Austin Tate - Very Very Short Biography

Austin Tate
Prof Austin Tate is Professor Emeritus of Knowledge-Based Systems at the University of Edinburgh and from 1985 to 2019 was the Director of the Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute at the University. He helped form AIAI in 1984 and since that time has led its efforts to transfer the technologies and methods of artificial intelligence and knowledge systems into commercial, governmental and academic applications throughout the world. He holds degrees in Computer Studies (B.A. Lancaster, 1972) and Machine Intelligence (Ph.D. Edinburgh, 1975) and Distance Education (M.Sc. Edinburgh 2012). He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (Scotland's National Academy), Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of AI and Fellow of the British Computer Society. His internationally sponsored research work is focused on emergency response and involves advanced knowledge and planning technologies, and collaborative systems especially using virtual worlds.


Prof. Austin Tate
Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute
School of Informatics
The University of Edinburgh
Informatics Forum, Crichton Street,
Edinburgh EH8 9AB, UK

E-mail: a.tate@ed.ac.uk
Tel: +44 131 651 3222
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