Dr Roman Belavkin
| Name | Dr Roman Belavkin |
|---|---|
| Job title | Associate Professor in Informatics |
| Research institute | |
| Primary appointment | Computer Science |
| Email address | r.belavkin@mdx.ac.uk |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2356-1447 |
| Contact category | Academic staff |
Biography
Biography Roman Belavkin obtained MSc in Physics from the Moscow State University and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Nottingham. His research interests span several areas including geometric analysis of optimal and learning systems, dynamics of information, value of information, quantum information, topology of information, geometry and combinatorics of mutation and recombination of sequences, optimal control of evolutionary algorithms, cognitive modelling. Roman joined Middlesex University in 2002, where he participated in several research projects and organized research seminars of the Artificial Intelligence group. From 2009 Roman has been the Principle Investigator of the EPSRC project `SANDPIT: Evolution as an Information Dynamic System', which was led by Middlesex University in collaboration with Universities of Manchester, Keele and Warwick. In this project, Roman developed a theory of optimal control of mutation rate in evolutionary systems, and the team discovered plastic mutation rates in microbes (https://doi.org/skb , https://doi.org/cb9s). Roman's current work is on geometric and dynamic value of information theory, which has applications in parameter control and optimization of learning, adaptive and evolving systems. Roman has many international collaborations: He has been an associate member of the `Centre of Applied Optimization' in the University of Florida, USA; his collaboration with Tokyo University of Science was recognized in 2014 by the award from the university's president Professor Akira Fujishima. Roman has been a keynote speaker at many international conferences, workshops and research seminars. He also serves on the editorial board of the `Optimization Letters' and `SN Operations Research Forum' journals.
Teaching Current PhD students: Silviu Tudor Marc, Hyperparameter Control in Deep Learning Neural Networks. Director of studies. Completed PhD students: Chwalinski, P., Intrusion detection with Clustering and Information Theoretic measurements. Director of studies. Completed in 2014. Parvizi, A., Automatic Concept Addition to Ontologies Aided by Semantics. Director of studies. Completed in 2012. Nadh, K., Modelling Associative Memory with Cell-Assemblies. 2nd supervisor. Completed in 2011. Jamshed, F., Symbol Grounding with Cell-Assemblies. 2nd supervisor. Completed in 2011. Yurinskiy, D., A Dempster-Shafer Theory Inspired Logic. Director of studies. Completed in 2009.
Education and qualifications
Grants
Adaptive landscapes of antibiotic resistance: population size and `survival-of-the-flattest'
01 Aug 2015
BB/M021106/1
BBSRC
The theory and practice of evolvability: Effects and mechanisms of mutation rate
01 Feb 2014
BBSRC
SANDPIT: Evolution as an Information Dynamic System
01 Jan 2010
EP/H031936/1
EPSRC
Natural Language Parsing with Cell Assemblies: computational linguistics with attractor nets
01 Jan 2006
EP/DO59720
EPSRC
Research Network on Blind Source Separation and Independent Component Analysis
01 Apr 2005
EP/C005554/1
EPSRC
Projects
- n. 102334
Prizes and Awards
Evidence to public body
External activities
Research outputs
An evolutionary approach to automated class-specific data augmentation for image classification
Marc, S., Belavkin, R., Windridge, D. and Gao, X. 2024. An evolutionary approach to automated class-specific data augmentation for image classification. Moosaei, H., Hladík, M. and Pardalos, P. (ed.) 6th International Conference on the Dynamics of Information Systems. Prague, Czech Republic 03 - 06 Dec 2023 Springer. pp. 170–185 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50320-7_12Value of information in the mean-square case and its application to the analysis of financial time-series forecast
Belavkin, R., Pardalos, P. and Principe, J. 2023. Value of information in the mean-square case and its application to the analysis of financial time-series forecast. Simos, D., Rasskazova, V., Archetti, F., Kotsireas, I. and Pardalos, P. (ed.) 16th International Conference on Learning and Intelligent Optimization. Milos Island, Greece 05 - 10 Jun 2022 Cham Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24866-5_39Value of information in the binary case and confusion matrix
Belavkin, R., Pardalos, P. and Principe, J. 2022. Value of information in the binary case and confusion matrix. 41st International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering. Paris, France 18 - 22 Jul 2022 MDPI. pp. 1-9 https://doi.org/10.3390/psf2022005008Theory of Information and its Value
Stratonovich, R. Belavkin, R., Pardalos, P. and Principe, J. (ed.) 2020. Theory of Information and its Value. Springer.Environmental pleiotropy and demographic history direct adaptation under antibiotic selection
Gifford, D., Krašovec, R., Aston, E., Belavkin, R., Channon, A. and Knight, C. 2018. Environmental pleiotropy and demographic history direct adaptation under antibiotic selection. Heredity. 121 (5), pp. 438-448. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-018-0137-3Opposing effects of final population density and stress on Escherichia coli mutation rate
Krašovec, R., Richards, H., Gifford, D., Belavkin, R., Channon, A., Aston, E., McBain, A. and Knight, C. 2018. Opposing effects of final population density and stress on Escherichia coli mutation rate. The ISME journal. 12 (12), pp. 2981-2987. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0237-3Relation between the Kantorovich-Wasserstein metric and the Kullback-Leibler divergence
Belavkin, R. 2018. Relation between the Kantorovich-Wasserstein metric and the Kullback-Leibler divergence. IGAIA IV 2016: Information Geometry and Its Applications. Liblice, Czech Republic 12 - 17 Jun 2016 Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97798-0_15Critical mutation rate has an exponential dependence on population size for eukaryotic-length genomes with crossover
Aston, E., Channon, A., Belavkin, R., Gifford, D., Krašovec, R. and Knight, C. 2017. Critical mutation rate has an exponential dependence on population size for eukaryotic-length genomes with crossover. Scientific Reports. 7 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14628-xSpontaneous mutation rate is a plastic trait associated with population density across domains of life
Krašovec, R., Richards, H., Gifford, D., Hatcher, C., Faulkner, K., Belavkin, R., Channon, A., Aston, E., McBain, A. and Knight, C. 2017. Spontaneous mutation rate is a plastic trait associated with population density across domains of life. PLOS Biology. 15 (8). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2002731Monotonicity of fitness landscapes and mutation rate control
Belavkin, R., Channon, A., Aston, E., Aston, J., Krašovec, R. and Knight, C. 2016. Monotonicity of fitness landscapes and mutation rate control. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 73 (6-7), pp. 1491-1524. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-016-0995-3Asymmetric topologies on statistical manifolds
Belavkin, R. 2015. Asymmetric topologies on statistical manifolds. 2nd International Conference on Geometric Science of Information. Palaiseau, France 28 - 30 Oct 2015 Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25040-3_23Asymmetry of risk and value of information
Belavkin, R. 2014. Asymmetry of risk and value of information. in: Vogiatzis, C., Walteros, J. and Pardalos, P. (ed.) Dynamics of Information Systems: Computational and Mathematical Challenges Springer.On variational definition of quantum entropy
Belavkin, R. 2014. On variational definition of quantum entropy. 34th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering (MaxEnt 2014). Clos Lucé, Amboise, France 21 - 26 Sep 2014 American Institute of Physics (AIP). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4905979Where antibiotic resistance mutations meet quorum-sensing
Krašovec, R., Belavkin, R., Aston, J., Channon, A., Aston, E., Rash, B., Kadirvel, M., Forbes, S. and Knight, C. 2014. Where antibiotic resistance mutations meet quorum-sensing. Microbial Cell. 1 (7), pp. 250-252. https://doi.org/10.15698/mic2014.07.158Mutation rate plasticity in rifampicin resistance depends on Escherichia coli cell–cell interactions
Krašovec, R., Belavkin, R., Aston, J., Channon, A., Aston, E., Rash, B., Kadirvel, M., Forbes, S. and Knight, C. 2014. Mutation rate plasticity in rifampicin resistance depends on Escherichia coli cell–cell interactions. Nature Communications. 5, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4742Local semantic indexing for resource discovery on overlay network using mobile agents
Singh, M., Cheng, X. and Belavkin, R. 2014. Local semantic indexing for resource discovery on overlay network using mobile agents. International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems. 7 (3), pp. 432-455. https://doi.org/10.1080/18756891.2013.856257Law of cosines and Shannon-Pythagorean theorem for quantum information
Belavkin, R. 2013. Law of cosines and Shannon-Pythagorean theorem for quantum information. in: Nielsen, F. and Barbaresco, F. (ed.) Geometric Science of Information : First International Conference, GSI 2013, Paris, France, August 28-30, 2013. Proceedings Berlin Springer.Minimum of information distance criterion for optimal control of mutation rate in evolutionary systems
Belavkin, R. 2013. Minimum of information distance criterion for optimal control of mutation rate in evolutionary systems. in: Accardi, L., Freudenberg, W. and Ohya, M. (ed.) Quantum Bio-Informatics V : Proceedings of the Quantum Bio-Informatics 2011. Tokyo University of Science, Japan, 7 – 12 March 2011 World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd.Dynamics of information and optimal control of mutation in evolutionary systems
Belavkin, R. 2012. Dynamics of information and optimal control of mutation in evolutionary systems. in: Sorokin, A., Murphey, R., Thai, M. and Pardalos, P. (ed.) Dynamics of Information Systems: Mathematical Foundations New York Springer.Optimal measures and Markov transition kernels
Belavkin, R. 2013. Optimal measures and Markov transition kernels. Journal of Global Optimization. 55 (2), pp. 387-416. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10898-012-9851-1Maximal connectivity and constraints in the human brain
Belavkin, R. 2012. Maximal connectivity and constraints in the human brain. in: Pardalos, P., Coleman, T. and Xanthopoulos, P. (ed.) Optimization and data analysis in biomedical informatics New York Springer.Mutation and optimal search of sequences in nested Hamming spaces
Belavkin, R. 2011. Mutation and optimal search of sequences in nested Hamming spaces. IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW). Paraty, Brazil 16 - 20 Oct 2011 IEEE. pp. 90-94 https://doi.org/10.1109/ITW.2011.6089592Critical mutation rate has an exponential dependence on population size
Channon, A., Aston, E., Day, C., Belavkin, R. and Knight, C. 2011. Critical mutation rate has an exponential dependence on population size. Lenaerts, T., Giacobini, M., Bersini, H., Bourgine, P., Dorigo, M. and Doursat, R. (ed.) ECAL 2011: The 11th European Conference on Artificial Life. Paris, France 08 - 12 Aug 2011 The MIT Press. pp. 117-124 https://doi.org/10.7551/978-0-262-29714-1-ch021Theory and practice of optimal mutation rate control in Hamming spaces of DNA sequences
Belavkin, R., Channon, A., Aston, E., Aston, J. and Knight, C. 2011. Theory and practice of optimal mutation rate control in Hamming spaces of DNA sequences. Lenaerts, T., Giacobini, M., Bersini, H., Bourgine, P., Dorigo, M. and Doursat, R. (ed.) ECAL 2011: The 11th European Conference on Artificial Life. Paris, France 08 - 12 Aug 2011 The MIT Press. pp. 85-92 https://doi.org/10.7551/978-0-262-29714-1-ch017On evolution of an information dynamic system and its generating operator
Belavkin, R. 2012. On evolution of an information dynamic system and its generating operator. Optimization Letters. 6 (5), pp. 827-840. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11590-011-0325-zConflict resolution and learning probability matching in a neural cell-assembly architecture
Belavkin, R. and Huyck, C. 2011. Conflict resolution and learning probability matching in a neural cell-assembly architecture. Cognitive Systems Research. 12 (2), pp. 93-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsys.2010.08.003Resource discovery using mobile agents
Singh, M., Cheng, X. and Belavkin, R. 2010. Resource discovery using mobile agents. Frontier of Computer Science and Technology (FCST), 2010 Fifth International Conference. Changchun, Jilin Province 18 - 22 Aug 2010 IEEE. pp. 72 -77 https://doi.org/10.1109/FCST.2010.93Information trajectory of optimal learning
Belavkin, R. 2010. Information trajectory of optimal learning. in: Hirsch, M., Pardalos, P. and Murphey, R. (ed.) Dynamics of Information Systems: Theory and Applications Springer.Emergence of rules in cell assemblies of fLIF neurons.
Belavkin, R. and Huyck, C. 2008. Emergence of rules in cell assemblies of fLIF neurons. The 18th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence. University of Patras, Greece 21 - 25 Jul 2008Utility and value of information in cognitive science, biology and quantum theory.
Belavkin, R. 2010. Utility and value of information in cognitive science, biology and quantum theory. Accardi, L., Freudenberg, W. and Ohya, M. (ed.) Quantum Bio-Informatics III. Tokyo, Japan 11 - 14 Mar 2009 London World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd. pp. 33-47 https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814304061_0004A model of probability matching in a two-choice task based on stochastic control of learning in neural cell-assemblies.
Belavkin, R. and Huyck, C. 2009. A model of probability matching in a two-choice task based on stochastic control of learning in neural cell-assemblies. 9th International conference on cognitive modelling {ICCM 2009]. University of Manchester 24 - 26 Jul 2009Bounds of optimal learning
Belavkin, R. 2009. Bounds of optimal learning. 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Adaptive Dynamic Programming and Reinforcement Learning. Nashville, TN, USA 30 Mar - 02 Apr 2009 IEEE. pp. 199-204 https://doi.org/10.1109/ADPRL.2009.4927545Counting with neurons: rule application with nets of fatiguing leaking integrate and fire neurons.
Huyck, C. and Belavkin, R. 2006. Counting with neurons: rule application with nets of fatiguing leaking integrate and fire neurons. 7th International Conference on Cognitive Modelling. Trieste, Italy pp. 142-147The duality of utility and information in optimally learning systems
Belavkin, R. 2008. The duality of utility and information in optimally learning systems. 7th IEEE International Conference on Cybernetic Intelligent Systems. London, UK 09 - 10 Sep 2008 London IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/UKRICIS.2008.4798960Do neural models scale up to a human brain?
Belavkin, R. 2007. Do neural models scale up to a human brain? International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2007). Orlando, Florida 12 - 17 Aug 2007 IEEE. pp. 2312-2317 https://doi.org/10.1109/IJCNN.2007.4371319Towards a theory of decision-making without paradoxes.
Belavkin, R. 2006. Towards a theory of decision-making without paradoxes. Fum, D., Missier, F. and Stocco, A. (ed.) Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Trieste, Italy 05 - 08 Apr 2006 Trieste, Italy Edizioni Goliardiche. pp. 38-43Towards a theory of decision-making with paradoxes.
Belavkin, R. 2006. Towards a theory of decision-making with paradoxes. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Cognitive Modelling. Trieste, Italy 2006 pp. 38-43Acting irrationally to improve performance in stochastic worlds
Belavkin, R. 2005. Acting irrationally to improve performance in stochastic worlds. Bramer, M., Coenen, F. and Allen, T. (ed.) 25th SGAI International Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence. Cambridge, UK 2005 Springer. pp. 305-316 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-226-3_23Entropy and information in models of learning behaviour
Belavkin, R. 2005. Entropy and information in models of learning behaviour. AISB Quarterly. 119, pp. 5-5.On relation between emotion and entropy
Belavkin, R. 2004. On relation between emotion and entropy. AISB'04 Symposium on Emotion, Cognition and Affective Computing. Leeds UK pp. 1-8OPTIMIST: A new conflict resolution algorithm for ACT-R.
Belavkin, R. and Ritter, F. 2004. OPTIMIST: A new conflict resolution algorithm for ACT-R. Sixth International Conference on Cognitive Modelling. Mahwah, NJ pp. 40-45Learning behaviour patterns of classroom and distance students using flexible learning resources.
Dimitrova, M., Belavkin, R., Milankovic-Atkinson, M., Sadler, C. and Murphy, A. 2003. Learning behaviour patterns of classroom and distance students using flexible learning resources. in: Lee, K. and Mitchell, K. (ed.) International conference on computers in education 2003: a conference of the Asia-Pacific chapter of the association for the advancement of computing in education (AACE). Hong Kong ICCE.The use of entropy for analysis and control of cognitive models
Belavkin, R. and Ritter, F. 2003. The use of entropy for analysis and control of cognitive models. The Fifth International Conference on Cognitive Modelling. Bamberg, Germany 2003 pp. 21-26Conflict resolution by random estimated costs
Belavkin, R. 2003. Conflict resolution by random estimated costs. 17th European Simulation Multiconference. Nottingham UK pp. 105-1102719
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