Nicholas Jennings

Nicholas Jennings is currently Vice-Provost (Research) at Imperial College London since 2016. Previously, he held the Regius Professorship of Computer Science at the University of Southampton (2014–2016) and served as a Professor of Computer Science there from 1999–2014. His academic journey includes roles at Queen Mary, University of London, where he earned his PhD in Artificial Intelligence (1992). Jennings is a Fellow of the Academy of Europe (elected 2008) and has held significant advisory roles, including Chief Scientific Advisor for National Security to the UK Government (2010–2016) and Chief Scientific Advisor at Lostwax (2000–present).

Education:

• PhD in Artificial Intelligence, Queen Mary, University of London (1992)

Research Interests:

• Autonomous Systems
• Cybersecurity
• Multi-agent Systems
• Agent-based Computing
• Artificial Intelligence

His work emphasizes practical agent architectures and their applications, particularly in defense and national security contexts through projects like ALADDIN.

Awards:

• 2009 The Engineer Award for ALADDIN's Aerospace Project
• 2003 ACM Autonomous Agents Research Award
• 1999 Computer and Thought Award

Advising & Grants: Jennings has advised multiple national security initiatives and led technology transfer efforts. His ALADDIN project exemplifies impactful interdisciplinary research.

Labs/Teams: Core contributor to the ALADDIN project, recognized for advancing autonomous system applications in defense and cybersecurity.