1992
MSc Computer Science, University of Melbourne, 1990
BSc (Hons) Computer Science, University of Melbourne, 1986
Known forBayesian artificial intelligence
PartnerPaul Konstanty (2000-2019)[1]
Children2[1]
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsMonash University
Brown University
Thesis Monitoring Discrete Environments using Dynamic Belief Networks
Doctoral advisorJ.M. Brady

Ann E. Nicholson (born June 1965[citation needed]) is an Australian academic specialising in computer science. She is the Dean in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University in Melbourne.[1][2] She is a researcher in the specialised area of Bayesian networks.[2]

Nicholson completed her BSc and MSc in Computer Science at the University of Melbourne.[1] In 1988, she was awarded a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford. Here she did her doctorate in the Robotics Research Group. After starting work in the United States in 1992 as a post-doctoral research fellow at Brown University in Rhode Island, she took up a lecturing position at Monash University in 1994.[1]

Nicholson has published more than 120 papers, with more than 7,000 citations, including co-authoring leading books in her specialised research area – Bayesian Artificial Intelligence.[3][4]

Nicholson established the consulting company Bayesian Intelligence in 2007[5] and is currently serving as Honorary Secretary to the Victorian Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee.[1] In 2022 she was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Ann Nicholson". Monash University. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Ann E Nicholson". Google Scholar. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  3. ^ Kevin B. Korb; Ann E. Nicholson (16 December 2010). Bayesian Artificial Intelligence. CRC Press. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-1-4398-1592-2.
  4. ^ Steven Mascaro; Kevin Korb; Ann Nicholson (30 November 2015). Evolving Ethics: The New Science of Good and Evil. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 978-1-84540-371-3.
  5. ^ "Ann Nicholson". bayesian-intelligence.com. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Ann Nicholson FTSE". Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
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