Michael Wooldridge

With over 30 years in the field, Michael Wooldridge has published more than 450 scientific papers and nine books on AI, with translations in eight languages. His research has earned over 86,000 citations, and he holds an h-index of 104—an indicator of his wide-reaching influence in academia and beyond. His numerous accolades include the Lovelace Medal from the British Computer Society (2020), the AAAI Outstanding Educator Award (2021), and the European AI Distinguished Service Award (2023). He holds prestigious fellowships from the ACM, AAAI, EurAI, and Academia Europaea. He is also the recipient of major research awards, including a Turing AI World Leading Researcher Fellowship (UKRI), an AI2050 Senior Fellowship (Schmidt Sciences Foundation), and an ERC Advanced Grant. Wooldridge is a recognized leader in the global AI community, having served as President of the European Association for AI, IJCAI, and IFAAMAS. He is currently Co-Editor-in-Chief of Artificial Intelligence, the field’s leading academic journal. Beyond academia, he has played a key advisory role in AI policy. He has provided expert testimony to UK parliamentary committees and was appointed Specialist Advisor to the House of Lords inquiry into Large Language Models and Generative AI in 2023.