Research Interests

• Swarm Intelligence and Self-Organization
• Coordination Models, Languages and Systems
• Biologically Inspired Computing: Genetic Algorithms, Neural Networks, Evolutionary Computation
• Communication in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks
• Mobile Agents & Mobile Computation

Projects

• SwarmLinda: A Swarm-based Approach to Scalable Linda Systems 
• LogOp: Using Logical Operators to Improve the Expressiveness of Linda
• AdapTime: Adaptive Logical Time in Linda Coordination Systems
• Natus: Nature take on Software Engineering

Current Students

• Steve Dotson (MSc)

Associated Students

• Christopher Roach (Harris Corporation)
• Rafael Silva (7 de Setembro University, Brazil)
• Adriano Melo (University of Fortaleza, Brazil)

List of Past and Present Collaborators

• Márcio Braga
• Angelo Brayner
• André Coelho
• Muddassar Farooq
• Richard Ford
• Vasco Furtado
• Marco Mamei
• Iain Merrick
• Andrea Omicini
• Sascha Ossowski
• Eraldo Ribeiro
• André dos Santos
• João Carlos Setubal
• Douglas Smith
  
• Robert Tolksdorf
• Mirko Viroli
• Alan Wood
• Franco Zambonelli

Alumni

• James Snyder
• Zeeshan Usmani
• Francisco Martins
• Paresh Dhakan
• Praveen Parameswaran
  
• Sandeep Thikkavarapu
• Madhan Thirukonda
• Milan Ramaiya
  
• Jon Adams
  
• Ahmed Charles
• Francisca Emanuelle Vieira