Nick Jennings (computer scientist)
Nicholas Robert Jennings CB FRS FREng FCGI FIET FBCS MAE CEng CITP is a British computer scientist and the current Vice-Chancellor and President of Loughborough University. He was previously the Vice-Provost for Research and Enterprise at Imperial College London, the UK's first Regius Professor of Computer Science, and the inaugural Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government on National Security. His research covers the areas of AI, autonomous systems, agent-based computing and cybersecurity.
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Vice-Chancellor and President of Loughborough University | |
Assumed office October 2021 | |
Preceded by | Robert Allison |
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Born | Nicholas Robert Jennings December 1966 (age 57) London, England |
Education | Weymouth Grammar School |
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Salary | £350,723 (2022–23) |
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Spouse | Joanne Jennings |
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Institutions | Loughborough University |
Thesis | Joint Intentions as a Model of Multi-Agent Cooperation (1992) |
Doctoral advisor | Abe Mamdani |
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Website | www |
He has been involved in a number of startups including Aerogility, Contact Engine, Crossword Cyber Security, Darktrace, and Reliance Cyber Science. He is currently the chair of the judges for the Manchester Prize for AI, and a judge of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.