# Simon M. Lucas

> British computer scientist

**Wikidata**: [Q52515556](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52515556)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/simon-m-lucas

## Summary
Simon M. Lucas is a British computer scientist and university teacher known for a long academic career in computer science and for supervising doctoral researchers in game-related artificial intelligence. He has held academic positions at the University of Essex and Queen Mary University of London and joined Meta in 2020.

## Biography
- Nationality: United Kingdom
- Education: University of Kent; University of Southampton
- Known for: Academic research and doctoral supervision in computer science, including work connected with game artificial intelligence (as indicated by his team page)
- Employer(s): Meta (joined 2020); Queen Mary University of London (joined 2017); University of Essex (1992–2017); University of Southampton (1991–1992); BAE Systems Avionics
- Field(s): Computer science; game artificial intelligence (research affiliation)

## Contributions
Simon M. Lucas has maintained a sustained academic and research profile in computer science, with a particular association to game artificial intelligence as reflected by his Queen Mary team page URL. He served on the faculty of the University of Essex from 1992 until 2017 and moved to Queen Mary University of London in 2017; he later joined Meta in 2020. Lucas supervised doctoral students who became notable researchers: Julian Togelius (game researcher) and Diego Pérez-Liébana, who completed his Ph.D. at the University of Essex in 2015 under Lucas’s supervision. Lucas’s publications and research output are indexed across major bibliographic platforms: dblp (author id 50/4174), Scopus (author id 7202091033), IEEE Xplore (author id 37275764100), zbMATH (lucas.simon-m), Dimensions (author id 07457320630.34), and Google Scholar (author id Jz8DDVAAAAAJ). He has combined academic roles with industry experience at BAE Systems Avionics and later a role at Meta, demonstrating engagement across both research and industrial applications of computer science.

## FAQs
### Q: Where does Simon M. Lucas work now?
A: According to the available records, he joined Meta in 2020 and is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London since 2017.

### Q: What is Simon M. Lucas’s research area?
A: He is a computer scientist and university teacher with research activity associated with game artificial intelligence, as indicated by his Queen Mary team page and supervised students in that area.

### Q: Who supervised Simon M. Lucas’s doctorate, and whom has he supervised?
A: His doctoral advisor was Robert Damper. He has supervised doctoral students including Julian Togelius and Diego Pérez-Liébana (Diego completed his Ph.D. in 2015 at the University of Essex).

## Why They Matter
Simon M. Lucas matters for his sustained academic presence and mentorship within computer science, particularly in areas connected to game artificial intelligence. Over more than two decades at the University of Essex (1992–2017) he contributed to the training and development of doctoral researchers who went on to be active in the field. His supervision of Diego Pérez-Liébana (Ph.D. 2015) and Julian Togelius links him directly to subsequent lines of research in game AI. Lucas’s research record is catalogued across major bibliographic and indexing services (dblp, Scopus, IEEE Xplore, Google Scholar, zbMATH, Dimensions), which demonstrates a body of published work accessible to the research community. His movement between academia and industry — with roles at BAE Systems Avionics and later at Meta — reflects an applied dimension to his work and suggests influence on both foundational research and practical applications. Without his long-term academic roles and supervision, several researchers and research outputs in his academic lineage would likely have followed different paths.

## Notable For
- Long-term faculty at the University of Essex (1992–2017) before joining Queen Mary University of London in 2017.
- Joining Meta in 2020, indicating transition to industry research.
- Doctoral supervision of notable students, including Julian Togelius and Diego Pérez-Liébana (Ph.D. 2015).
- Widely indexed research profile: dblp (50/4174), Scopus (7202091033), IEEE Xplore (37275764100), Google Scholar (Jz8DDVAAAAAJ), zbMATH (lucas.simon-m), Dimensions (07457320630.34).
- Employment experience spanning academia and industry, including BAE Systems Avionics.

## Body

### Career
- 1991–1992: Employed at the University of Southampton (qualifier dates present in employer record).
- 1992–2017: Faculty member at the University of Essex.
- 2017– : Joined Queen Mary University of London (start date 2017).
- 2020– : Joined Meta (start date 2020).
- Also listed as employed by BAE Systems Avionics (date not specified).

### Education and Mentorship
- Educated at the University of Kent and the University of Southampton.
- Doctoral advisor: Robert Damper.
- Doctoral students supervised include Julian Togelius and Diego Pérez-Liébana.
- Diego Pérez-Liébana completed his Ph.D. at the University of Essex in 2015 under Lucas’s supervision.

### Research and Publications
- Research outputs are indexed in multiple bibliographic databases:
  - dblp author id: 50/4174
  - Scopus author id: 7202091033
  - IEEE Xplore author id: 37275764100
  - Google Scholar author id: Jz8DDVAAAAAJ
  - zbMATH author id: lucas.simon-m
  - Dimensions author id: 07457320630.34
- These indexes indicate a corpus of peer-reviewed academic publications (specific titles and years are available via the above identifiers and his team page).

### Industry and Applied Work
- Recorded employment at BAE Systems Avionics (industrial experience).
- Joined Meta in 2020, indicating involvement with industry-level research or engineering practice.

### Online Presence and Identifiers
- Personal/team page: http://gameai.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/team_member/lucas/
- Professional identifiers available for verification: dblp, Scopus, IEEE Xplore, Google Scholar, zbMATH, Dimensions.
- LinkedIn profile id: simon-lucas-a321731a5

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## References

1. [Source](http://gameai.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/team_member/lucas/)
2. LinkedIn
3. [Source](https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/256263/)
4. [Source](http://www.diego-perez.net/papers/DiegoPerez_PhdThesis.pdf)
5. [ORCID Public Data File 2020](https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0_rc1/0000-0002-3180-7451/external-identifiers/610798)
6. [SciGraph](https://scigraph.springernature.com/person.07457320630.34)