I started my Ph.D. in artificial intelligence, but since then the focus has changed. However, the main application of my work is still in Ai. Also, it remains to me one of the most interesting fields around. Onward, then, to my Artificial intelligence page.

Trying to make systems that learn, it becomes important to ask why some things are easier to learn than others. The answer seems simple; some things are more 'complex' and hence harder to learn. But what is complexity, and its ever so sweet antipole, simplicity. Having posed this question, I'll demur from going into details of possible answers. My own thoughts on this subject are too technical to list. However, ideas in this area lead to a more readily understandable bit of research: a computational theory of order.

Order is present all orund us, and science is the study of this order. Each scientific theory elicits an instance of order. For example, chemistry illuminates the order present in the interactions amongst atoms and molecules. Thermodynamics uncovers the relationships between heat and other forms of energy. Biology attemps to understand the order present in living systems. But is there something that would be common amongst all these instances of order? If there exists such a unifying thread, then it would be something general that we can say about order itself. I approached this question from a computational standpoint and came up with some rather interesting conclusions. More about this on my CTO page (coming soon).