Tom Monks

About

Tom Monks is an Associate Professor of Health Data Science in the Peninsula Collaboration for Health Operational Research and Data Science (PenCHORD) team within the Department of Health and Community Sciences at the University of Exeter. He is a data scientist and software engineer with expertise in computer simulation methods, optimisation and machine learning to improve the quality, safety and delivery of health and social care. His research interests include artificial intelligence, particularly the development and evaluation of safe autonomous agents, large language models and AI-generated models for healthcare applications. He uses modelling and simulation, including digital twins and real-time data, to predict and optimise health service delivery. He is also committed to open science and reproducible research, developing free and open-source software, tools and educational resources for health data science and simulation.