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

Ann E. Nicholson FTSE (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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References

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  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.