Michael Wooldridge is a leading researcher, educator, and public communicator in artificial intelligence, and a founder of the field of multi-agent systems. His seminal early contributions to multi-agent systems largely systematised it as a coherent discipline, establishing many central concepts, models, and research questions. He has made seminal contributions to understanding rational action, cooperation, and decision-making in complex computational settings. His work has helped shape the theoretical underpinnings of modern AI in areas concerned with strategic interaction, coordination, and the design of intelligent systems that operate in multi-agent environments.
He is also widely recognised for his public engagement with science. Through popular science books, lectures, and media appearances, he has communicated the opportunities and limitations of AI to a global audience.
He was awarded the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize and Lecture in 2025, the Lovelace Medal from the British Computer Society in 2020, and the Patrick Henry Winston Outstanding Educator Award from the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence in 2021. He presented the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures in 2023.
Professional position
- Ashall Professor of the Foundations of Artificial Intelligence, Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford
Awards
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Michael Faraday Prize and Lecture
For award-winning work as a leading researcher, educator and commentator in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) whose popular science books, lectures and media appearances have informed millions.
