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Austin Tate | |
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Born | Knottingley, West Yorkshire, England | 12 May 1951
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 |
Austin Tate is Emeritus Professor[2] of Knowledge-based systems in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh.[3] From 1985 to 2019 he was Director of AIAI (Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute) in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh.
He is known for his contributions to AI Planning, applications of Artificial Intelligence, and work on collaborative systems in Virtual Worlds.