chrisbowers

Contact

Dr Chris P. Bowers
RM 223
School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT
Tel:- +44 (0)121 4148002
Email:- C.P.Bowers@cs.bham.ac.uk

Research

I'm a research fellow working in the Human-Computer Interaction Centre at the University of Birmingham.

Project students click here.

Current Projects

Supporting Engagement with the Mingana collection

Previous work

Computer Aided Semantic Annotation of Multimedia (CASAM)

Centre of Excellence for Research in Computational Intelligence and Applications (CERCIA)

Advanced Analysis of Building Energy Performance

There's lots of potential for Computational Intelligence applications in the analysis of metered building energy data becuase they can be robust and flexible. There lots of potential applications from modelling of building/device performance to attempting to directly influence user behaviour through interation. I'm keen to develop systems that can have a positive impact on energy consumption whilst remaining largely automated, require minimal training, system setup or manual data entry.

Computational models of embryogeny

My PhD thesis investigated models of growth processes and interaction with simulated evolutionary processes. I'm particularly interested in the innate characteristics of structures that are grown, such as robustness and scalability. I also have an interest in the impact of evolution and growth processes on the characteristics of neural networks for both cognitive models and real world applications. I completed my PhD in 2006 under the supervision of Dr. John Bullinaria .

Publications

Bowers, C. P., Byrne, W., Cowan, B. R., & Beale, R. (2012). Multi-touch multi-user interfaces to support learning and teaching. Surface Learning Workshop '12. (movie)

Yang, Z., Li, X., Bowers, C.P., Schnier,T., Tang, K., & Yao, X. (2011) An Efficient Evolutionary Approach to Parameter Identification in a Building Thermal Model IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews, 99:1-13 (pdf)

Bowers, C.P., Byrne, W., Cowan, B.R., Creed, C., Hendley R.J. & Beale, R. (2011) Choosing Your Moment: Interruptions in Multimedia Annotation In Proceedings of 13th IFIP TC 13 International Conference (INTERACT 2011), pp. 438-453, Springer (pdf)

Apostolikas, G., Spiliotopoulos, D., Georgousopoulos, C., Möller, R., Hendley, R. J., Petridis, S., Giannakopoulos, T., Koutsokeras, M., Papantoniou, K., Tsatsaronis, G., Paliouras, G., Akrivas, G., Gatos, B., Ntirogiannis, K., Perantonis, S., Zavitsanos, I., Karkaletsis, V., Gries, O., Nafissi, A., Rosenfeld, M., Sokolski, K., Wessel, M., Bowers, C., Byrne, W., Melhuish, J., Lonsdale, P., Creed, C., Pinder, C., Beale, R., Sarris, N., Vasiliou, C. & Ramfos, A. (2010) CASAM: A prototype system for computer-aided semantic annotation of multimedia, 5th International Conference on Semantic and Digital Media Technologies, Saarbrucken, Germany, e-print.

Bowers, C.P., Byrne, W., Melhuish, J., Lonsdale, P., Creed, C., Pinder, C., Beale, R. & Hendley, R. J. (2010) Interaction Issues in Computer Aided Semantic Annotation of Multimedia. 5th International Conference on Semantic and Digital Media Technologies e-print

Creed, C., Bowers, C.P., Hendley, R. J. & Beale, R. (2010) User Perception of Interruptions in Multimedia Annotation Tasks. In Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. pp.610-622, Reykjavik, Iceland. (pdf)

Li, X., Bowers, C.P. & Schnier, T. (2010) Classification of Energy Consumption in Buildings with Outlier Detection. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 57(11):3639-3644 (pdf)

Bowers, C.P. (2009). The Importance of Search Space Dimensionality in a Computational Model of Embryogeny. Proceedings of the 2009 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC'09), pp.3207-3212, 18-21 May 2009, IEEE Press. (pdf)

Bowers, C.P. (2008). Modularity in a Computational Model of Embryogeny. In: P. Hingston, L. C. Barone & Z. Michalewicz (Eds.), Design by Evolution: Advances in Evolutionary Design, Natural Computing Series, pp.243-263, Springer. (pdf)

Bowers, C.P. (2006). Simulating Evolution with a Computational Model of Embryogeny, PhD Thesis, The University of Birmingham
entire thesis or chapters 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Bowers, C.P. (2005). Formation of Modules in a Computational Model of Embryogeny. Proceedings of the 2005 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC'05), Vol.~1, 2-5 September 2005, IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 537-542, (pdf) Awarded best student paper.

Bowers, C.P. (2005). Simulating Evolution with a Computational Model of Embryogeny: Obtaining Robustness from Evolved Individuals. In: M. S. Capcarrere, A. A. Freitas, P. J. Bentley, C. G. Johnson, J. Timmons (Eds), Advances in Artificial Life, Proceeding of the 8th European Conference on Artificial Life: ECAL 2005, 149-158, Springer. (pdf)

Bowers, C.P. & Bullinaria, J.A. (2005). Embryological Modelling of the Evolution of Neural Architecture. In: A. Cangelosi, G. Bugmann & R. Borisyuk (Eds), Modeling Language, Cognition and Action, 375-384. Singapore: World Scientific. (pdf)

Bowers, C.P. (2003). Evolving Robust Solutions with a Computational Embryogeny. In: J.M. Rossiter & T.P. Martin (Eds), Proceedings of the UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence: UKCI-2003, 181-188. Bristol, UK: University of Bristol. (pdf)

Business Assist Reports

Bowers, C.P. (2006) Extraction and Analysis of Foot Pressure Data from a Proprietary Data Format , November 2006.

Bowers, C.P. and Schnier, T. (2006) Skyrota: Optimal Blade Design for Small Scale Wind Turbines , November 2006.

Bowers, C.P. and Schnier, T. (2007) Automated Creative Design of Jewellery , February 2007.

Bowers, C.P., He, S. and Hammond, S.(2007) Mobile Phone Credit-Watch Software , March 2007.

He, S., Bowers, C.P. and Hamond, S. (2007) Mobile portlet for iPoint , March 2007.

Schnier, T., Bowers, C.P. and He. S. (2007) Energy Efficiency Monitoring , March 2007.

Frayn, C., Bowers, C.P. and Schnier, T. (2007) Computational Intelligence for Targeted Marketing and Computer Security , March 2007.

Chong, S. Y. Bowers, C.P. and Frayn, C. (2007) Datamining Student Assement Results for Targeted Learning , March 2007.

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