Dr. Jon Rowe

        Reader in Natural Computation

Jonathan E. Rowe School of Computer Science The University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham, B15 2TT United Kingdom tel: +44(0) 121 414 2985 email: J.E.Rowe@cs.bham.ac.uk

Research interests

Evolutionary computation, multi-agent systems, artificial life and other complex adaptive systems. Theory of evolutionary computation and genetic algorithms. The extension of this theory to arbitrary domains. Evolution of co-operation and emergent computation in multi-agent models. The use of such systems to model complex organisations and social systems. You can find more information here.

Here is a list of my publications.

My book:  Genetic algorithms: principles and perspectives  (with Colin Reeves).
 

Current Teaching

Introduction to Natural Computation

Nature-Inspired Optimisation

Introduction to Molecular and Quantum Computation

Student projects

Here is some information on our MSc. Natural Computation.

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