Claim: Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, computer scientist Noel Sharkey, held a chair in the Department of Computer Science (from 1994) at the University of Sheffield with the support by an EPSRC Senior Media Fellowship and a Leverhulme Fellowship of the ethics of battlefield robots
Evidence: Noel Sharkey (born 14 December 1948) is a computer scientist born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Sharkey held a chair in the Department of Computer Science (from 1994) at the University of Sheffield, and then he was a Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics and a Professor of Public Engagement. He was supported by an EPSRC Senior Media Fellowship and a Leverhulme Fellowship of the ethics of battlefield robots.