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October 2011

Liverpool University Professor awarded £2million ERC Advanced Grant

Professor Mike Wooldridge of the School of Electrical Engineering, Electronics, and Computer Science has been awarded a £2million Advanced Grant from the European Research Council to develop the theory and tools to understand how economic factors and self-interested behaviour affect the way that computer systems function.

This area of research is both timely and necessary, as current tools for analysing computer systems fail to take into account economic factors, which are prevalent in settings such as e-commerce.

Professor Wooldridge said: "This research grant confirms the international reputation of the Department of Computer Science for fundamental and applied research particularly in the area of artificial intelligence."

The European Research Council (ERC) supports high-quality research in Europe through a competitive, peer-reviewed funding programme. The prestigious ERC Advanced Grant scheme, under which RACE is funded, is intended to support internationally leading researchers. The University of Liverpool currently hosts two other ERC Advanced Grants, held by Prof Matt Rosseinsky (Department of Chemistry), and Prof John Dainton (Department of Physics).

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