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Tom Rodden

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Tom Rodden
Alma materLancaster University
Known forHuman computer interaction, Computer supported cooperative work, Ubiquitous computing
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Nottingham
Thesis Supporting cooperation in software engineering environments  (1990)
Websitewww.nottingham.ac.uk/computerscience/people/tom.rodden

Tom Rodden is Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Research & Knowledge Exchange and Professor of Computing at the University of Nottingham. He was previously Chief Scientific Adviser for the UK Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport from 2019 to 2023.[1] Before that, he was Deputy Chief Executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).[2] In 2008, as a member of the UK Research Assessment Exercise 2008 computing panel, he was responsible for assessing the international quality of computer science research across all UK departments. In 2014, he served in the Research Excellence Framework assessment panel for computing and he was the deputy chair of the Hong Kong RAE 2014 computing panel.[3][4][5]

Awards and honours

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Rodden was elected a Fellow of the ACM in 2014 for contributions to ubiquitous computing, and computer supported cooperative work.[6] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2018,[7] elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2020,[8] and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2024.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Professor Tom Rodden". UK Government. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  2. ^ "Professor Tom Rodden announced as EPSRC's Deputy CEO - EPSRC website". EPSRC. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. ^ "Tom Rodden Bio". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  4. ^ "Thomas Rodden - The University of Nottingham". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  5. ^ "Professor Tom Rodden". Professor Tom Rodden. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  6. ^ "ACM Fellows: Tom Rodden". Association of Computing Machinery. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  7. ^ "Professor Thomas Rodden FREng". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  8. ^ "Academy of Social Sciences Spring Fellows – March 2020" (PDF) (Press release). Academy of Social Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-05-15.
  9. ^ "Professor Tom Rodden FRS". Royal Society. Retrieved 2024-05-20.