Nick Hawes
Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics · eng.ox.ac.uk · University of Oxford
Quick answer: Nick Hawes is Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at University of Oxford. Nick Hawes shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ I am currently looking for DPhil students to join the GOALS lab at the Oxford Robotics Institute. DPhil topics will be in the area of long-term autonomy, the integration of learning and (probabilistic) planning, shared autonomy, or verification methods applied to robot behaviour.
Research interests
Nick’s research interests lie in the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to create intelligent, autonomous robots that can work with or for humans. He has worked on long-term autonomy for mobile robots; mixed initiative or shared autonomy between humans and robots; information-processing architectures for intelligent systems; the integration of AI planning techniques into a variety of robot systems; and the use of qualitative semantic and spatial representations to enable robots to reason about the possibilities for action in their worlds.
Selected publications (since 2023)
Quantile-Coupled Flow Matching for Distributional Reinforcement Learning
Groom M, Darvariu V-A, Kunze L, Wilson J & Hawes N (2026)
Think Fast! Learning to Control Online Reasoning in Stochastic Environments
Budd M, Lacerda B & Hawes N (2026), Aamas 2026 Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 1583-1591
Failing Forward: Design and Deployment Lessons from Real-World Human-Robot Interaction
Tian L, Kirschbaum A, Neef C, Foster ME, Cooper S et al. (2026), 1384-1386
Risk-Aware Reinforcement Learning for Mobile Manipulation
Groom M, Wilson J, Hawes N & Kunze L (2026)
Wytham Woods
(2026)
Biodiversity research requires more motors in air, water and on land
Qi M, Gadd M, De Martini D, Davis KJ, Xiong B et al. (2025), Methods in Ecolo
Frequently asked questions
Is Nick Hawes hiring PhD students at University of Oxford?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Nick Hawes's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: I am currently looking for DPhil students to join the GOALS lab at the Oxford Robotics Institute. DPhil topics will be in the area of long-term autonomy, the integration of learning and (probabilistic.
What does Nick Hawes research?
Nick’s research interests lie in the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to create intelligent, autonomous robots that can work with or for humans. He has worked on long-term autonomy for mobile robots; mixed initiative or shared autonomy between humans and robots; information-pro
Data last updated: 2026-09-11 · Source: phd-match.com faculty database.
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