Austin Tate / Ai Austin
Austin Tate is a Professor of Knowledge-Based Systems at the University of Edinburgh and is the Director of the Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute (AIAI) at the University. He is the coordinator for the Virtual University of Edinburgh, Vue, a virtual educational and research institute bringing together those interested in the use of virtual worlds for teaching, research and outreach. His research involves artificial intelligence planning technologies and collaborative systems for emergency response especially using virtual worlds.