Ann Nicholson
Australian computer scientist (born 1965)
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Ann E. Nicholson (born June 1965[citation needed]) is an Australian academic specialising in computer science. She was 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.[2]
MSc Computer Science, University of Melbourne, 1990
BSc (Hons) Computer Science, University of Melbourne, 1986
Ann E. Nicholson | |
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| Born | June 1965 (age 60) |
| Education | PhD, University of Oxford, 1992 MSc Computer Science, University of Melbourne, 1990 BSc (Hons) Computer Science, University of Melbourne, 1986 |
| Known for | Bayesian artificial intelligence |
| Partner | Paul Konstanty (2000-2019)[1] |
| Children | 2[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | Monash University Brown University |
| Thesis | Monitoring Discrete Environments using Dynamic Belief Networks |
| Doctoral advisor | J.M. Brady |
Nicholson completed her BSc and MSc in Computer Science at the University of Melbourne.[1] 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.[1]
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.[1] In 2022 she was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.[6]