Dr. W.A Wright

Executive Scientist/Industrial Fellow of the Royal Society
Email: andy-src.wright@baesystems.com

Dr Wright completed his PhD in theoretical physics in 1985 at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. After completing his PhD, he joined what is now BAE SYSTEMS ATC Sowerby in Filton Bristol and now holds the position Executive Scientist in the Advance Information Processing Department. His responsibilities have included the development of Bayesian statistical methods, including neural networks, within the ATC and influencing the uptake of this technology within the BAE SYSTEMS. Recently he was awarded a Royal Society Industrial Fellow and now spends 6 months a year in the Mathematics Department at The University of Bristol. His research interests include:

  • decentralised decision processes.
  • the application of Bayesian inference methods in situation assessment, computer vision and health monitoring.
  • distributed robotic systems.

Dr Wright has over 40 refereed journal and conference publications. He is a Honorary Visiting Fellow at Bristol University, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at UMIST and Visiting Researcher at Caltech.