Research Interests

jas.Research

Databases: access methods, query optimisation, performance analysis
Education via Internet: Generic: learning management systems, learning environments, question-answering
Comp Sci: algorithm animation, novice programming environments
Other: middle east politics simulations
Image Databases: spatio-temporal data models, high-dimensional index methods, similarity metrics
Knowledge Management: information extraction from unstructured sources
adaptive knowledge systems for organisations
Information Filtering: adaptive agents for filtering Internet news
Web Search Engines: how to make the damn things more accurate/relevant & faster
Deductive Databases: indexing methods, inductive logic programming
Functional Programming: debugging, educational uses, implementation

A selection of recent publications, including PostScript versions.

Slides (and notes) for seminars that I have presented recently.

John Shepherd, 7 April 1998