Tom Rodden

{{short description|British computer scientist}}

{{Infobox scientist

| honorific_prefix = Professor

| name = Tom Rodden

| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE|FRS|FREng|FAcSS|FBCS}}

| alma_mater = Lancaster University

| thesis_title = Supporting cooperation in software engineering environments

| thesis_year = 1990

| workplaces = University of Nottingham

| known_for = Human computer interaction, Computer supported cooperative work, Ubiquitous computing

| website = {{URL|https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/computerscience/people/tom.rodden}}

| image = Professor Tom Rodden.jpg

}}

Thomas Anthony Rodden is Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Research & Knowledge Exchange and Professor of Computing at the University of Nottingham. He was previously Chief Scientific Adviser for the UK Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport from 2019 to 2023.{{Cite web |title=Professor Tom Rodden |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/tom-rodden |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=UK Government |language=en}} Before that, he was Deputy Chief Executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).{{Cite web|url=https://epsrc.ukri.org/newsevents/news/tomroddendeputyceo/|title=Professor Tom Rodden announced as EPSRC's Deputy CEO - EPSRC website|website=EPSRC|language=en|access-date=2018-04-05}} In 2008, as a member of the UK Research Assessment Exercise 2008 computing panel, he was responsible for assessing the international quality of computer science research across all UK departments. In 2014, he served in the Research Excellence Framework assessment panel for computing and he was the deputy chair of the Hong Kong RAE 2014 computing panel.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~psztar/biog.html|title=Tom Rodden Bio|website=University of Nottingham|access-date=2018-04-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/mixedrealitylab/people/tom.rodden|title=Thomas Rodden - The University of Nottingham|website=University of Nottingham|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-04-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://rodden.info/|title=Professor Tom Rodden|website=Professor Tom Rodden|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-05}}