Dr Stephen Swift

Contact

Information Systems and Computing St John's 138 Brunel University Uxbridge UB8 3PH United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1895 266934 Fax: +44 (0)1895 251686 Email: stephen.swift@brunel.ac.uk Web: Personal Website

Research Interests

Evolutionary Computation, Time Series Modelling, Clustering, Heuristic Search Methods, Bioinformatics, Gene Expression Microarrays

University Research Centre Membership

Publications

Journal Papers

(2011) Kalaji, AS., Hierons, RM. and Swift, S., An integrated search-based approach for automatic testing from extended finite state machine (EFSM) models, Information and Software Technology 53 1297- 1318 Download publication

(2011) Pavlidis, SP., Payne, AM. and Swift, SM., Multi-membership gene regulation in pathway based microarray analysis, Algorithms for Molecular Biology 622 Download publication

(2011) Coughlan, J. and Swift, S., Student and tutor perceptions of learning and teaching on a first year study skills module in a university computing department, Educational Studies 37 (5) : 529- 539

(2010) Li, JA., Swift, S. and Liu, XH., The effect of cooling functions on ensemble clustering using simulated annealing, Intelligent Data Analysis 14 (6) : 701- 730

(2008) Wang, Z., Yang, F., Ho, DWC., Swift, S., Tucker, A. and Liu, X., Stochastic dynamic modelling of short gene expression time series data, IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience 7 (1) : 44- 55 Download publication

(2007) Panteris, E., Swift, S., Payne, A. and Liu, X., Mining pathway signatures from microarray data and relevant biological knowledge, Journal of Biomedical Informatics 40 (6) : 698- 706

(2007) Hirsch, M., Swift, S. and Liu, X., Optimal search space for clustering gene expression data via consensus, Journal of Computational Biology 14 (10) : 1327- 1341 Download publication

(2006) Swift, S., Kok, J. and Liu, X., Learning short multivariate time series models through evolutionary and sparse matrix computation, Natural Computing 5 (4) : 387- 426 Download publication

(2006) Counsell, S., Swift, S., Tucker, A. and Mendes, E., Object-oriented cohesion subjectivity amongst experienced and novice developers: an empirical study, ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes 31 (5) : 1- 10

(2006) Counsell, S., Swift, S. and Crampton, J., The interpretation and utility of three cohesion metrics for object-oriented design, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology 15 (2) : 123- 149

(2005) Tucker, A., Crampton, J. and Swift, S., RGFGA: an efficient representation and crossover for grouping genetic algorithms, Evolutionary Computation 13 (4) : 477- 499 Download publication

(2005) Sheng, W., Swift, S., Zhang, L. and Liu, X., A weighted sum validity function for clustering with a hybrid niching genetic algorithm, IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics-Part B: Cybernetics 35 (6) : 1156- 1167 Download publication

(2004) Swift, S., Tucker, A., Vinciotti, V., Martin, N., Orengo, C., Liu, X. and Kellam, P., Consensus clustering and functional interpretation of gene-expression data, Genome Biology 5 (11) : R94- R94 Download publication

(2004) Swift, S., Tucker, A. and Liu, X., An analysis of scalable methods for clustering high-dimensional gene expression data, Annals of Mathematics, Computing and Teleinformatics 1 (2) : 80- 89

(2002) Swift, S. and Liu, X., Predicting glaucomatous visual field deterioration through short multivariate time series modelling, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 24 (1) : 5- 24 Download publication

(2002) Kellam, P., Liu, X., Martin, N., Orenga, C., Swift, S. and Tucker, A., A framework for modelling virus gene expression data, Intelligent Data Analysis 6 (3) : 265- 279

(2002) Counsell, S., Liu, X., McFall, J., Swift, S. and Tucker, A., Evolutionary algorithms for grouping high dimensional email data, Intelligent Data Analysis 6 (6) : 503- 516

(2001) Swift, S., Tucker, A., Martin, N. and Liu, X., Grouping multivariate time series variables: applications to chemical process and visual field data, Knowledge-Based Systems 14 (3-4) : 147- 154

(2001) Tucker, A., Swift, S. and Liu, X., Variable grouping in multivariate time series via correlation, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B 31 (2) : 235- 245 Download publication

Conference Papers

(2010) Tucker, A., Swift, S., Counsell, S., Kent, S., Dickie, J., Liu, K. and Turner, R., Data mining the millennium seedbank at Kew, Workshop on Data Mining in Agriculture (DMA 2010) at the Industrial Conference on Data Mining (ICDM)

(2009) Kalaji, AS., Hierons, RM. and Swift, S., Generating feasible transition paths for testing from an extended finite state machine (EFSM), The 2009 International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Download publication

(2006) Hirsch, M., Tucker, A., Swift, S., Martin, N., Orengo, C., Kellam, P. and Liu, X., Improved robustness in time series analysis of gene expression data by polynomial model based clustering, The Second International Symposium on Computational Life Science (COMPLIFE'06), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (4216/2006) : 1- 10 Download publication

(2009) Kalaji, AS., Hierons, AS. and Swift, S., A testability transformation approach for state-based programs, 1st International Symposium on Search Based Software Engineering Download publication

(2009) Cain, J., Counsell, S., Swift, S. and Tucker, A., An application of intelligent data analysis techniques to a large software engineering dataset,

(2007) Swift, S., Tucker, A. and Hirsch, M., Improving the performance of consensus clustering through seeding: an application to visual field data, The Intelligent Data Analysis in Biomedicine and Pharmacology Workshop (IDAMAP2007)

(2007) Swift, S., Tucker, A. and Crampton, J., An improved restricted growth function genetic algorithm for the consensus clustering of retinal nerve fibre data, The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2007)

(2007) Tucker, A., Swift, S. and Crampton, J., Efficiency updates for the restricted growth function GA for grouping problems, GECCO 2007 - the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference

(2005) Counsell, S., Swift, S., Tucker, A. and Mendes, E., Object-oriented cohesion as a surrogate of software comprehension: an empirical study, 5th IEEE International Workshop on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM 2005) Download publication

(2005) Swift, S., Shi, A., Crampton, J. and Tucker, A., ICARUS: intelligent coupon allocation for retailers using search, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC-2005) Download publication

(2005) Harman, M., Swift, S. and Mahdavi, K., An empirical study of the robustness of two module clustering fitness functions, The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2005)

(2005) Panteris, E., Swift, S., Payne, A. and Liu, X., Signature mining: a heuristic approach to biochemical pathway analysis, The Intelligence Data Analysis in Medicine and Pharmacology Workshop (IDAMAP2005)

(2005) Panteris, E., Swift, S., Payne, A. and Liu, X., Biochemical pathway analysis via signature mining, 1st International Symposium on Computational Life Science (COMPLIFE'05, Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (3695) : 12- 23 Download publication

(2003) Counsell, S., Liu, X., Najjar, R., Swift, S. and Tucker, A., Applying intelligent data analysis to coupling relationships in object-oriented software, The Fifth International Symposium on Intelligent Data Analysis (IDA-2003), Lecture Notes on Computer Science (2810) : 440- 450

(2002) Counsell, S., Swift, S. and Mendes, E., Comprehension of object-oriented software cohesion: the empirical quagmire, 10th IEEE International Workshop on Program Comprehension Download publication

(2001) Counsell, S., Liu, X., McFall, J., Swift, S. and Tucker, A., Using evolutionary algorithms to tackle large scale grouping problems: an application to email log file data, Proceedings of the Late-Breaking Papers of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2001)

(2001) Swift, S., Tucker, A., Martin, N. and Liu, XH., Grouping multivariate time series variables: applications to chemical process and visual field data, 20th SGES International Conference on Knowledge Based Systems and Applied Artificial Intelligence (ES2000), Knowledge Based Systems (14) : 147- 154

(2001) Counsell, S., Liu, X., McFall, J., Swift, S. and Tucker, A., Optimising the grouping of email users to servers using intelligent data analysis, International Conference on the Engineering of Information Systems (EIS-2001)

(2001) Kellam, P., Liu, X., Martin, N., Orengo, C., Swift, S. and Tucker, A., A framework for modelling short, high-dimensional multivariate time series: preliminary results in virus gene expression data analysis, The Fourth International Symposium on Intelligent Data Analysis (IDA-2001), Lecture Notes on Computer Science (2189) : 218- 227 Download publication

(2001) Counsell, S., Swift, S. and Tucker, A., An empirical investigation into the interpretation of faults in requirements documents, The Empirical Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE-2001)

(2001) Liu, X., Swift, S. and Tucker, A., Using evolutionary algorithms to tackle large scale grouping problems, The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2001)

(2001) Kellam, P., Liu, X., Martin, N., Orengo, C., Swift, S. and Tucker, A., Comparing, contrasting and combining clusters in viral gene expression data, The Intelligent Data Analysis in Medicine and Pharmacology Workshop (IDAMAP-2001)

Book Chapters

(2008) Counsell, S., Swift, S. and Hierons, RA., A test taxonomy applied to the mechanics of java refactorings. In: Sobh, T. ed. Advances in Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering. 497- 502