Austin Tate

Austin Tate

Institutions	University of Edinburgh
Alma mater	Lancaster University, University of Edinburgh
Thesis	Using Goal Structure to Direct Search in a Problem Solver (1975)
Doctoral advisor	Donald Michie
Known for	AI Planning, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Worlds

Austin Tate is Professor of Knowledge-based systems at the University of Edinburgh. He is Director of AIAI (Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute) in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. He is known for his contributions to AI Planning, applications of Artificial Intelligence, and work on collaborative systems in Virtual Worlds.