Nick Jennings
Academician, International Academy of Innovation Sciences
Professor, Vice-Chancellor and President of Loughborough University
Election motivation
For contributions to the development of AI, autonomous systems, cyber-security and agent-based computing, in particularly developing new algorithms and mechanisms for cooperation, coordination and negotiation for saving lives in the aftermath of disasters, monitoring the impact of climate change and helping win Olympic medals.
Field of research
Computer Sciences
Main Honors
Made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the Queen’s New Year Honours List in 2016 for his services to computer science and national security science. Received a number of prestigious awards for his research including the Computers and Thought Award, the ACM Autonomous Agents Research Award, and the Lovelace Medal. He is a judge for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering and was chair of the judges for the inaugural Manchester Prize in AI.
Fellow of the Royal Society, Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the British Computer Society, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB), the Royal Society of the Arts, the City and Guilds of London Institute, the German AI Institute (DFKI) and the European Artificial Intelligence Association and a member of Academia Europaea.
Academician, International Academy of Innovation Sciences