Ann Nowé
Also known as Ann Nowe
Ann Nowé is a professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where she heads the AI Lab. The European Association for Artificial Intelligence made her a Fellow in 2023, recognizing her work on multi-agent reinforcement learning and multi-objective optimization. She studied mathematics at the University of Ghent, graduating in 1987, and completed a PhD at Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 1994. Her dissertation covered 'safe' fuzzy controllers based on reinforcement learning. Among the conferences she chairs are ECAI in 2023 and HHAI in 2026.
Timeline
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1987
Mathematics at Ghent
At the University of Ghent, she studies mathematics with optional courses in computer science, graduating in 1987.
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1994
PhD on safe fuzzy controllers
A PhD at Vrije Universiteit Brussel follows in 1994. Her dissertation covers 'safe' fuzzy controllers based on reinforcement learning.
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1999–2012
Climbing to full professor
She becomes an assistant professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 1999. Promotions follow: associate professor in 2004, then full professor in 2012.
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2005
Evolutionary game theory article
Her article 'Evolutionary game theory and multi-agent reinforcement learning' appears in The Knowledge Engineering Review in 2005, written with Karl Tuyls.
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2023
A EurAI Fellowship
Her name joins the EurAI Fellows in 2023. The fellowship recognizes her work on multi-agent reinforcement learning and multi-objective optimization.
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2023–2026
Chairing international AI conferences
Among the conferences she chairs are ECAI in 2023, AAMAS in 2025 and HHAI in 2026.
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As of October 2026
Heading the AI Lab
As a full professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, she heads its AI Lab. Currently, she coordinates the EU Horizon project PEER, Redefining Human-AI Collaboration for Complex Decisions.
Sources and credits
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