Professional History

Current Appointments


  • Regius Professor Computer Science, University of Southampton
  • Associate Vice President (International Engagement), University of Southampton
  • Executive Director, Web Science Institute
  • Co-chair UK Government AI Review (published October 2017)
  • UK AI Skills Champion and member of AI Council
  • Chair, Ada Lovelace Institute

Previous Appointments


2010 – 2014 Dean, Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering, University of Southampton
2002 – 2007 Head of School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton
1996 – 2002 EPSRC Senior Research Fellow
1994 – Professor of Computer Science, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton
1984 – 1994 Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton
1978 – 1984 Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer in Mathematics and Computing, La Sainte Union College of H.E., Southampton
1977 – 1978 Lecturer in Engineering Mathematics, Oxford Polytechnic