Ann Nicholson

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Ann E. Nicholson
Born(1965-06-00)June , 1965
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
Institutions Monash University
Brown University
Thesis Monitoring Discrete Environments using Dynamic Belief Networks
Doctoral advisor J.M. Brady

Professor Ann E. Nicholson FTSE (born June 1965), is Dean in the Faculty of Information Technology of Australia's largest university, 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]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "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.