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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. An overview of Chris's research
interests and his publications can be found at http://www.cems.uwe.ac.uk/~clsimons/
Homepage:
Location: Bristol
Email: chris.simons@uwe.ac.uk
Evolving Software - A Fusion of the Developer and Evolutionary Algorithms