Mark d'Inverno explained

Mark d'Inverno
Birth Date:1965 8, df=y
Nationality:British
Field:Computer science, software engineering, formal methods, software agents, interdisciplinary
Work Institution:Goldsmiths College, University of London
Goldsmiths, University of London

Mark d'Inverno (born 29 August 1965)[1] is a British computer scientist, currently a professor of Computer Science at Goldsmiths, University of London, in east London, England.

Biography

d'Inverno studied for an MA in Mathematics and an MSc in Computation at St Catherine's College, Oxford. He was awarded a PhD from University College London in artificial intelligence.

For four years between 2007 and 2011, d'Inverno head of the Department of Computing,[2] which has championed interdisciplinary research and teaching around computers and creativity for nearly a decade. He has published over 100 articles[3] including books, journal and conference articles and has led recent research projects in a diverse range of fields relating to computer science including multi-agent systems, systems biology, art, design, and music. He is currently the principal investigator or co-investigator on a range of projects including designing systems for sharing online cultural experiences, connecting communities through video orchestration, building online communities of music practice.

In 2011/12, d'Inverno took a research sabbatical shared between the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute[4] in Barcelona, Spain, and Sony Computer Science Laboratory[5] in Paris, France.

Musical activities

d'Inverno is a jazz pianist and composer,[6] his album Joy receiving a number of favourable reviews[7] and over the last few decades has led a variety of bands in a range of different musical genres (e.g., the Mark d'Inverno Quintet[8] [9]), his album Joy receiving a number of critical plaudits, and playing in London at venues including the National Theatre, London.

Personal life

d'Inverno was an original trustee and the first chairman of the charity Safe Ground[10] in 1994, which in more recent years or so has developed a range of courses that were originally devised by prisoners that have been delivered in a large number of UK prisons including Family Man[11] and Father's Inside.[12]

Mark d'Inverno has been captain of the Weekenders Cricket Club[13] for 11 years, which was founded by the actor Clive Swift, with the writer Christopher Douglas as its long-serving secretary.

d'Inverno is partner to the theatre and opera director Melly Still.

See also

Selected books and papers

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jazz Musicians Born On August 29 . . 2018-04-15.
  2. Web site: Department of Computing, Goldsmiths, University of London . Gold.ac.uk . 17 April 2017.
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  4. Web site: Iiia Csic . es . Iiia.csic.es . 31 August 2016 . 17 April 2017.
  5. Web site: Sony CSL Paris . Csl.sony.fr . 17 April 2017.
  6. Web site: PREVIEW: Mark d'Inverno Quintet -Count on it album launch (Pizza Express Nov 1st) . Londonjazznews.com . London Jazz News . 11 September 2014 . 14 April 2017.
  7. Web site: Joy - First Album . 2 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120325204726/http://www.doc.gold.ac.uk/~mas02md/page4/page4.html . 25 March 2012 .
  8. Web site: Mark d'Inverno Quintet . 14 April 2017 .
  9. Web site: Introducing the Mark d'Inverno Quintet . https://web.archive.org/web/20170818075411/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIVimgzwLXA . 2017-08-18 . dead. YouTube . Sony CSL . 14 April 2017 .
  10. Web site: Safe Ground . Safe Ground . 17 April 2017.
  11. Web site: Family Man . Safe Ground . 17 April 2017.
  12. Web site: Fathers Inside . Safe Ground . 15 July 2015 . 17 April 2017.
  13. Web site: Weekenders Cricket Club . Weekenderscc.org . 17 April 2017.

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