Myra S. Wilson is a British computer scientist. She is a senior lecturer in computer science at Aberystwyth University, Wales.[1] Her research interests are in the broad area of robotics, and she also teaches in the field.
Myra Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Robot Wars |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Aberdeen University University of Edinburgh |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Computer scientist |
| Sub-discipline | Robotics |
| Institutions | Aberystwyth University |
Education and research
editMyra S. Wilson received the B.Sc. degree from Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, U.K., and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.[2]
She heads the Intelligent Robotics Group, as well as the Biologically Inspired Robotics Network (biro-net). Her interests include adaptive robotics and biologically inspired systems.[2]
Media work
editShe was a judge on the BBC television robot combat programme Robot Wars for the fourth and fifth series in 2000–2001.[3]
Selected publications
edit- Walker, Joanne, Simon Garrett, and Myra Wilson. "Evolving controllers for real robots: A survey of the literature." Adaptive Behavior 11.3 (2003): 179-203.
- J. H. Walker, S. M. Garrett and M. S. Wilson, "The balance between initial training and lifelong adaptation in evolving robot controllers," in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part B: Cybernetics, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 423–432, April 2006, doi: 10.1109/TSMCB.2005.859082.
- Giagkos, Alexandros, and Myra S. Wilson. "BeeIP: Bee-inspired protocol for routing in mobile ad-hoc networks." International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2010.
- Burbidge, Robert, and Myra S. Wilson. "Vector-valued function estimation by grammatical evolution for autonomous robot control." Information Sciences 258 (2014): 182-199.
- Giagkos, Alexandros, et al. "UAV flight coordination for communication networks: genetic algorithms versus game theory." Soft computing 25.14 (2021): 9483-9503.
References
edit- ^ "Dr. Myra Wilson". users.aber.ac.uk.
- ^ a b Walker, J.H.; Garrett, S.M.; Wilson, M.S. (2006). "The balance between initial training and lifelong adaptation in evolving robot controllers". IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part B: Cybernetics. 36 (2): 423–432. doi:10.1109/TSMCB.2005.859082. ISSN 1941-0492. PMID 16602601. S2CID 504937.
- ^ "RobotWars". users.aber.ac.uk.