Ruth Aylett

Ruth Aylett
Born 1951
London, England
Nationality British
Scientific career
Fields Computer science
Institutions Sheffield Hallam University
University of Edinburgh
University of Salford
Heriot-Watt University

Ruth Aylett (born 1951, London) is a British author, professor, and politician. She is a professor of Computer Science at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, where she is also a member of Edinburgh South Constituency Labour Party.[1][2]

She studied economics at the London School of Economics. Subsequently, she worked in computing and robotics at Sheffield Hallam University, the University of Edinburgh and the Centre for Virtual Environments at University of Salford.[3] She wrote Robots, a popular science book.

Family

She is the mother of writer and activist Owen Jones.

References

  1. ↑ "Ruth Aylett - Home". www.macs.hw.ac.uk.
  2. ↑ "Ruth Aylett - Heriot-Watt University". hw.academia.edu. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Manchester, University of Salford,. "Autonomous Systems and Robotics-Salford Innovation Research Centre (SIRC) - University of Salford, Manchester". cve.salford.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

Bibliography

  • Aylett, Ruth (2002): Robots: Bringing Intelligent Machines to Life. Barrons Educational Series; ISBN 0-7641-5541-5
  • Angélica De Antonio, Ruth Aylett, Daniel Ballin, eds. (2001). Intelligent virtual agents: third international workshop, IVA 2001, Madrid, Spain, 10-11 September 2001. Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-42570-0.


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