Michael Luck is a professor of

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includin ...

based at the Department of Informatics, King's College London, in central

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. His main research area is in

intelligent agents In artificial intelligence, an intelligent agent (IA) is anything which perceives its environment, takes actions autonomously in order to achieve goals, and may improve its performance with learning or may use knowledge. They may be simple or c ...

and

multi-agent systems A multi-agent system (MAS or "self-organized system") is a computerized system composed of multiple interacting intelligent agents.Hu, J.; Bhowmick, P.; Jang, I.; Arvin, F.; Lanzon, A.,A Decentralized Cluster Formation Containment Framework fo ...

Education

Luck was educated at University College London where he was awarded a PhD in 1993.

Career and research

From 1993 to 2000, Michael Luck was a lecturer based in the Department of Computer Science at the

University of Warwick , mottoeng = Mind moves matter , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.0 million (2021) , budget = £698.2 million (202 ...

. From 2000 to 2006, Luck was a professor in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the

University of Southampton , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

. While there, he led th
''AgentLink'' European Co-ordination Action for Agent-Based Computing
Luck moved to King's College London in 2007 and served as head of the Department of Informatics from 2011 to 2013. In 2013 he was appointed as Executive Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, staying in that role until 2020. In that time he also led th
UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Safe and Trusted Artificial Intelligence
serving as founding Director from 2019 until 2023. From 2021, Luck served as founding Director of th
King's Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Luck has undertaken research in the area of

. He is the co-author of the books ''Understanding Agent Systems'' and ''Agent-Based Software Development''.

Editorial service

* 2016–2022 co-editor-in-chief of the '' Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems''

Awards and honors

Luck is a Fellow of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI), and a British Computer Society (BCS) Fellow. In 2021, he was awarded Fellow of King’s College London.

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British computer scientists Computer science writers Academics of the University of Warwick Academics of the University of Southampton Academics of King's College London {{UK-compu-bio-stub