Austin Tate
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Austin Tate FREng FRSE[2][3] is Emeritus Professor[4] of Knowledge-based systems in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh.[5] From 1985 to 2019 he was Director of AIAI (Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute) in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh.
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Austin Tate | |
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Born | (1951-05-12) 12 May 1951 (age 72) Knottingley, West Yorkshire, England |
Alma mater | Lancaster University (BSc) University of Edinburgh (MSc, PhD) |
Known for | AI Planning Artificial Intelligence Virtual Worlds |
Spouse | Margaret Tate |
Awards | AAAI Fellow (1993) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Artificial intelligence[1] |
Institutions | University of Edinburgh |
Thesis | Using Goal Structure to Direct Search in a Problem Solver (1975) |
Doctoral advisor | Donald Michie |
Doctoral students | Carla Gomes |
Website | www |
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He is known for his contributions to AI Planning, applications of Artificial Intelligence, and work on collaborative systems in Virtual Worlds.