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My main professional interest is investigating how Intellectual Property developed through leading edge research can be exploited within an industrial setting.
Commecialisation of research and technology transfer are key aspects of this interest and represent areas I am keen to promote within an entrepreneurial agenda.
In particular, I am interested in the complex fields of optimization and scheduling. Related real world environments encompass many characteristics which continue to challenge researchers, users and software providers alike.
The layout of this site reflects my approach to bridging the gap i.e. researching, applying and educating.
The Scheduling and Optimisation Team within the Knowledge and Data Enginering Research Group at Queen’s University of Belfast combines the important aspects and provides the opportunity to understand, educate and improve the link between research and industry.
I acted as chair of the Second International Timetabling Competition. The aim of this initiative is to encourage researchers from different backgrounds to apply new and exciting techniques to real world problems within the timetabling arena.
I acted as co-chair of MISTA09, The 4th Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling: Theory and Applications held in Dublin in August 2009.
I am chair of PATAT10, The 8th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling to be held in Queen's University Belfast, August 2010. download poster