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
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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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
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Open access
Towards generic explanations for pen and paper puzzles with MUSes
Espasa Arxer, J., Gent, I. P., Hoffmann, R., Jefferson, C., McIlree, M. J. & Lynch, A. M., 2 Jul 2021, Proceedings of the SICSA eXplainable Artifical Intelligence Workshop 2021. Martin, K., Wiratunga, N. & Wijekoon, A. (eds.). p. 56-63 8 p. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings; vol. 2894).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Open access
Towards reformulating Essence specifications for robustness
Akgün, Ö., Frisch, A. M., Gent, I. P., Jefferson, C., Miguel, I., Nightingale, P. & Salamon, A. Z., 25 Oct 2021, ModRef 2021 - The 20th workshop on Constraint Modelling and Reformulation (ModRef). 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Open access
Using small MUSes to explain how to solve pen and paper puzzles
Espasa Arxer, J., Gent, I. P., Hoffmann, R., Jefferson, C. & Lynch, A. M., 30 Apr 2021.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Open access
Solving computational problems in the theory of word-representable graphs
Akgün, Ö., Gent, I. P., Kitaev, S. & Zantema, H., 24 Feb 2019, In: Journal of Integer Sequences. 22, 2, 17 p., 19.2.5.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review