Ann Nicholson

Ann E. Nicholson (born June 1965^{[citation needed]}) is an Australian academic specialising in computer science. She is 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]

Ann E. Nicholson
Born	June 1965 (age 60) London, England[citation needed]
Nationality	Australian/British
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]