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Profiles
Dr David Walker
Lecturer in Computer Science
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
I currently undertake the following academic roles within the School:
- Module lead (COMP3006 and COMP2002).
- I am the Programme Manager for all of the programmes in the Computing undergraduate suite.
- I am the Exam Coordinator for Computing modules.
- I supervise a number of PhD students undertaking research in topics such as evolutionary computation and machine learning.
Qualifications
I received a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Exeter in 2007, and obtained a PhD in Computer Science from Exeter in 2013 for a thesis entitled "Visualisation and Ordering of Many-objective Populations". Between 2013 and 2018 I held postdoctoral research positions at Exeter, working on a range of topics relating to evolutionary computation and machine learning.
Professional membership
I am a member of the IEEE Task Force on Many-objective Optimisation.
Teaching interests
This year (2020/21) I am module leader for:
- COMP2002 Artificial Intelligence
- COMP3006 Full-Stack Development
Research interests
My research interests lie in the area of evolutionary computation and visualisation. My recent work has included:
- Visualising sets of solutions to many-objective optimisation problems.
- Visualising the operation and performance of evolutionary algorithms.
- Interactive evolutionary computation for real-world engineering problems.
- Data analysis within hydroinformatics (prediction and visualisation).
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
JournalsConferences organised
I have organised the following conferences and workshops:
- Co-Chair of the organising committee of Visualisation in Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (VizGEC) workshop held annually at GECCO (2012-2019).
- Member of the organising committee of the 2013 AISB Convention (AISB 2013).
- Member of the organising committee of the 2015 UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI 2015).
Other academic activities
I currently undertake the following academic roles within the School:
- I am the Programme Manager for all undergraduate Computing programmes.
- I am the Exam Coordinator for Computing modules.
- IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
- Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines
- Computational Intelligence Magazine
- Journal of Hydroinformatics
- Applied Soft Computing
- Control and Cybernetics
- Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) - EMO and GA tracks
- International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)