Prof. Michael Lones
I am a Professor in the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. My research focuses on machine learning and optimisation, including the development of new methods, applied work in medicine, biology and security, and broader issues of reproducibility. I am a member of the Bio-inspired Computing and Machine Learning, ML-Health, and Lab for AI Verification research groups, and the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics. You can find my thoughts on wider topics in computer science at my Fetch Decode Execute substack.
Brief biography
- Professor, Heriot-Watt University, 2024-
- Associate Professor, Heriot-Watt University, 2017-2024
- Assistant Professor, Heriot-Watt University, 2013-2017
- Lecturer, Department of Electronics, University of York, 2013
- Research Associate/Fellow, University of York, 2005-2013
- ERCIM Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, NTNU, 2004-2005
Other places
- Institutional research repository
- ResearchGate
- Google Scholar
- ORCID (ID: 0000-0002-2745-9896)
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Research interests
- Evolutionary algorithms and metaheuristics
- Neural networks and large language models
- Theory and application of machine learning
- Predictive modelling in medicine and biology
- Robotic control, locomotion, swarm robotics
- Non-standard computing and complex systems
Professional activities
- Chair of computer science board of examiners
- Associate Editor, BioSystems
- Editorial Board, GPEM
- EPSRC College member
- IEEE Technical Committee on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, IEEE Senior Member