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Research interests

My broad areas of interest are in artificial intelligence, evolutionary computation, global optimization, multiobjective optimization and computational biology.

A selected list of more fine-grained research topics are these:

  • multiobjective evolutionary algorithms
  • performance assessment of multiobjective optimizers
  • No-free-lunch theorems in multiobjective optimization
  • archiving algorithms (online) in multiobjective optimization
  • closed-loop optimization (in which an optimizer interacts with a live experimental system)
  • memetic algorithms and hybrid evolutionary computation, including hybrids with exact optimizers
  • swarm intelligence algorithms, including ant colony optimization and ant-based clustering
  • "multiobjectivization" - solving single objective problems by introducing additional objectives
  • using surrogate models in optimization, and optimization of expensive black-box problems
  • solving many-objective optimization problems (i.e., problems with more than 3 objectives)
  • dynamic constraints in optimization - "ephemeral resource constraints"
  • co-operative and competitive multi-agent / coevolution approaches to optimization
  • reinforcement learning in optimization
  • multiobjective machine learning, including multiobjective clustering and model selection
  • understanding fitness landscapes and their effects on evolution
  • ab initio protein structure prediction
  • neutral evolution and evolution of evolvability
  • machine learning in radio pulsar discovery
  • game theory models and evolution on networks
  • optimization in chemical engineering
  • directed evolution of DNA aptamers on micro-arrays
  • directed evolution of drug combinations (drug discovery)
  • evolutionary algorithms in chemometrics

 

 

 

 

Overview

Joshua Knowles is a research scientist at Schlumberger Cambridge Research Ltd, in Cambridgeshire, UK.

Biography

Joshua is a former Professor of Natural Computation at the University of Birmingham (now Honorary Fellow), and a former Reader in the School of Computer Science at The UoM.
Joshua was previously a BBSRC David Phillips Fellow, and a Marie Sklodowska-Curie postdoctoral Fellow. 

Social responsibility

Joshua helps out for the Royal Voluntary Service and the Cambridge Buddhist Centre. 

Qualifications

FHEA - Fellowship of the Higher Education Authority
PhD (Computer Science)
MSc (CS/Cybernetics)
PGCE (Secondary science)
BSc (Physics with Maths)

Memberships of committees and professional bodies

Joshua is on the Steering Committee of the EMO Series of International Conferences.
He is also a member of the EPSRC Peer Review College.

Teaching

Joshua previously taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses on Algorithms, C programming, Optimization, Research Skills, Maths (Foundation).

Activities and esteem

Joshua's papers have been cited 24,000 times and his h-index is 64. This places him in the top 125 computer scientists in the UK on citation metrics.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

External positions

Principal Scientist, Schlumberger Cambridge Research

11 Apr 2022 → …

Senior Researcher, Invenia Labs

30 Jun 202015 Mar 2022

Honorary Fellow, University of Birmingham

2 Apr 2019 → …

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