Queen's Birthday Honours: University of Surrey professor 'overwhelmed' after being appointed CBE - Get Surrey

A University of Surrey professor was'overwhelmed' after being appointed a CBE in the Queen's Birthday honours for his career and work in sociology and engineering. Professor Nigel Gilbert founded the Social and Computer Sciences research group in 1984 which focuses on applying social science to the design of artificial intelligence systems. He established the Centre for Research in Social Simulation in 1997 and it is still based at the Guildford university campus. Prof Gilbert said of being appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire: "It was very overwhelming. I received the letter about three weeks ago, a brown envelope from the cabinet office. "At first I thought it was a tax bill.