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It is not the task of the University to offer what society asks for, but to give what society needs. [The things society asks for are generally understood, and you don't need a University for that; the university has to offer what no one else can provide.]

-- Edsger W. Dijkstra, Answers to questions from students of Software Engineering,
EWD 1305, November 2000

It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known but to question it.

-- Jacob Bronowski.
The Ascent of Man, 1973

Jessica Park • evaluating quantum systems
Oct 2021 (part time) • co-supervised with Irene D'Amico

Chester Wringe • reservoir computing
Oct 2021 • co-supervised with Martin Trefzer

Riversdale Waldegrave • reservoir computing
Oct 2021 • co-supervised with Martin Trefzer

So far as the mere imparting of information is concerned, no university has had any justification for existence since the popularization of printing in the fifteenth century.

-- Alfred North Whitehead. The Aims of Education, 1929

CSW : Computer Science Writing • Autumn term

2019/20-20/21 : TUCO : Topics in Unconventional Computing
2017/18-18/19 : RIGI : Research Skills for Intelligent Games & Games Intelligence • with Paul Cairns
2016/17-17/18 : RESM : Research Methods for Interactive Technologies • with Helen Petrie, Paul Cairns, Chris Power
2003/04-13/14 : NSTC : Non-Standard Computation
2012/13 : SKIL : Skills, Knowledge and Independent Learning • with Alan Frisch
2006/07-12/13 : EMER : Emergence • with Fiona Polack
2004/05-12/13 : CDBS : Complex Dynamical Biosystems • with Leo Caves
2006/07-10/11 : EVO : Evolutionary Algorithms • with John Clark
2006/07-08/09 : TPS : Topics in Privacy and Security • with John Clark
2004/05-07/08 : PD1 : Professional Development
2002/03-05/06 : RQE : Requirements Engineering • with Jonathan Moffet, Gerald Lüttgen

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