Professor in Environmental Data Science
University of Exeter
Professor Hywel Williams is a computational scientist focused on challenges around sustainability and environmental change. He is a Professor in Environmental Data Science in the Department of Computer Science at University of Exeter, where he is PI for the SEDAlab research group. He is Director of the Centre for Environmental Intelligence, an Honorary Fellow at Plymouth Marine Laboratory and a Visiting Scientist at the Met Office. In his research, Hywel applies complex systems thinking and computational methods to problems in environmental science, evolutionary ecology, social sciences and artificial intelligence. His work has applied a range of methods including modelling, network analysis, natural language processing and machine learning.