| Ann E. Nicholson | |
| Birth Date: | June 1965 |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Nationality: | Australian/British |
| Fields: | Computer science |
| Workplaces: | Monash University Brown University |
| Education: | PhD, University of Oxford, 1992 MSc Computer Science, University of Melbourne, 1990 BSc (Hons) Computer Science, University of Melbourne, 1986 |
| Thesis Title: | Monitoring Discrete Environments using Dynamic Belief Networks |
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| Doctoral Advisor: | J.M. Brady |
| Known For: | Bayesian artificial intelligence |
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| Partner: | Paul Konstanty (2000-2019) |
| Children: | 2 |
Ann E. Nicholson (born June 1965), 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.
Nicholson completed her BSc and MSc in Computer Science at the University of Melbourne. 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.
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. In 2022 she was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.[6]