Member of the Scottish Government Tech Council, Associate Editor of the Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, and Member of the University AI and Data Ethics Advisory Board.
Research Experience
Joined the University of Edinburgh as a Lecturer after completing his PhD in 2004, progressing to Senior Lecturer in 2013, Reader in 2017, and Professor in 2019. Was Director of the Bayes Centre, an innovation hub for Data Science and AI, and coordinated the University's AI Strategy as Deputy Vice Principal Research (AI) from 2020 to 2022.
Education
Diploma in Computer Science from the University of Saarbrücken, Germany, in 1999; PhD in Computer Science (Dr. rer. nat.) from Technical University of Munich, summa cum laude, in 2004.
Background
Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the School of Informatics, part of the AIAI, Dean of Research and Innovation for the College of Science and Engineering, and academic liaison for the University of Edinburgh at The Alan Turing Institute. Focuses on multiagent systems, with a particular emphasis on developing ethical and responsible AI algorithms.
Miscellany
Born in Greece but spent most of his early years in Germany before moving to Scotland.