Prof Ian Gent
Professor
Research areas
Combinatorial search problems in artificial intelligence.
Current Research Projects include :
Integrating modern tools for computational group theory with constraint programming tools to solve difficult problems in areas such as scheduling and timetabling.
This is leading to exciting interdisciplinary research between Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics.
PhD supervision
- Mustafa Abdelwahed
Selected publications
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Open access
Breaking the symmetries of indistinguishable objects
Akgun, O., Chang, M. S., Gent, I. P. & Jefferson, C. A., 2025, Integration of constraint programming, artificial intelligence, and operations research: 22nd international conference, CPAIOR 2025, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, November 10–13, 2025, proceedings, Part I. Tack, G. (ed.). Cham: Springer, p. 152-168 (Lecture notes in computer science; vol. 15762).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Open access
Constraint models for Klondike
Dang, N., Gent, I. P., Nightingale, P., Ulrich-Oltean, F. & Waller, J., 8 Aug 2025, 31st international conference on principles and practice of constraint programming, CP 2025. de la Banda, M. G. (ed.). Saarbrücken/Wadern: Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing, p. 1-20 20 p. 9. (Leibniz international proceedings in informatics (LIPIcs); vol. 340).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Open access
Cross-paradigm modelling: a study of Puzznic
Espasa, J., Gent, I. P., Miguel, I., Nightingale, P., Salamon, A. Z. & Villaret, M., 28 Jan 2025, Proceedings - 2024 IEEE 36th international conference on tools with artificial intelligence (ICTAI 2024). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Computer Society, p. 89-95 7 p. 10849509. (Proceedings - International conference on tools with artificial intelligence (ICTAI)).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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TabID: automatic identification and tabulation of subproblems in constraint models
Akgun, O., Gent, I. P., Jefferson, C. A., Kiziltan, Z., Miguel, I. J., Nightingale, P., Salamon, A. Z. & Ulrich-Oltean, F., 30 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research. 82, p. 1999-2056 58 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bridging the gap between structural and semantic similarity in diverse planning
Abdelwahed, M., Espasa Arxer, J., Toniolo, A. & Gent, I. P., 10 Jul 2023. 7 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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CONJURE: Automatic generation of constraint models from problem specifications (extended abstract)
Akgün, Ö., Frisch, A. M., Gent, I. P., Jefferson, C., Miguel, I. & Nightingale, P., 19 Aug 2023, Proceedings of the 32nd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2023). Elkind, E. (ed.). International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence, p. 6833-6838 6 p. (IJCAI International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence; vol. 2023-August).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Towards a model of Puzznic
Espasa, J., Gent, I. P., Miguel, I., Nightingale, P., Salamon, A. Z. & Villaret, M., 27 Aug 2023, p. 1-16. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Automatic tabulation in constraint models
Akgün, Ö., Gent, I. P., Jefferson, C., Kiziltan, Z., Miguel, I., Nightingale, P., Salamon, A. Z. & Ulrich-Oltean, F., 26 Feb 2022, (Submitted) 51 p.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Open access
CONJURE: automatic generation of constraint models from problem specifications
Akgun, O., Frisch, A. M., Gent, I. P., Jefferson, C., Miguel, I. J. & Nightingale, P., 1 Sept 2022, In: Artificial Intelligence. 310, 27 p., 103751.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Depressed academics: building a group blog community
Vejdemo-Johansson, M. & Gent, I. P., 25 May 2021, Lived experiences of ableism in academia: strategies for inclusion in higher education. Brown, N. (ed.). Bristol: Policy Press, p. 265-282 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter