Hugh Cartwright is a computational chemist, now retired. He spent almost three decades as a member of the Chemistry Faculty at Oxford University in the UK, where his research focussed on the application of Artificial Intelligence related methods to problems in science, using Artificial Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, Self-Organising Maps and Support Vector Machines. He has written or edited several texts on the use of Artificial Intelligence in science, including Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry, and Using Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry and Biology: a Practical Guide.