Tim Kovacs
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Miscellaneous
- Petition for guaranteed public access to publically-funded research results
- The Bristol area's Mathematics, Computation and Biology (MCB) Research Initiative
- IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation [TEC Manuscript processing system]
- The Learning Classifier Systems Bibliography
- My publications
- My software
- Viscous Fingers Fractal
- Machine Learning Open Source Software
- Russell on education
- A page about learning I set up
- Old miscellanea
Teaching
2009-2010:- COMS M0103: Object Oriented Programming with Java
- COMS M0305: Learning in Autonomous Systems
- COMS M2100: MSc Project Specification and Design (Machine Learning and Data Mining subset)
- COMS M3100: MSc Project (Machine Learning and Data Mining subset)
- All project suggestions are now all centrally located
Postgraduate Study in Bristol
- Study for an MSc in Machine Learning and Data Mining in Bristol
- How to apply for postgraduate study in Bristol
Research Interests
My interests are mainly in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence and include: Reinforcement Learning, Learning Classifier Systems, Evolutionary Computation, Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning, Bio-inspired computing and the application of Computer Science to Biology. I'm also interested in Cognitive Science and theories of mind.Projects include:
- Work on ensembles of learners on the ADEPT project [ADEPT wiki].
- Studying social insect behaviour with James Marshall, Bob Planqué, Nigel
Franks and Anna
Dornhaus.
- Our EPSRC-funded Social Insects, Simulated Evolution and Biologically Inspired Algorithms project finished in July 2006.
- Combining reinforcement learning and temporal logic with Rob Egginton
- Learning Classifier Systems.
- Work with Manuel Filipe Santos and Helder Quintela on the Particla project.
- My PhD thesis compared XCS's accuracy-based fitness with a more traditional strength-based approach.
- Applying evolutionary methods to engineering design problems with Michael Nwaki.
Links
Research
- Bristol Intelligent Systems Group
- COGNIT - Bristol Cognition and Information Technology Research Centre
- Bristol Centre for Behavioural Biology
- LCSWeb
- The Learning Classifier Systems Group at the University of the West of England.
- John Holmes' LCS mail alias is for discussion of Learning Classifier Systems.
- BIRO-net The Biologically Inspired Robotics Network.
- NiSIS Nature-inspired Smart Information Systems
- learning-classifier-systems.org
- Evonet Website - European Network of Excellence in Evolutionary Computing
- Reinforcement Learning Repository (at the University of Massachusetts).
- Online journals through Bristol library
- Links on how to do research by Toby Walsh and Sylvia Miksch
- BBC forecast for Bristol or The Weather Channel
- Dictionary.com
- Etymological dictionary
- transportdirect (good for bus routes within Bristol)
- Hospital and University Bus Shuttle