College Professor admitted to Academy
Professor Bob Williamson, from the Research School of Computer Science, has been admitted as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, one of 21 new fellows admitted, four of whom are from The ANU. Dean of the College, Professor John Hosking, congratulated Bob on this achievement noting that "election to the Academy is a great honour and reflects Bob's outstanding contribution to Computer Science, and machine learning in particular". Bob was cited by the Academy for "developing powerful new methods and theoretical arguments for analysing data".
Bob says that he is proud to become a member of the Academy. He noted that “I came to ANU in 1990 and was lucky enough to be mentored by Brian Anderson, who was President of the Academy for several years. It's by working with people like Brian at ANU that you learn how to do research at that top international level and understand what good science really is. I am very grateful for the support I've had from ANU and NICTA.”
The ANU News reports on Bob's admission, as well as the other ANU staff admitted: http://news.anu.edu.au/?p=14251
