Editing Ruth Aylett (section)

{{short description|British Computer scientist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox scientist
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| name        = Ruth Aylett
| birth_date  = {{Birth year and age|1951}}
| birth_place = London, England
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| field       = [[Computer science]]
| work_institution = [[Sheffield Hallam University]]<br />[[University of Edinburgh]]<br />[[University of Salford]]<br />[[Heriot-Watt University]]
| alma_mater  = [[London School of Economics]]
| children    = [[Owen Jones]]
}}

'''Ruth S. Aylett''' (born 1951)<ref>[https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001012795.html Library of Congress catalog entry], accessed 15 November 2020</ref> is a British author, computer scientist, professor, poet<ref>{{cite web|url=http://poetsrepublic.org/poet-profiles-3/|title=Poets' Profiles: Ruth Aylett|accessdate=15 November 2020}}</ref><ref name=wombwell>{{cite journal|url=https://thewombwellrainbow.com/2018/09/25/wombwell-rainbow-interviews-ruth-aylett/|title=Wombwell Rainbow Interviews: Ruth Aylett|journal=The Wombwell Rainbow|date=25 September 2018}}</ref> and political activist. She is a professor of computer science at [[Heriot-Watt University]] in [[Edinburgh]], where she specialises in [[affective computing]], [[social computing]], [[software agent]]s, and [[human–robot interaction]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~ruth/bio.html|title=Biographical information|first=Ruth|last=Aylett|publisher=Heriot-Watt University|accessdate=15 November 2020}}</ref>