• School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University

      B4 7ET Birmingham

      United Kingdom

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    My work is in the area of artificial intelligence. I am particularly interested in applying machine learning techniques to intelligent agents and multi-agent systems, with a focus on smart cities applications. Feel free to contact me regarding PhD topics within these areas.

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    Research Interests

    My work is in the area of artificial intelligence. I am particularly interested in applying machine learning techniques to intelligent agents and multi-agent systems, with a focus on smart cities applications.

    Teaching Activity

    Undergraduate modules

    CS2230 Operating Systems, CS3340 Multi-agent Systems

    In the past I have also taught CS2300 Java Program Construction.

    Postgraduate modules

    Multi-agent systems and Strategic Decision Making

    Qualifications

    2001-2005 Imperial College London 
    PhD in Intelligent Systems

    1997-2001 Imperial College London 
    MEng Computing

    2006-2007 Aston University 
    Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education 

    Employment

    2019 Aston University 
    Reader in Computer Science

    2016 Aston University 
    Director of the Computer Science Industry Club

    2016 Aston University 
    Deputy Head, Computer Science 

    2006- 2019 Aston University 
    Senior Lecturer in Computer Science

    2006- 2012 Aston University 
    Lecturer in Computer Science

    2001-2006 Imperial College London 
    Research Assistant, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Intelligent Systems and Networks Section.

    April-Sept. 2000 and June-Sept. 1999 J.P.Morgan Investment Management 
    Industrial Placements as a Software Analyst 

    Contact Details

    Phone number: 0121 204 3443 

    Email: chlim@aston.ac.uk  

    Room number: MB211H

    Education/Academic qualification

    PG Dip, Certificate in Learning and Teaching

    Award Date: 23 Jul 2007

    PhD, Imperial College London

    Award Date: 19 Jan 2006

    MSc, Computer Science, Imperial College London

    Award Date: 20 Jun 2001

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      Garg, D., Chli, M. & Vogiatzis, G., 9 May 2022, Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems (AAMAS 2022). ACM, p. 454-462 9 p. (Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS; vol. 1).

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    • Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Traffic optimization through Multiple Road Intersections using Live Camera Feed

      Garg, D., Chli, M. & Vogiatzis, G., 24 Dec 2020, 2020 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2020. IEEE, 9294375. (2020 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2020).

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    • A Deep Reinforcement Learning Agent for Traffic Intersection Control Optimization

      Garg, D., Chli, M. & Vogiatzis, G., 28 Nov 2019, 2019 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, ITSC 2019. IEEE, p. 4222-4229 8 p. 8917361

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    • Domain adaptation for reinforcement learning on the Atari

      Carr, T., Chli, M. & Vogiatzis, G., 8 May 2019, 18th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2019. ACM, p. 1859-1861 3 p. (Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS; vol. 4).

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    • Traffic3d: A rich 3D-traffic environment to train intelligent agents

      Garg, D., Chli, M. & Vogiatzis, G., 8 Jun 2019, Computational Science - ICCS 2019 - 19th International Conference, 2019, Proceedings. Rodrigues, J. M. F., Cardoso, P. J. S., Monteiro, J., Lam, R., Krzhizhanovskaya, V. V., Lees, M. H., Sloot, P. M. A. & Dongarra, J. J. (eds.). Springer, p. 749-755 7 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 11540 LNCS).

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