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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]

References

  1. Web site: Ann Nicholson. 2021-07-23. Monash University. en.
  2. Web site: Ann E Nicholson. 2022-03-21. Google Scholar.
  3. Book: Kevin B. Korb. Bayesian Artificial Intelligence. Ann E. Nicholson. 16 December 2010. CRC Press. 978-1-4398-1592-2. 1–.
  4. Book: Steven Mascaro. Evolving Ethics: The New Science of Good and Evil. Kevin Korb. Ann Nicholson. 30 November 2015. Andrews UK Limited. 978-1-84540-371-3.
  5. Web site: Ann Nicholson. 2021-07-23. bayesian-intelligence.com.
  6. Web site: Ann Nicholson FTSE . 2022-10-24 . Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering . en.

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