Advanced Computing
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Advanced Computing MSc
At King's we have one of the largest research groups on algorithm design in the UK and our annual algorithms workshop attracts top-ranked international scientists. As algorithms have such a big impact for practical solutions we are also collaborating with companies from sectors such as mobile phones, finance and biomedicine.
My research interests focus on designing algorithms that find approximate solutions for such problems and enable the user to control the trade-off between the computational time required and the quality of the solution found within this time. This involves looking very carefully at the structure of a problem and the input data required as well as analysing the performance of the developed algorithm. I am using design methods that utilise the power of randomness and are often based on local search techniques. It is truly amazing to see what difference these algorithms make with respect to finding solutions to a problem and the size of input data that they can handle.
Advanced Computing MSc
My research addresses various aspects of agent-based computing, which draws on a range of different areas including artificial intelligence, distributed systems, social sciences and economics. This mix of disciplines is perhaps why the field continues to excite me, even after 15 years working in it. Agents are computer systems capable of flexible problem-solving behaviour, and underpin future visions of computing in areas as diverse as eScience, autonomic computing and ambient intelligence.
At King's, we're building a team with an excellent reputation in multi-agent systems, and are quickly establishing ourselves as one of the key UK and European groups. We've recently started work on a project funded by the European Commission for contract-based systems, in which formal contracts underpin the interactions between different computer systems or agents. In this project, we're collaborating with other universities in Spain and the Czech Republic, and with companies in the UK as well as elsewhere.
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