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Tom Crick

Tom Crick (born January 1981) is a British computer scientist and engineer, a science and technology policymaker, and a senior civil servant. He is Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Professor of Digital Society and Policy at the University of Bristol. His work spans national computing…

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Known for
Computing education, artificial intelligence, technology policy, systems engineering
Awards
IET Achievement Medal (2022) BCS Lovelace Medal (2023) LSW Hugh Owen Medal (2023) BSA Honorary Fellow (2024)
Education
University of Bath (BSc, PhD)
Born
January 1981 (age 45) Oxford, UK
Thesis
Superoptimisation: Provably Optimal Code Generation using Answer Set Programming (2009)
Workplaces
University of Bath Cardiff Metropolitan University Swansea University Department for Culture, Media and Sport University of Bristol

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Tom Crick

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Tom Crick → Bristol, Google ScholarUniversity
Awards · 1
Tom Crick → IET Achievement Medal (2022) BCS Lovelace Medal (2023) LSW Hugh Owen Medal (2023) BSA Honorary Fellow (2024)
Born · 1
Tom Crick → January 1981 (age 45) Oxford, UK
Education · 1
Tom Crick → University of Bath (BSc, PhD)
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Tom Crick → Computing education, artificial intelligence, technology policy, systems engineering
Thesis · 1
Tom Crick → Superoptimisation: Provably Optimal Code Generation using Answer Set Programming (2009)
Website · 1
Tom Crick → research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/tom-crick/
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Tom Crick → University of Bath Cardiff Metropolitan University Swansea University Department for Culture, Media and Sport University of Bristol

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Tom CrickWorkplacesUniversity of Bath Cardiff Metropolitan University Swansea University Department for Culture, Media and Sport University of Bristol1.00infobox
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