Tom Crick
Professor Tom Crick | |
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Crick in May 2023 | |
| Born | January 1981 (age 45) Oxford, UK |
| Education | Wheatley Park School |
| Alma mater | University of Bath (BSc, PhD) |
| 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) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Bath Cardiff Metropolitan University Swansea University Department for Culture, Media and Sport University of Bristol |
| Thesis | Superoptimisation: Provably Optimal Code Generation using Answer Set Programming (2009) |
| Website | research-information |
Tom Crick MBE FLSW FAcSS (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 Culture, Media and Sport, and Professor of Digital Society and Policy at the University of Bristol. His work spans national computing education reform, digital and data policy, and the engineering and governance of large-scale AI-enabled systems in public services and government.