Welcome to my webpages!
I am a Professor in the School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences and the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics at Heriot-Watt University. I am also an Honorary Fellow in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh.
Information about me at Heriot-Watt University (not completely up to date).
Information about me at the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics.
Information about me at the University of Edinburgh. I used to be a Research Fellow in the Institute for Language, Cognition, and Computation and the Human Communication Research Centre.
Research
My research is centred around artificial intelligence (AI), primarily automated planning, knowledge representation and reasoning, and cognitive robotics, although I am interested in many areas of AI research. My research overview page has more information on my research interests and groups. You can also find my recent projects, publications, talks, and research-related events I have organised. A list of the PhD students I have supervised is also available.
Teaching
I am currently a Director of the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Dependable and Deployable AI for Robotics (CDT-D2AIR) and the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CDT-RAS). I regularly teach courses in Computer Science at Heriot-Watt University's Edinburgh Campus, usually at the Year 3, MSc, or PhD level. I also supervise student projects at all levels. More information about my teaching activities can be found on my teaching page.
Personal
The webpage of my wife, Mary Ellen Foster, a Senior Lecturer (in the UK sense) in the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow.
The webpage of my brother, Mark, an Assistant Professor (Teaching) in the Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. Mark is usually selling some great role-playing game stuff. Check out his games webpage or current eBay auctions for some good deals!
My webpage is currently being updated so please visit again soon.