Dr Sarah Thomson

Lecturer in Computing Science

Computing Science and Mathematics - Division University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Dr Sarah Thomson

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Hello! I'm lecturer in computing science at the University of Stirling. I have a particular research interest in applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to healthcare and international aid.

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Sleegers J, Thomson SL & Van Den Berg D (2022) Universally Hard Hamiltonian Cycle Problem Instances. In: Bäck T, van Stein B, Wagner C, Garibaldi J, Lam H, Cottrell M, Doctor F, Filipe J, Warwick K & Kacprzyk J (eds.) Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence - ECTA. ECTA 2022 : 14th International Conference on Evolutionary Computation Theory and Applications, Valletta, Malta, 24.10.2022-26.11.2022. SCITEPRESS – Science and Technology Publications, pp. 105-111. https://doi.org/10.5220/0011531900003332

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Thomson SL, Ochoa G & Verel S (2022) Fractal Dimension and Perturbation Strength: A Local Optima Networks View. In: Rudolph G, Kononova AV, Aguirre H, Kerschke P, Ochoa G & Tušar T (eds.) Parallel Problem Solving from Nature. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 13398. Parallel Problem Solving from Nature – PPSN XVII 17th International Conference, PPSN 2022, Dortmund, Germany, 10.09.2022-14.09.2022. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 562-574. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14714-2_39

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Thomson S & Ochoa G (2022) On Funnel Depths and Acceptance Criteria in Stochastic Local Search. In: GECCO '22: Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) 2022, Boston, USA, 09.07.2022-13.07.2022. New York: ACM, pp. 287-295. https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3512290.3528831; https://doi.org/10.1145/3512290.3528831

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Thomson SL & Ochoa G (2020) The Local Optima Level in Chemotherapy Schedule Optimisation. In: Zarges C & Paquete L (eds.) Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization. EvoCOP 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 12102. EvoCOP 2020: European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization, Seville, Spain, 15.04.2020-17.04.2020. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 197-213. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43680-3_13

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Thomson SL, Ochoa G & Verel S (2019) Clarifying the Difference in Local Optima Network Sampling Algorithms. In: Liefooghe A & Paquete L (eds.) Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 11452. The 19th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation, Leipzig, Germany, 24.04.2019-26.04.2019. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, pp. 163-178. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16711-0_11

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Thomson SL, Verel S, Ochoa G, Veerapen N & McMenemy P (2018) On the Fractal Nature of Local Optima Networks. In: Liefooghe A & López-Ibáñez M (eds.) Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization. EvoCOP 2018.. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 10782. EvoCOP 2018 - The 18th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation, Parma, Italy, 04.04.2018-06.04.2018. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 18-33. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77449-7_2

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Thomson S, Verel S, Ochoa G, Veerapen N & Cairns D (2018) Multifractality and Dimensional Determinism in Local Optima Networks. In: Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2018. 2018 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2018), Kyoto, Japan, 15.07.2018-19.07.2018. New York: ACM, pp. 371-378. http://gecco-2018.sigevo.org; https://doi.org/10.1145/3205455.3205472

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Thomson S, Daolio F & Ochoa G (2017) Comparing Communities of Optima with Funnels in Combinatorial Fitness Landscapes. In: Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2017, Berlin, Germany, July 15–19, 2017 (GECCO ’17). GECCO ’17: The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Berlin, Germany, 15.07.2017-19.07.2017. New York: ACM, pp. 377-384. https://doi.org/10.1145/3071178.3071211

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Thomson S, Ochoa G, Daolio F & Veerapen N (2017) The Effect of Landscape Funnels in QAPLIB Instances. In: Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion 2017, Berlin, Germany, July 15–19, 2017 (GECCO ’17). GECCO ’17: The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Berlin, Germany, 15.07.2017-19.07.2017. New York: ACM, pp. 1495-1500. https://doi.org/10.1145/3067695.3082512

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