Kevin Warwick

Kevin Warwick
Kevin Warwick in 2011
Born	(1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 63) Coventry, UK.
Other names	"Captain Cyborg"
Citizenship	British
Fields	Biomedical engineering Artificial Intelligence (AI) Bioethics Cybernetics Cyborgs
Institutions	University of Oxford Newcastle University University of Warwick University of Reading Coventry University
Alma mater	Aston University (BSc) Imperial College London (PhD)
Thesis	Self-tuning controllers via the state space (1982)
Doctoral advisor	John Hugh Westcott
Doctoral students	Mark Gasson
Known for	Project Cyborg
Notable awards	FIET Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (2000) Mountbatten Medal (2008) Ellison-Cliffe Medal (2011)
Website www.kevinwarwick.com

Kevin Warwick, FIET, FCGI (/ˈwɔːrɪk, ˈwɒr-/; born 9 February 1954) is a British engineer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Coventry University in the United Kingdom. He is known for his studies on direct interfaces between computer systems and the human nervous system, and has also done research concerning robotics.

Kevin Warwick was born during 1954 in Coventry in the United Kingdom and attended Lawrence Sheriff School in Rugby, Warwickshire where he was a contemporary with Arthur Bostrom. He quit school during 1970 for an apprenticeship with British Telecom, at the age of 16. During 1976 he was granted his first degree at Aston University, followed by a PhD degree and a research job at Imperial College London.

He had positions at the University of Oxford, Newcastle University, University of Warwick and University of Reading before relocating to Coventry University during 2014.