Nick Bostrom started most of his work in Artificial Intelligence at Oxford University in 2002. 

Approximate location of the capital of the Tropic Region in Asimov's "The Evitable Conflict".

Capital of the Eastern Region in Asimov's "The Evitable Conflict"

When Brooks wanted to get his robots to space, he collaborated with JPL, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. 

In the third story of Cloud Atlas, journalist Luisa Rey meets scientist Rufus Sixsmith in Buenas Yerbas, California. She investigates a nuclear power plant that Sixsmith suspected was not safe shortly before his suspiscious suicide. 

In the second story of Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, musician Robert Frobisher writes letters describing the events of his life to his lover, Rufus Sixsmith, in Zedelghem. He becomes a secretary for a formerly famous composer, eventually helping him acheive recognition once more.

Margaret Atwood was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canda in 1939, and she currently resides in Toronto, Canada.

Capital of the Northern Region in Asimov's "The Evitable Conflict."

Alan Turing was working at Victoria University of Manchester when he wrote "Computing Machinery and Intelligence".