Peter Lewis
Director at Aston University
Birmingham, England, Canada
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Top SchoolPeter Lewis is a director and Canada Research Chair in Trustworthy AI who combines 14 years of academic and commercial experience advancing reflective, socially intelligent systems. As Director of the Mindful AI Research Institute and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at Ontario Tech University, he leads interdisciplinary teams translating foundational research into SME-facing AI and data science solutions. His work spans self-aware, nature-inspired computing and practical trustworthiness, with over 75 publications and a co-edited Springer volume on self-aware systems. Peter’s career bridges entrepreneurship and economic impact—he co-founded a student-led software house and previously ran an economic development programme that generated over £4m—while remaining active in IEEE editorial and conference leadership. An early open-source contributor and former Arch Linux trusted user, he brings a rare mix of systems-level engineering, academic rigor, and community stewardship to where AI meets society.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
CSIA Level 1, Ski Instructor, CSIA Level 1, Ski Instructor at Whistler Ski/Board SchoolPh.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at University of BirminghamB.Sc., Computer Science, B.Sc., Computer Science at University of Leicester
English, French
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Github Skills (70)
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
petelewis/vim-evolution
Dec 2015 - Apr 2020
Contributions:11 commits, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 4 years 4 months
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petelewis/dotfiles
Aug 2017 - Dec 2024
Contributions:78 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 5 months
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