Ann E. Nicholson | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Australian/British |
Education | PhD, University of Oxford, 1992 MSc Computer Science, University of Melbourne, 1990 BSc (Hons) Computer Science, University of Melbourne, 1986 |
Known for | Bayesian artificial intelligence |
Partner | Paul Konstanty (2000-2019) [1] |
Children | 2 [1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science |
Institutions | Monash University Brown University |
Thesis | Monitoring Discrete Environments using Dynamic Belief Networks |
Doctoral advisor | J.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]
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