Dr John M^cCall

Research Interests

I lead the Computational Intelligence Group at RGU, which focusses on the application of a range of techniques (EAs,ILP,ANN,PSO, etc..) to learning and optimisation problems. Application areas include medical decision support, biological sequences, scheduling, image analysis and oil-well modelling. Originally a pure mathematician, I have for many years now been interested in naturally-inspired computing, in particular genetic and evolutionary algorithms and particle swarms. Recently, I have also become interested in Estimation of Distribution Algorithms (EDAs).

Current Research Projects

• The Oncology Workbench
• SmartWeb Technologies Centre
• Domiciliary Care Scheduling

Current Research Students

• Siddhartha Shakya, Markov Random Field Modelling for EDAs
• Bhavani Sudha, Particle Swarm Optimisation in Cancer Chemotherapy
• Ratiba Kabli, Bayesian Network Modelling of Prostate Cancer
• Sonny Orike, Intelligent Algorithms for Helicopter Control
• Alexander Brownlee, Estimation of Distribution Algorithms

Publications

Follow this link for a full list of my publications

Teaching

Lecture Courses

I currently lecture the following modules:

• Genetic Algorithms
• Intranet Systems Development
• Web Programming and eCommerce

Student Project Supervisions

• Alexander Brownlee, A comparison of genetic algorithm approaches to timetabling
• Shaun Fraser, A web-based implementation of Monopoly in Flash
• Andy Law, A Ten-pin Bowling Simulation in Flash
• Stuart Armstrong, Predicting stock market trends using a Neural Network
• Abidemi Salau, An interoperability platform for GAIT data
• Charinda Tharaka, Using Genetic Programming to Discover Grammatical Constructs for Protein Families

MSc Projects in Computational Intelligence

The Computational Intelligence Group is offering a range of MSc projects. These are listed in my recent presentation. All enquiries from interested students are welcomed by the group.

Administrative Duties

• Senior Lecturer
• Postgraduate Programme Manager
• Short Course Coordinator

Contact Information

Email: jm@comp.rgu.ac.uk
Office: B14
Address: School of Computing, Faculty of Design and Technology, The Robert Gordon University, St. Andrew Street, Aberdeen AB25 1HG, Scotland
Telephone: +44 (0)1224 26 2780
Fax: +44 (0)1224 26 2727