Driven by curiosity. Driving changeBiography
Professor Ross King leads the Machine Intelligence group in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge. Professor King is a pioneer in automated science; he created the robot scientists (Adam & Eve), the first machines to autonomously discover scientific knowledge. He is currently building ‘Genesis ‘, a Robot Scientist designed to automate eukaryotic systems biology.
Professor King built the first nondeterministic universal Turing machine – using DNA. This new computational paradigm could outperform electronic computers.
Professor King obtained his Master’s degree in Computer Science at the University of Newcastle in 1985 and completed his PhD at the Turing Institute (Glasgow) in 1989. The subject was the first application of machine learning to predict protein structure. As a postdoc he developed the first application of machine learning to drug design. He is now one of the most experienced AI researchers in Europe.
Research interests
- Automation of science
- Drug design
- Artificial Intelligence
- Systems Biology
- DNA Computing
Professor King’s group researches the interface between artificial intelligence and biotechnology. They are working to develop new machine learning methods for drug design and cancer treatment selection. He is a founder of the Nobel Turing Challenge: to build a machine able to do Nobel prize quality scientific research autonomously.
Awards and achievements
- British Computer Society, Machine Intelligence Prize, 2006.
Teaching and supervision
Ross King is not currently available.
Professor Ross King
Professor of Science Automation
Machine Intelligence research group leader