ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˈeɪt hiː wʌz fˈaʊndɪŋ hˈɛd ʌvðə dᵻvˈɪʒən ʌv ɪnfɔːɹmˈæɾɪks, wˌɪtʃ bɪkˌeɪm ðə kˈɜːɹənt skˈuːl ʌv ɪnfɔːɹmˈæɾɪks, ɪŋkˈoːɹpɚɹˌeɪɾɪŋ ðə fˈɔːɹmɚ dᵻpˈɑːɹtmənt ʌv ˌɑːɹɾɪfˈɪʃəl ɪntˈɛlɪdʒəns, ðɪ ˌɑːɹɾɪfˈɪʃəl ɪntˈɛlɪdʒəns ˌæplɪkˈeɪʃənz ˈɪnstɪtˌuːt, ðə sˈɛntɚ fɔːɹ kˈɑːɡnᵻtˌɪv sˈaɪəns, ðə hjˈuːmən kəmjˌuːnɪkˈeɪʃən ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃ sˈɛntɚ, ænd ðə dᵻpˈɑːɹtmənt ʌv kəmpjˈuːɾɚ sˈaɪəns.
In 1998 he was founding Head of the Division of Informatics, which became the current School of Informatics, incorporating the former Department of Artificial Intelligence, the Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute, the Centre for Cognitive Science, the Human Communication Research Centre, and the Department of Computer Science.