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Michael A. Covington  

Michael A. Covington, Ph.D.

Consultant and Author

mcovington@computer.org

Co-founder, University of Georgia Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Senior Research Scientist Emeritus, The University of Georgia
Senior member, IEEE
Listed in Who's Who in the World

Thank you for your interest.

If you need a senior academic AI researcher on your team but don’t want to hire one full-time, I am what you are looking for.

I’m seeking fractional or consulting work involving artificial intelligence, with a particular interest in AI ethics, risks, and governance; natural language processing and psycholinguistics; and neurosymbolic AI (blending neural and classic techniques).

I am also available to speak to business and community groups.

I am located in Athens, Georgia, and well set up for remote work and video conferencing.

Particular interests include:
  • Cutting through the generative AI hype and using AI effectively
  • Guiding your company's use of AI
  • Computer and AI ethics and safety (see my new book)
  • Applying AI (generative and/or classic) to your business needs
  • Writing to explain complex things clearly (manuals, white papers)  Sample  Sample
  • Devising innovative computer solutions to unsolved problems
  • Natural language processing (including sentiment, message classification)
  • Processing human languages other than English
  • Symbolic AI, formal semantics, logic, ontology
  • Evaluating promising technology for investors
  • Technical assistance preparing or evaluating software-related patents
Let me know if I can assist you!

Résumé (2 pages)   Full academic CV
ORCID (for some, not all, of my research): https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4246-5394
I am a human author. None of my writings, on this web site or anywhere else, are AI-generated.

You may be interested in the following pages:
My books
My University of Georgia research



Last Revision May 2026