Graham Kendall
Professor Graham Kendall is a computer scientist whose research spans artificial intelligence, optimisation, scheduling and computational intelligence. After 17 years in IT, he studied Computation at UMIST, joined Nottingham as a lecturer in 1999 and became a professor in 2007. A 2013 survey he co-authored describes hyper-heuristics for selecting or generating heuristics for computational search. He held university leadership roles in Malaysia and called for authors to disclose AI prompts and generated text in scientific submissions. As of October 2026, he is Vice-Chancellor of GlobalNxt University in Malaysia.
- Now at
- GlobalNxt University
- Works
- 412
- Citations
- 16,182
- h-index
- 67
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.
Timeline
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1994–2001
From IT to academia
He leaves IT in 1994 after 17 years in the sector, studies Computation at UMIST and graduates with first-class honours in 1997. He starts a computer science PhD at Nottingham in 1997, joins its staff as a Lecturer in 1999 and graduates in 2001.
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2007
A Nottingham professorship
He becomes a Professor at the University of Nottingham in 2007.
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2011–2013
A survey of hyper-heuristics
He becomes Vice-Provost for Research and Knowledge Transfer at the University of Nottingham Malaysia in 2011. His research spans artificial intelligence, optimisation, scheduling and computational intelligence. In 2013, he co-authors a survey that describes hyper-heuristics as methods for selecting or generating heuristics for computational search.
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2016–2021
Provost and CEO in Malaysia
He serves as Provost and CEO of the University of Nottingham Malaysia from 2016 to 2021 and as a Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the global University.
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2021–2024
Returning to higher education
He leaves academia for senior executive roles in 2021, including Chief Executive of the Good Capitalism Forum and Senior Vice-President in PETRA. In 2024, he returns to higher education as MILA University's Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise.
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2025
MILA vice-chancellorship
He becomes Vice-Chancellor of MILA University in 2025. His Journal of Academic Ethics article calls for authors to include AI prompts and generated text with scientific submissions.
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Since 2026
Vice-Chancellor at GlobalNxt
He becomes Vice-Chancellor of GlobalNxt University in 2026 and holds the role in October 2026.
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