Contact Details

Intelligent Systems Laboratory
Department of Computer Science
University of Bristol
Merchant Venturers Building
Woodland Road, BS8 1UB
Bristol, United Kingdon

Academic Experience

currentlyLecturer, Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, UK
Jan 07 - Dec 11RCUK Research Fellow, Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, UK
Feb 07 - Apr 07JSPS Visiting Research Fellow, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Dec 05 - Dec 06Visiting Scientist, Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus
Sep 01 - Dec 05Ph.D. in Computer Science, Department of Computing, Imperial College London
Sep 00 - Sep 01Teaching Associate, Department of Computing, Imperial College London
Oct 97 - Jul 00B.Eng. in Information Systems Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London

Research Interests

  • Integration of abductive and inductive inference with application to Systems Biology
  • Non-monotonic induction of Action Theories with application to Requirements Engineering
  • Formalisation and automation of Scientific Method
  • Exabyte Informatics

Publication Database

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Selected References

Book Chapters
  • K. Whelan, O. Ray and R. King. Representation, Simulation and Hypothesis Generation in Graph and Logical Models of Biological Networks. Yeast Systems Biology. Methods and Protocols, chap.26, Methods in Molecular Biology 759:465-482, Humana Press, 2011.
Journal Articles
  • H. Nabeshima, K. Iwanuma, K. Inoue and O. Ray. SOLAR: An Automated Deduction System for Consequence Finding. AI Communications 23(2-3): 188-203, 2010.
  • O. Ray. Nonmonotonic Abductive Inductive Learning. Journal of Applied Logic 7(3): 329-340, 2009.
  • D. Alrajeh, O. Ray, A. Russo and S. Uchitel. Using abduction and induction for operational requirements elaboration. Journal of Applied Logic 7(3): 275-288, 2009.
  • A. d'Avila Garcez, D. Gabbay, O. Ray and J. Woods. Abductive Reasoning in Neural-Symbolic Learning Systems. TOPOI 26(1):37-49, 2007.
Conference Papers
  • O. Ray, T. Soh and K. Inoue. Analysing Pathways using ASP-based Approaches Proc. 2010 Conference on Algebraic and Numeric Biology, LNCS 6479:167-183, 2011.
  • O. Ray, K. Whelan and R. King. Automatic Revision of Metabolic Networks through Logical Analysis of Experimental Data Proc. 19th Int. Conf. on Inductive Logic Programming, LNAI 5989:194-201, 2010.
  • D. Corapi, O. Ray, A. Russo, A. Bandara and E. Lupu. Learning rules from user behaviour Proc. 5th Int. Conf. on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, IFIP 296:459-468, 2009.
  • Y. Yamamoto, O. Ray and K. Inoue. Towards a Logical Reconstruction of CF-Induction. Proc. Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence 2007 Conference, LNCS 4914:330-343, 2008.
  • O. Ray and K. Inoue. A Consequence Finding Approach for Full Clausal Abduction Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Discovery Science, LNAI 4755:173-184, 2007.
  • O. Ray and K. Inoue. Mode-Directed Inverse Entailment for Full Clausal Theories. Proc. 17th Int. Conf. on Inductive Logic Programming, LNAI 4894:225-238, 2007.
  • O. Ray. Automated Abduction in Scientific Discovery. Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Medicine, SICI 64:103-116, 2007.
  • O. Ray, A. Antoniades, A. Kakas and I. Demetriades. Abductive Logic Programming in the Clinical Management of HIV/AIDS. Proc. 17th Europ. Conf. on Artificial Intelligence, pp 437-441, 2006.
Workshop Contributions
  • O. Ray, A. Clare, M. Liakata, L. Soldatova, K. Whelan and R. King. Towards the Automation of Scientific Method. Proc. IJCAI'09 Workshop on Abductive and Inductive Knowledge Development: 27-33, 2009.
  • O. Ray, K. Whelan and R. King. A nonmonotonic logical approach for modelling and revising metabolic networks. Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. on Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems: 825-829, 2009.
  • O. Ray. Towards a Rational Approach for the Logical Modelling of Inhibition in Metabolic Networks. Proc. 23rd Int. Conf. on Advanced Information Networking and Applications: 918-923, 2009.
  • O. Ray and C. Bryant. Inferring the function of genes from synthetic lethal mutations. Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. on Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems, IEEE, pp 667-671, 2008.
  • O. Ray and A. Kakas. ProLogICA: a practical system for Abductive Logic Programming. Proc. 11th Int. Workshop on Non-monotonic Reasoning:304-312, 2006.
PhD Thesis
  • O. Ray. Hybrid Abductive Inductive Learning Department of Computing, Imperial College, University of London, 2005.

Project Funding

Jan 07 - Dec 11Exabyte Informatics Research (RCUK Academic Fellowship)
Feb 07 - May 07First-Order Hybrid Abductive Inductive Learning for Bioinformatics (JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship)
Oct 07 - Oct 12Logical Reasoning and Knowledge Discovery in Bioinformatics (Memorandum of Understanding with Japanese National Institute of Informatics)
Oct 10 - Mar 11Using artificial intelligence to support computer experiments in ocean science (EPSRC Cross-Disciplinary Feasibility Account)

Invited Talks

Taught Courses

  • Introduction to the Theory of Computation (COMS11700) (with Bogdan Warinschi)
  • Topics in Theoretical Computer Science (COMS21400) (with Markus Jalsenius)
  • Artificial Intelligence with Logic Programming (COMSM0005) (with Peter Flach)
  • Research Skills (COMSM2202) (with Peter Flach)

Administrative Roles

  • Departmental Administrator for Postgraduate Projects (COMSM3201, COMSM3100) [info]
  • International Exchange Liason for the Japanese National Institute of Informatics [info]
  • Internal Seminar Coordinator for the Intelligent Systems Laboratory [info]

Professional Activities

  • Local Organiser: European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML/PKDD'12)
  • PC Member: 20th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI'12)
  • PC Member: 22nd International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP'12)
  • PC Member: 2012 International Conference on Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology: Theoretical and Cognitive Issues (MBR'12)
  • PC Member: 22nd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI'11)
  • PC Member: 25th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI'11)
  • Co-Chair: 2011 International Symposium on Symbolic Systems Biology (ISSSB'11)
  • Co-Chair: CISIS'11 Workshop on Intelligent Informatics in Biology and Medicine (IIBM'11)
  • Reviewer: Theory and Practice of Logic Programming (2011)
  • PC Member: 20th International Conference Inductive Logic Programming (ILP'10)
  • Reviewer: Journal of Algorithms in Cognition, Informatics and Logic (2010)
  • Reviewer: The Computer Journal (2010)
  • Co-Chair: CISIS'10 Workshop on Intelligent Informatics in Biology and Medicine (IIBM'10)
  • PC Member: ECAI'10 Planning to Learn Workshop (PlanLearn'10)
  • Co-Chair: IJCAI'09 Workshop on Abductive and Inductive Knowledge Development (AIAI'09)
  • Reviewer: 25th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP'09)
  • Reviewer: 19th International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP'09)
  • Reviewer: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (2009)
  • PC Member: CISIS'09 Workshop on Intelligent Informatics in Biology and Medicine (IIBM'09)
  • PC Member: ICML'08 Planning to Learn Workshop (PlanLearn'08)
  • Reviewer: 18th International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP'08)
  • Reviewer: Machine Learning (2008)
  • PC Member: 23rd AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI'08)
  • PC Member: CISIS'09 Workshop on Intelligent Informatics in Biology and Medicine (IIBM'08)
  • PC Member: ECML'07 Planning to Learn Workshop (PlanLearn'07)
  • Co-Chair: 2007 International Workshop on the Integration of Abduction and Induction in AI and Bioinformatics (AIAI'07)
  • Co-Chair: ECAI'06 Workshop on the Integration of Abduction and Induction in AI and Scientific Modelling (AIAI'06)
  • Co-Chair: 2005 International Workshop on the Integration of Abduction and Induction in AI (AIAI'05)

Institutional Affiliations

Department of Computer Science
University of Bristol
Merchant Venturers Building
Woodland Road, BS8 1UB
Bristol, United Kingdon
National Institute of Informatics
2-1-2 Hitotsubashi
Chiyoda-ku, 101-8430
Tokyo, Japan
Department of Computer Science
University of Aberystwyth
Penglais Campus
Ceredigion, SY23 3DB
United Kingdom

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