My research interests include AI planning, knowledge engineering, machine learning, requirements validation and formal specification. I have led major collaborative research projects such as PLANFORM, IMPRESSand FAROAS, the latter two supported by NATS Ltd. I helped lead the PLANET European Network of Excellence. Currently I am leader of the EPSRC AIS programme project (2012-2016): "Machine Learning and Adaptation of Domain Models to Support Real Time Planning in Autonomous Systems" with colleagues from the University of Edinburgh. I am leader/chair of COST Action "Autonomic Road Transport Support Systems" European Network 2011-2015. I am involved in several upcoming or relatively recent events:
Program co-Chair of
Knowledge Engineering for
Planning and Scheduling Workshop(KEPS),
ICAPS-13,
Rome, Italy, June, 2013, and for KEPS at ICAPS-14, Portsmoth, New Hampshire, USA, June 2014.
Co-Organiser of Knowledge Engineering for Planning and Scheduling Workshop(KEPS), ICAPS-11, Frieburg, Germany, June, 2011
Program chair for ICAPS-12: International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling, San Paulo, Brazil June 2012
Co-Organiser of Knowledge Engineering for Planning and Scheduling (KEPS), Toronto, ICAPS-10
Co-Organiser of International Competition on Knowledge Engineering for Planning and Scheduling Thessaloniki, Greece, September 20th, 2009
Co-Organiser of Knowledge Engineering for Planning and Scheduling (KEPS), Sydney, Australia, ICAPS 2008
Conference Chair for ICAPS-06: International Conference on Automatic Planning and Scheduling
I was a member of the Executive Council of ICAPS 2006 - 2012.