Peter Jackson

Professional Information

I am currently chief scientist at the Professional Division of Thomson Reuters with responsibility for corporate research and development.  Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for business and professionals.

R&D is a group of over 40 research scientists and software engineers that delivers enabling technologies to our global publishing and solutions businesses.  Key areas of expertize include information retrieval and text data mining.

Personal Information 

I was born in Barbados and went to school in England.  I have also lived in Scotland (Edinburgh) and the United States (Saint Louis, MO and Rochester, NY).

I now live in the Twin Cities with my wife and two dogs.  In my spare time, I collect electric guitars and electronic keyboards, and play in an amateur band called the Jazzkickers.  I have also played on a local album and produced a local jazz singer.

I am proud to be serving my fourth year on the Board of Directors for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.  The SPCO is the only full-time chamber orchestra in the US, and is ranked among the best in the world.

In March, I joined the board of World Voices, a local choral ensemble that promotes and performs music from diverse cultures.

What's New?

In April, I spoke at the Search Engines Meeting in Boston and gave a seminar at the University of Colorado.

In March, I was elected to the Board of Directors of the Content Division of the Software and Information Industry Association.

In February, I gave a presentation at the Scottish Bioinformatics Forum in Glasgow and a Distinguished Lecture at Edinburgh University.  In January, I chaired a session at the Information Industry Summit in New York.

In October, I gave a colloquium talk at the University of Waterloo, Ontario.

Last summer, I gave talks at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and ICCS-2007 in Beijing, and a guest lecture at Stanford University.