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Bio:
As a Medical Laboratory Technician in the 80's, Chris found himself increasingly automating laboratory tests when someone told him what he was actually doing was programming. As this was rather fun, Chris studied for his MSc in IT from Bristol Polytechnic in 1989. He became a software engineer, then architect, then agile methodology and design consultant and trainer, before then taking up a lectureship at the University of the West of England, Bristol in 2002. He was able to bring his software development experience to the emerging research field of artificial intelligence, and in 2011 obtained his PhD in interactive, evolutionary computation for early lifecycle software design. Chris now actively researches in the field of Search-Based Software Engineering (SBSE). Chris is a member of ACCU, the British Computer Society and is a Certified IT Professional.

Homepage: http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/~clsimons/

Email: chris.simons@uwe.ac.uk

Cool and Ripe for Exploitation - Search-Based Software Engineering (SBSE)

Location: Department of Computer Science and Creative Technologies, University of the West of England, Frenchay Campus, Bristol BS16 1QY