d'Inverno studied for an MA in Mathematics and an MSc in Computation at St Catherine's College, Oxford.
He has published over 100 articles[3] including books, journal and conference articles and has led recent research projects in a diverse range of fields relating to computer science including multi-agent systems, systems biology, art, design, and music.
[citation needed] d'Inverno is a jazz pianist and composer,[6] his album Joy receiving a number of favourable reviews[7] and over the last few decades has led a variety of bands in a range of different musical genres (e.g., the Mark d'Inverno Quintet[8][9]), his album Joy receiving a number of critical plaudits, and playing in London at venues including the National Theatre, London.
[citation needed] d'Inverno was an original trustee and the first chairman of the charity Safe Ground[10] in 1994,[citation needed] which in more recent years or so has developed a range of courses that were originally devised by prisoners that have been delivered in a large number of UK prisons including Family Man[11] and Father's Inside.
which was founded by the actor Clive Swift, with the writer Christopher Douglas as its long-serving secretary.