PhD Students

I regularly supervise PhD students in the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics and the Department of Computer Science at Heriot-Watt University. I have also supervised PhD students in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. Prospective PhD students should check my research page for potential project topics. If you are interested in undergraduate or MSc projects, check my teaching page. 

Current PhD students 

• Gary Smith
  PhD, Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, Heriot-Watt University & University of Edinburgh
  Topic: Statistical Relational Artificial Intelligence for Reasoning About Mental States | Google Scholar

• Emanuele De Pellegrin
  PhD, Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, Heriot-Watt University & University of Edinburgh
  Topic: Learning Epistemic Action Effects in a Human Collaborative Environment | github | Google Scholar

• Andy Edmondson
  PhD, Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, Heriot-Watt University & University of Edinburgh
  Topic: coming soon

• Ryan Farish
  PhD, Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, Heriot-Watt University & University of Edinburgh
  Topic: Automated Path Planning Using an Adaptive Multi-Agent Framework in Unmapped Environments

Completed PhD students

Past students that I have (co-)supervised who have completed their programmes of study:

• Alasdair Hill
  PhD, Department of Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, 2023
  Thesis: Planning Problems as Types, Plans as Programs: A Dependent Types Infrastructure for Verification and Reasoning about Automated Plans in Agda | pdf

• Yaniel Carreno
  PhD, Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, Heriot-Watt University & University of Edinburgh, 2023
  Thesis: Towards Full-Scale Autonomy for Multi-Vehicle Systems Planning and Acting in Extreme Environments | pdf | Google Scholar

• Jun Hao Alvin Ng
  PhD, Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, Heriot-Watt University & University of Edinburgh, 2022
  Thesis: Relational Knowledge and Representation for Reinforcement Learning | pdf | Google Scholar

• Paola Ardón Ramírez
  PhD, Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, Heriot-Watt University & University of Edinburgh, 2022
  Thesis: Reasoning and Understanding Grasp Affordances for Robot Manipulation | pdf | Google Scholar

• Matthew Crosby
  PhD, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, 2014
  Thesis: Multiagent Classical Planning | pdf | Google Scholar

• Kira Mourão
  PhD, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, 2012
  Thesis: Learning action representations using kernel perceptrons | pdf | Google Scholar

• George Christelis
  PhD, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, 2011
  Thesis: Automated Norm Synthesis in Planning Environments | pdf