Research
This page provides a brief overview of my research on a popular level. For further information and specific details, see publications.
Research interests
In general:
- Complex adaptive systems
- Artificial life
- Software systems engineering
Some specific areas:
- Dual Phase Evolution
- Complex networks
- Emergence and evolution of modularity
- Open ended evolution in-silico
- Population biology
- Holey Fitness Landscapes
- Evolutionary learning and optimisation algorithms
- Good practices in software development
- Defensive software engineering practices
- Large scale software systems modelling
Short bio
Greg Paperin is a PhD student at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. His main research interests lie in the areas of complex systems, artificial life and software systems engineering.
Since the commencement of his PhD degree Greg has published a dozen papers on complex evolutionary systems, social networks, artificial life and physics. He was co-organiser and a program committee member of Australian and international conferences. Greg is a primary contributor to a number of academic open-source projects totalling over 1000 downloads a month.
After obtaining his Master's degree from the University College London and prior to the commencement of his PhD in 2006, Greg has worked as a lead software developer and technical project manager for a number of years. During that time he successfully rolled out a large number of projects for business clients in Germany and the UK. Greg has also run a small company that provided IT solutions for small and mid-size businesses in northern Germany.
For further information, please see below, visit the CV section or explore this site.
Research projects
These are some of the research projects I worked on in the past. The descriptions are held on a popular level and should be understandable for most people outside the respective subject areas. For further details see the list of my publications or get in touch.