I’m a researcher in artificial intelligence - program synthesis, metaheuristic optimisation, machine learning, and computational creativity. I also write music and I write programs that write music.
I’m a senior lecturer in the School of Computer Science in the College of Science and Engineering, University of Galway, in the west of Ireland. I teach mostly at post-grad level, in particular in programming for AI, optimisation, and deep learning. I’m also School Director of Research & Graduate Studies.
I’m interested in supervising/mentoring researchers at undergrad, MSc, PhD, or post-doc level. Please see my research interests and contact me with a CV if interested. But please show how your area of research is aligned with mine.
I’ve previously worked and studied at:
University of Galway (then known as University College Galway and later the National University of Ireland, Galway) (BSc in computer science and mathematics);
Hewlett-Packard, Galway, Ireland (automated install and system management for supercomputers, at the time the fastest in the world);
University of Limerick (PhD in evolutionary control of sound synthesis);
University College Dublin (post-doctoral research in evolutionary design);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (post-doctoral research in evolutionary design); and
University College Dublin (Lecturer in Business Analytics and Programme Director of the MSc in Business Analytics, UCD College of Business).
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