Ruth Aylett

Ruth Aylett (born 1951, London) is a British author, professor, and politician. She is a professor of Computer Science at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, where she is also a member of Edinburgh South Constituency Labour Party.[1][2]

Ruth Aylett
Born	1951 (age 68–69) London, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	London School of Economics
Children	Owen Jones
Scientific career
Fields	Computer science
Institutions	Sheffield Hallam University University of Edinburgh University of Salford Heriot-Watt University

She studied economics at the London School of Economics. Subsequently, she worked in computing and robotics at Sheffield Hallam University, the University of Edinburgh and the Centre for Virtual Environments at University of Salford.[3] She wrote Robots, a popular science book.[4]

Family

She is the mother of writer and activist Owen Jones.

References

1. "Ruth Aylett - Home". www.macs.hw.ac.uk.
2. "Ruth Aylett - Heriot-Watt University". hw.academia.edu. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
3. Manchester, University of Salford. "Autonomous Systems and Robotics-Salford Innovation Research Centre (SIRC) - University of Salford, Manchester". cve.salford.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
4. "75% of people liked it". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 4 July 2019.

Bibliography

• Aylett, Ruth (2002): Robots: Bringing Intelligent Machines to Life. Barrons Educational Series; ISBN 0-7641-5541-5
• Angélica De Antonio; Ruth Aylett; Daniel Ballin, eds. (2001). Intelligent virtual agents: third international workshop, IVA 2001, Madrid, Spain, 10-11 September 2001. Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-42570-0. Ruth Aylett.

External links

• Author's website
• Ruth Aylett at DBLP Bibliography Server