Visitors to the school

Below is a list of all current and expected visitors. If you would like more information about a visitor, please talk to the Local Contact. If any details are incorrect, inform the School Office.

  • Yanan Sun
    23/03/2019 to 25/03/2024
    Research Field:
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Prof Mengjie Zhang

  • Lindsay Groves
    21/02/2020 to 31/03/2024
    Research Field: Formal Software Development, Computational Logic, Programming Language Theory, Concurrency
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Dr Craig Watterson

  • Sue Chard
    01/03/2020 to 22/12/2023
    Research Field:
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: A/Prof Ian Welch

  • Will Browne
    30/04/2021 to 30/06/2024
    Research Field: Applied Cognitive Systems: Cognitive Robotics, Learning Classifier Systems (evolutionary computation) and Modern Heuristics.
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Dr Craig Watterson

  • Robert Biddle
    02/08/2021 to 01/08/2024
    Research Field:
    Home Institution: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
    Local Contact: Dr Craig Watterson

  • John Lewis
    01/11/2021 to 16/09/2024
    Research Field:
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Dr Craig Watterson

  • James Noble
    22/02/2022 to 23/02/2024
    Research Field: Object-Oriented Software Design
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Dr Craig Watterson

  • Bryan Ng
    15/03/2022 to 28/03/2025
    Research Field: Software Defined Networking, Analytics, Big Data, Stochastic process, 802.11, SDN
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: A/Prof Ian Welch

  • Rita Garcia
    18/07/2022 to 30/06/2025
    Research Field: Engineering Education.
    Home Institution: Unity/WETA in NZ
    Local Contact: Dr Craig Watterson

  • Nik Bielski
    25/07/2022 to 31/12/2024
    Research Field: AI, ML, PL
    Home Institution: University of Canterbury
    Local Contact: A/Prof Alex Potanin

  • Alex Potanin
    16/08/2022 to 30/06/2025
    Research Field: Cyber Security, Programming Languages
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Tony McLoughlin

  • David Pearce
    01/10/2022 to 30/06/2025
    Research Field: Programming Languages, Compilers, Program Analysis, Software Verification
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Dr Craig Watterson

  • Frank-Peter Schilling
    01/11/2022 to 31/10/2025
    Research Field: Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning
    Home Institution: Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW
    Local Contact: Prof Mengjie Zhang

  • Shanshan Tang - CO322
    02/11/2022 to 01/10/2024
    Research Field: Machine Learning, Multi-task learning, Sparse learning, and Regularised regression.
    Home Institution: Northeastern University
    Local Contact: Dr Qi Chen

  • Nan Li - CO322
    14/11/2022 to 30/11/2024
    Research Field: Evolutionary Deep Learning, Neural Architecture Search
    Home Institution: North University of China
    Local Contact: Prof Bing Xue

  • Joaquim Jorge
    15/12/2022 to 31/12/2025
    Research Field: Computer graphics
    Home Institution: Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa (IST/UL)
    Local Contact: Prof Dale Carnegie

  • Zaixing Sun - CO322
    11/01/2023 to 10/01/2024
    Research Field: Every Scheduling and resource allocation
    Home Institution: Harbin Institute of Technology in Shenzhen
    Local Contact: Prof Mengjie Zhang

  • Wan-Duo Ma
    01/02/2023 to 28/02/2025
    Research Field:
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Prof Bastiaan Kleijn

  • Chen Wang - CO322
    06/02/2023 to 05/02/2024
    Research Field:
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: A/Prof Hui Ma

  • Boxiong Tan - CO322
    20/02/2023 to 19/01/2024
    Research Field:
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: A/Prof Hui Ma

  • Shihui Liu - CO322
    06/03/2023 to 17/03/2024
    Research Field: Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computation, Remote Sensing, Hyperspectral image processing
    Home Institution: Dalian Maritime University
    Local Contact: Prof Bing Xue

  • Cheng Xie - CO322
    06/03/2023 to 05/03/2024
    Research Field: Intelligent modeling and control of dynamic systems
    Home Institution: Harbin Institute of Technology
    Local Contact: Prof Mengjie Zhang

  • Mansoor Shafi
    10/03/2023 to 09/03/2025
    Research Field: Wireless Communication Systems
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Prof Dale Carnegie

  • Zhenshou Song - CO322
    20/03/2023 to 14/01/2024
    Research Field: Evolutionary Computation and Feature Selection
    Home Institution: Xidian University
    Local Contact: Prof Mengjie Zhang

  • Peter Andreae
    15/04/2023 to 31/12/2026
    Research Field: Artificial Intelligence
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Dr Craig Watterson

  • Tong Guo - CO348
    01/05/2023 to 30/04/2024
    Research Field: Large-Scale Global Optimization for 4D Trajectory-based Air Traffic Flow Control
    Home Institution: Beihang University, China
    Local Contact: A/Prof Yi Mei

  • Tim Anderson - AM422
    07/06/2023 to 28/02/2024
    Research Field:
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Prof Alan Brent

  • Sara Gonzalez
    01/07/2023 to 30/06/2024
    Research Field:
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Dr Andrew Lensen

  • Peter Lai
    03/07/2023 to 30/06/2026
    Research Field: Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Prof Mengjie Zhang

  • Stephen MacDonell
    24/07/2023 to 23/07/2026
    Research Field:
    Home Institution: AUT
    Local Contact: Prof Mengjie Zhang

  • Harisu Abdullahi Shehu
    26/07/2023 to 24/06/2024
    Research Field:
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Georgia Dix

  • Wenlong Fu
    10/08/2023 to 30/03/2024
    Research Field:
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Prof Bing Xue

  • Martin Kropp - CO260
    21/08/2023 to 31/01/2024
    Research Field:
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Dr Craig Anslow

  • Fei Ming - CO348
    01/09/2023 to 31/12/2024
    Research Field: Evolutionary computation
    Home Institution: China University of Geosciences
    Local Contact: Prof Mengjie Zhang

  • Qinglan Fan
    25/09/2023 to 31/08/2024
    Research Field:
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Prof Bing Xue

  • Tao Shi
    25/09/2023 to 31/12/2024
    Research Field:
    Home Institution: Qingdao Agricultural University, China
    Local Contact: A/Prof Hui Ma

  • Long Chen - CO348
    27/09/2023 to 30/09/2024
    Research Field: Developing multi-objective evolutionary algorithms for electric vehicle routing problems.
    Home Institution: Beijing Jiaotong University
    Local Contact: A/Prof Yi Mei

  • Xinming Shi - CO322
    01/10/2023 to 09/12/2023
    Research Field: Evolutionary Computation and Machine Learning
    Home Institution: University of Birmingham
    Local Contact: Prof Mengjie Zhang

  • Victoria Huang
    01/10/2023 to 30/09/2024
    Research Field: Deep reinforcement learning, evolutionary computation, multi-agent system, machine learning Home Institution: National Institute of Water and Atomospheric Research
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Dr Aaron Chen

  • Mohammad Mahdi Abdollahpour - CO335
    10/10/2023 to 30/04/2024
    Research Field:
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: A/Prof Jens Dietrich

  • Xinxin Xu - CO322
    20/10/2023 to 18/10/2025
    Research Field:
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Dr Fangfang Zhang

  • Shaojin Geng - CO335
    30/10/2023 to 29/10/2025
    Research Field:
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: A/Prof Yi Mei

  • Yuquan Wang - CO335
    08/11/2023 to 07/02/2024
    Research Field: Genetic Programming Hyper-Heuristic, scheduling, combinatorial optimisation,
    Home Institution: Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
    Local Contact: A/Prof Hui Ma

  • Binh Dang
    13/11/2023 to 13/11/2024
    Research Field:
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Dr Bach Nguyen

  • Ajay Kapur
    13/11/2023 to 16/11/2026
    Research Field:
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Prof Dale Carnegie

  • Xin An - CO322
    16/11/2023 to 03/11/2024
    Research Field: Learner analytics, VR, and educational research
    Home Institution: School of Aeronautical Management Engineering, Xi'an Aeronautical Polytechnic Institute
    Local Contact: A/Prof Karsten Lundqvist

  • Li Zhang - CO322
    01/12/2023 to 31/07/2024
    Research Field: Application of big data and artificial intelligence for IoT and computer vision
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: Dr Fanglue Zhang

  • Junjia Feng - AM221
    02/12/2023 to 02/03/2024
    Research Field: Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing
    Home Institution: Nanjing University, PR China
    Local Contact: A/Prof Xiaoying Sharon Gao

  • Mingqqian Lin - AM221
    02/12/2023 to 02/03/2024
    Research Field: Machine learning and natural language processing
    Home Institution: Nanjing University, PR China
    Local Contact: A/Prof Xiaoying Sharon Gao

  • Wojciech Jarosz - AM422
    08/01/2024 to 31/07/2024
    Research Field: CMIC
    Home Institution: Dartmouth College
    Local Contact: Andrew Chalmers

  • Marco Heyden - CO335
    08/01/2024 to 05/04/2024
    Research Field: The visitor focuses on learning from sequential data, specifically the intersection between data stream mining and decision making under uncertainty.
    Home Institution: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
    Local Contact: Dr Heitor Gomes

  • Qingshan Hou - CO348
    08/01/2024 to 07/06/2025
    Research Field: Machine learning for medical diagnosis
    Home Institution: Northeastern University
    Local Contact: Prof Mengjie Zhang

  • Thomas Bensky - CO348
    13/01/2024 to 31/03/2024
    Research Field: Genetic algorithms, constraint programming, physics
    Home Institution: California Polytechnic State University
    Local Contact: Prof Mengjie Zhang

  • Jinjin Xu - CO322
    20/01/2024 to 31/12/2024
    Research Field: OS, Network Security, Machine Learning.
    Home Institution: Chongqing Polytechnic Institute, China
    Local Contact: A/Prof Ian Welch

  • Nuno Nunes - CO228
    29/01/2024 to 03/05/2024
    Research Field: Human Computer Interaction (HCI).
    Home Institution: University of Lisbon, Portugal
    Local Contact: Dr Craig Anslow

  • Valentina Nisi - CO228
    29/01/2024 to 03/05/2024
    Research Field: Human Computer Interaction
    Home Institution: University of Lisbon, Portugal
    Local Contact: Dr Craig Anslow

  • Yoonsang Lee - AM422
    01/02/2024 to 31/01/2025
    Research Field: Computer Graphics, Computer Animation, Generative models for human motion synthesis Home Institution: Hanyang University
    Home Institution:
    Local Contact: A/Prof Taehyun Rhee

  • Bilian Cheng - AM422
    01/03/2024 to 31/03/2025
    Research Field: Virtual Reality, Computer-Aided Visual Design, Knitted fabric structure
    Home Institution: Jiangnan University
    Local Contact: Dr Fanglue Zhang

  • Tianlei Ma - CO322
    01/03/2024 to 01/03/2025
    Research Field: Artificial intelligence, Pattern recognition, Image processing, Target detection
    Home Institution: Zhengzhou University
    Local Contact: Dr Fanglue Zhang

  • Ulf Brefeld - CO335
    01/10/2024 to 28/02/2025
    Research Field: I am a professor for Machine Learning at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg.
    Home Institution: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
    Local Contact: Dr Heitor Gomes