B.Sc.(Eng.), M.Sc., M.Th., Ph.D., LTCL, FRSA
Emeritus Professor
- About
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- Email Address
- g.coghill@abdn.ac.uk
- School/Department
- School of Natural and Computing Sciences
Biography
I am retired (but not old enough to claim my state pension) and was recently awarded an MTh by research from Edinburgh Theological Seminary (ETS)/ University of Glasgow, in Theology and Science/ Analytic Theology, for research on the philosophical and theological ideas of Donald M. MacKay (1922-1987).
My current research is in Theology and Science, and Analytic Theology.
I am an Honorary Research Fellow at ETS (and on the ETS Senate, and Seminary Board).
I am also a singer and obtained a diploma from Trinity College London (LTCL) in 2014. I give recitals, and am building up my portfolio. You can find my music page on Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/George-M-Coghill-Baritone-111362928143158
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After completing a degree in Engineering Science at the University of Aberdeen I moved into Clinical Physics, working for Greater Glasgow Health Board. While there I completed an M.Sc. by research in an area of Artificial Intelligence. This led me to pursue an academic career, to which end I undertook a PhD in the Intelligent Systems Laboratory at Heriot-Watt University on the topic of Qualitative Reasoning. My first academic appointment was in the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (1997 – 2002), where I extended my research interests to include Scientific Discovery. After that I returned to Aberdeen as a SL in Computing Science. I was promoted to Reader in 2009, and to a Chair in 2011. At Aberdeen I have had a number of roles. I was Head of Computing Science (2010-2014); Director of Research and a Deputy Head of the School of Natural and Computing Sciences (2015 – 2018). I have served on a several committees in the institution including the Academic Standards Committee (Post-graduate), the Quality Assurance Committee, and the Research Policy Committee. I have also done a few stints on Senate.
External Memberships
Honorary Research Fellow, Edinburgh Theological Seminary
Associate University Lecturer, University of Glasgow
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
Latest Publications
“James Clerk Maxwell: Faith, Church, and Physics” by Bruce Ritchie
Theology in Scotland, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 106-110Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.15664/tis.v31i2.2813
Enhanced Affinity Propagation Clustering on Heterogeneous Information Network
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsDonald MacCrimmon MacKay (1922 – 1987): Scientist and Accidental Philosopher.: A Critical Appreciation.
Science and Christian Belief, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 83-102Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBehind the eye: Donald M. MacKay and the 1986 Gifford Lectures
Theology in Scotland, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 66-74Contributions to Journals: ArticlesArtificial Intelligence (and Christianity): Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How?
Studies in Christian Ethics, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 604-619Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Research
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Research Overview
My main research was in the area of Model-based Systems and Qualitative reasoning (a branch of AI), but is now in the domain of Theology and Science (focussed on issues in Information and AI).
Current Research Interests:
Theology and Science/ Philosophical Theology
Analytic Theology
Philosophy of Information
Informational Philosophy of Science
Model-based Systems and Qualitative Reasoning
I have been fortunate to be involved in interdisciplinary projects with friends and colleagues across a wide spectrum of disciplines.
- Publications
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Non-constructive interval simulation of dynamic systems
Aberdeen: Department of Computing Science, University of Aberdeen. 44 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsQML-Morven: A Novel Framework for Learning Qualitative Models
Aberdeen: Department of Computing Science, University of Aberdeen. 37 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsExtended Kernel Subsets Analysis for Qualitative Model Learning
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsA fast opt-AINet approach to qualitative model learning with a modified mutation operator.
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsArtificial reaction networks
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsDiagnosis via qualitative parameter estimation
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsFuzzy qualitative reasoning about dynamic systems containing trigonometric relations
International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness & Knowledge Based Systems, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 477-498Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/S021848851100709X
Recent advances in fuzzy qualitative reasoning
International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness & Knowledge Based Systems, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 417-422Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218488511007064
An immune-inspired approach to qualitative system identification of biological pathways
Natural Computing, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 189-207Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAnalysing GCN4 Translational Control in Yeast by Stochastic Chemical Kinetics Modelling and Simulation
BMC Systems Biology, vol. 5, pp. 131Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA quantitative model for mRNA translation in Sacchromyces cerevisiae
Yeast, vol. 27, no. 10, pp. 785-800Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/yea.1770
Learning Qualitative Differential Equation models: a survey of algorithms and applications
Knowledge Engineering Review, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 69-107Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0269888909990348
Learning Qualitative Metabolic Models Using Evolutionary Methods
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/FCST.2010.57
Moving from data to text using causal statements in explanatory narratives
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsQML-AiNet: An Immune-inspired Network Approach to Qualitative Model Learning
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsFuzzy qualitative trigonometry
International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 71-88Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijar.2009.07.003
An Immune-Inspired Approach to Qualitative System Identification of the Detoxification Pathway of Methylglyoxal
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03246-2_17
Incremental state based diagnosis
Advanced Engineering Informatics, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 309-322Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2009.03.003
Fuzzy qualitative behaviour selection
International Journal of Computational Intelligence Research, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 342-356Contributions to Journals: ArticlesQualitative system identification from imperfect data
Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, vol. 32, pp. 825-877Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://www.aaai.org/home.html
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Fuzzy qualitative robot kinematics
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems: a Publication of the IEEE Neural Networks Council, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 808-822Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TFUZZ.2007.905922
Learning qualitative models of the detoxification pathway of methylglyoxal
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsGeometrical representation of quantity space and its application to robot motion description
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74827-4_3
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Incremental fault isolation for dynamic processes
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Qualitative kinematics of planar robots: Intelligent connection
International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 525-541Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijar.2007.02.001
Fuzzy qualitative behaviour prioritisation
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsA quantitative model for the translational control of GCN4 in yeast
Contributions to Conferences: PapersAdvanced experiments for learning qualitative compartment models
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsLearning Qualitative Models of Physical and Biological Systems
Computational Discovery of Scientific Knowledge: Introduction, Techniques, and Applications in Environmental and Life Sciences. Džeroski, S., Todorovski, L. (eds.). Springer, pp. 248-272, 24 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersModified clonal selection algorithm for learning qualitative compartmental models of metabolic systems
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1274049
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/1274000.1274049
EQML- An Evolutionary Qualitative Model Learning Framework
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsEvolutionary approaches for learning qualitative compartment metabolic models
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsQualitative futures
Knowledge Engineering Review, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 317-334Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0269888906200097X
Implementing parallelisations in a fuzzy qualitative reasoning engine
Contributions to Conferences: Papers- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
A model-based approach to robot fault diagnosis
Knowledge-Based Systems, vol. 18, no. 4-5, pp. 225-233Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2004.10.004
On the use of qualitative reasoning to simulate and identify metabolic pathways
Bioinformatics, vol. 21, pp. 2017-2026Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bti255
Qualitative modelling of kinematic robots for fault diagnosis
International Journal of Production Research, vol. 43, no. 11, pp. 2277-2290Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207540500032129
Learning qualitative metabolic models
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsTowards model-based methods for model-based systems
International Journal of General Systems, vol. 33, pp. 485-504Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0308107042000202236
On the specification of multiple models for diagnosis of dynamic systems
AI Communications, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 93-104Contributions to Journals: Articles