Peter Andras
peter andras

Prof Peter Andras

Dean of School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

 0131 455 2456

  P.Andras@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Professor Peter Andras is the Dean of the Schools of Computing and Engineering & the Built Environment since August 2021.

Previously Peter was the Head of the School of Computing and Mathematics (2017 – 2021) and Professor of Computer Science and Informatics at Keele University from 2014 – 2021. Prior to this he worked at Newcastle University in the School of Computing (2002 – 2014) and the Department of Psychology (2000 – 2002).

He has a PhD in Mathematical Analysis of Artificial Neural Networks (2000), MSc in Artificial Intelligence (1996) and BSc in Computer Science (1995), all from the Babes-Bolyai University, Romania.

Peter’s research interests span a range of subjects including artificial intelligence, machine learning, complex systems, agent-based modelling, software engineering, systems theory, neuroscience, modelling and analysis of biological and social systems. He has worked on many research projects, mostly in collaboration with other researchers in computer science, psychology, chemistry, electronic engineering, mathematics, economics and other areas. His research projects have received around £2.5 million funding, his papers have been cited by over 2,400 times and his h-index is 25 according to Google Scholar.

Peter has extensive experience of working with industry, including several KTP projects and three university spin-out companies, one of which is on the London Stock Exchange since 2007 – eTherapeutics plc.

Peter is member of the Board of Governors of the International Neural Network Society (INNS), Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and member of the UK Computing Research Committee (UKCRC), IEEE Computer Society, Society for Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB), International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL) and the Society for Neuroscience (SfN).

Peter serves on the EPSRC Peer Review College, the Royal Society International Exchanges Panel and the Royal Society APEX Awards Review College. He is also regularly serving as review panel member and project assessor for EU funding agencies.

Outside academia, Peter has an interest in politics and community affairs. He served as local councillor in Newcastle upon Tyne, parish councillor in Keele and stood in general elections for the Parliament. He has experience of working with and leading community organisations and leading a not-for-profit regional development consultancy and project management organisation.

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Grant Funding Panel Member

  • EPSRC grant panel member
  • EU Horizon 2020 / Horizon Europe / FP6 / FP7 grant panel member
  • Austria FIT IT grant panel member

 

Grant Reviewer

  • Leverhulme Trust grant reviewer
  • MRC grant reviewer
  • Austria FIT IT grant reviewer
  • BBSRC grant reviewer
  • EPSRC grant reviewer
  • EU Horizon 2020 / Horizon Europe / FP6 / FP7 grant reviewer

 

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Identifying components of a network having high importance for network integrity

Patent
Young, M. P., Andras, P. E., & O'Neill, M. A. (2009)
Identifying components of a network having high importance for network integrity. US20090062136A1
A computer system (2) is provided which is arranged to receive network data (1) identifying nodes and links between nodes. The computer system (2) processes the input network ...

Uncertainty and communication complexity in iterated cooperation games

Conference Proceeding
Andras, P. (2008)
Uncertainty and communication complexity in iterated cooperation games. In Artificial Life XI 2008 (9-16
Iterated cooperation games (e.g. Prisoner’s Dilemma) are used to analyze the emergence and evolution of cooperation among selfish individuals. Uncertainty of outcomes of games...

Views on chemical safety information and influences on chemical disposal behaviour in the UK

Journal Article
Hinks, J., Bush, J., Andras, P., Garratt, J., Pigott, G., Kennedy, A., & Pless-Mulloli, T. (2009)
Views on chemical safety information and influences on chemical disposal behaviour in the UK. Science of the Total Environment, 407(4), 1299-1306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.10.056
This study examined how groups representing four tiers in the chemical supply chain (manufacturers, vendors, workers and consumers) understood safety information, and the fact...

Uncertainty in iterated cooperation games

Conference Proceeding
Andras, P. (2008)
Uncertainty in iterated cooperation games. In 2008 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence) (593-599). https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2008.4630856
The emergence and evolution of cooperation among selfish individuals is a key question of theoretical biology. Uncertainty of outcomes of interactions between individuals is a...

Unsupervised segmentation of cell nuclei using geometric models

Conference Proceeding
Fitch, S., Jackson, T., Andras, P., & Robson, C. (2008)
Unsupervised segmentation of cell nuclei using geometric models. In 2008 5th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro (728-731). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISBI.2008.4541099
Fluorescent microscopy of biological samples allows non-invasive screening of specific molecular events in-situ. This approach is useful for investigating intricate signalling...

Stimulating revolutionary science with mega-cash prizes

Journal Article
Charlton, B. G., & Andras, P. (2008)
Stimulating revolutionary science with mega-cash prizes. Medical Hypotheses, 70(4), 709-713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2008.01.001
We argue that the most ambitious science is intrinsically riskier science, more likely to fail. It is almost always a safer career strategy for the best scientists to seek to ...

‘Down-shifting’ among top UK scientists? – The decline of ‘revolutionary science’ and the rise of ‘normal science’ in the UK compared with the USA

Journal Article
Charlton, B. G., & Andras, P. (2008)
‘Down-shifting’ among top UK scientists? – The decline of ‘revolutionary science’ and the rise of ‘normal science’ in the UK compared with the USA. Medical Hypotheses, 70(3), 465-472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2007.12.004
It is sometimes asserted that UK science is thriving, at other times that it has declined. We suggest that both assertions are partly true because the UK is thriving with resp...

Evolutionary optimization of parameters for distributed virtual environments

Conference Proceeding
Parkin, S. E., Andras, P., & Morgan, G. (2008)
Evolutionary optimization of parameters for distributed virtual environments. In 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (1390-1397). https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2007.4424633
In a distributed virtual environment interest management schemes attempt to ensure virtual world objects exchange messages only if they are interacting. This provides an oppor...

Complex Biological Memory Conceptualized as an Abstract Communication System – Human Long Term Memories Grow in Complexity during Sleep and Undergo Selection while Awake

Book Chapter
Charlton, B. G., & Andras, P. (2007)
Complex Biological Memory Conceptualized as an Abstract Communication System – Human Long Term Memories Grow in Complexity during Sleep and Undergo Selection while Awake. In L. I. Perlovsky, & R. Kozma (Eds.), Neurodynamics of Cognition and Consciousness (325-339). Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73267-9_15
Biological memory in humans and other animals with a central nervous system is often extremely complex in its organization and functioning.A description of memory from the per...

Environmental adversity and uncertainty favour cooperation

Journal Article
Andras, P., Lazarus, J., & Roberts, G. (2007)
Environmental adversity and uncertainty favour cooperation. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 7, Article 240 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-240
Background A major cornerstone of evolutionary biology theory is the explanation of the emergence of cooperation in communities of selfish individuals. There is an unexplained...

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