About · Michael A Osborne

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This is my academic site—you may prefer michaelaosborne.com. About me:

Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Oxford;
Leader of the Bayesian Exploration Lab, a research group within the University—prospective students/postdocs/visitors, please read this;
Director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Autonomous Intelligent Machines and Systems;
Co-Director of the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative;
Official Fellow of Exeter College;
Co-founder of Mind Foundry;
Co-author of the first Probabilistic Numerics textbook, published by Cambridge University Press, (free pdf for personal use);
Short biography;
I developed Long Covid in 2020, am covid-conscious, and will mask (in an FFP3 respirator) if we are to meet inside;
High-resolution headshot; and
Full academic CV.

I primarily work on Bayesian optimisation, Gaussian processes, Bayesian quadrature and Probabilistic Numerics,, with applications within battery modelling and tuning quantum devices. I also work on AI safety and AI Governance.

Eagle House
Walton Well Road
Oxford
OX2 6ED
Oxford
United Kingdom

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