Neil Lawrence — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge (since 2019).
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Trent AI (since 2025).
Served as Director of Machine Learning at Amazon in Cambridge (appointed 2016).
Hosted the 'Talking Machines' podcast (2014-2021).
Holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge.

Biography

Neil Lawrence is the DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Computer Science and Technology, a position he has held since September 2019. He is also a senior AI fellow at the Alan Turing Institute and a visiting professor at the University of Sheffield. In 2025, he co-founded Trent AI, where he serves as Chief Scientist.