Artificial Intelligence News
Martin Costa successfully defends his PhD thesis
Many congratulations to Martin Costa for passing his PhD viva, with Prof Long Tran-Thanh (Warwick) and Dr Christian Konrad (Bristol) as examiners. During his PhD, Martin worked on two distinct topics in algorithms - clustering and edge coloring. His work on clustering led to a Google PhD fellowship, whereas his work on edge coloring (the topic of his thesis) led to a best paper award at STOC. Taken together, Martin published 7 papers in STOC/FOCS/SODA, 2 papers in ICML/NeurIPS, and 1 student paper in ICALP. We wish Martin all the very best for the next stage of his career.
Postgraduate Prize Winners 2024/25
Announcing our MSc Academic Prize Winners!
Imran Khan joins the department as a Teaching Fellow
We are pleased to announce that Dr Imran Khan has recently joined the Department of Computer Science as a Teaching Fellow. Although new to the department, Imran has engaged with Warwick before—first through a secondment during a previous postdoctoral position, and more recently as a Research Fellow in the Department of Psychology.
Imran’s research focuses on embodied and enactive cognition within social systems, with particular interest in how and why emotions, social interactions, and relationships contribute to adaptive self‑organisation in biological systems. He primarily uses computational models to investigate these questions, aiming to draw insights from natural systems that may help inform the development of more adaptive artificial systems.
Imran believes computer scientists bring a distinctive mode of thinking to complex problems and encourages students to apply computational approaches when exploring questions across diverse disciplines. He is also passionate about science communication and is committed to making complex ideas accessible to wider audiences through podcast hosting, educational workshops, summer schools, and other outreach activities.
The department looks forward to the contributions Imran will bring in the months ahead. Colleagues and students are warmly invited to reach out to discuss research, teaching, outreach, or anything in between.
We welcome him to the department.