Noel Sharkey
British computer scientist and TV personality (born 1948) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Noel Sharkey (born 14 December 1948) is a computer scientist born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is best known to the British public for his appearances on television as an expert on robotics; including the BBC Two television series Robot Wars and Techno Games, and co-hosting Bright Sparks for BBC Northern Ireland. He is emeritus professor of artificial intelligence and robotics at the University of Sheffield.[1]
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Born | (1948-12-14) 14 December 1948 (age 75) |
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Fields | Computer Science, Robotics |
Institutions | University of Sheffield |
Website | noelsharkey |
Sharkey chairs the International Committee for Robot Arms Control,[2] an NGO that is seeking an International treaty to prohibit the development and use of autonomous robot weapons – weapons that once launched can select human targets and kill them without human intervention. He is co-founder and co-director of the Foundation for Responsible Robotics.
Sharkey is the founding editor of the academic journal Connection Science, and an editor for Artificial Intelligence Review and Robotics and Autonomous Systems.[citation needed]