About Me

Welcome to my homepage.  I am a Lecturer in Computer Science in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Exeter in the UK.

Research Interests

My research interests are in novel methods of evolutionary computing, machine learning and artificial intelligence as applied to engineering and bioinformatics problems.

I currently have PhD students working on the application of nature-inspired computing (NIC) to risk modelling in water distribution networks and evolutionary robotics.  Two new students will be starting in October working on the use of data mining and NIC in systems biology.

Current Projects

- EPSRC CASE for New Academics Award with Mouchel

- Great Western Research Award with IHG Pharmaco

- 2 Systems Biology Studentships (commencing in October 2009)

Teaching & Admin

I am the Director of the MSc in Applied Artificial Intelligence and teach a variety of 3rd year and Masters level modules including:

Nature-Inspired Computation (3 & M)

Machine Learning and Optimisation  (M)

Selected Topics in AI (M)

Enterprise Computing (3)

Commercial and Industrial Experience (3)

I have supervised a number of final year and MSc projects in recent years.  If you are a 2nd year student looking for a project, see my project proposals.

Professional Activities

I am a reviewer for approximately 12 journals and have been a member of the programme committee for a number of recent conferences.  For a full list, please click here.

Publications

I have published over 35 papers and one book in the fields of evolutionary computing, engineering optimisation and bioinformatics.  For a full list, please click here.