Summary
I am an Assistant Professor in the Computational Optimisation Group (COG) within the Department of Computing, supported by the BASF / RAEng Senior Research Fellowship in Scale-Bridging Modelling and Optimisation. My research interests are in the areas of optimisation algorithms, process dynamics/control, optimisation for machine learning, and process systems engineering.
Available Positions
Funded PhD Position in Optimisation and Machine Learning
Recent News
- July 2025: We presented two papers at ICML in Vancouver EARL-BO: Reinforcement Learning for Multi-Step Lookahead, High-Dimensional Bayesian Optimization by Mujin Cheon and Certification for Differentially Private Prediction in Gradient-Based Training by Philip Sosnin and Matt Wicker
- March 2025: Dr Lavinia Ghilardi joins the group. Welcome!
- Jan 2025: Celebrating the new year at the F1 Arcade with the van der Wilk group!

- Sept 2024: Dr Gabriel PatrĂ³n joins the group. Welcome!
- March 2024: I began the BASF/Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Research Fellowship in Scale-Bridging Modelling and Optimisation
- Oct 2023: Starting the autumn by welcoming PhD students, Becky, Phil, and Yilin!

- Sept 2023: Antonio (UC3M) and Mujin (KAIST) join the group as visitors. Welcome!