Matthew Craven

Academic profile

Dr Matthew Craven

Associate Head of School (UG Education)
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Matthew's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 03: SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingGoal 04: SDG 4 - Quality EducationGoal 07: SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean EnergyGoal 08: SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth

Supervised Research Degrees

  • Dr T. Alotaibi: Portfolio Optimisation Using Genetic Algorithms and Copula Financial Models (Director of Studies), 2022
  • Dr M. Walter: Understanding Optimisation Processes with Biologically-Inspired Visualisations (2nd Supervisor), 2023
  • Dr F. Ben Salamah: Adaptive Awareness Raising and Cyber Security Training for Social Media Users (2nd Supervisor), 2023

Current PhD Students at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ

  • A. Verulkar: Game-Theoretic Approaches Towards Insider Threat Detection and Mitigation (Director of Studies)
  • P. Manikowski: Multi-Objective Optimisation of Floating Offshore Windfarms (Director of Studies)
  • R. Soni: Hybridizing Metaheuristics with Machine Learning for Portfolio Optimization Problems (Director of Studies)
  • J. Hancock: The Use of Quantum Computing to Solve Problems in Quantum Field Theory and Optimisation (Co-supervisor)
  • S. Ishaq Tijani: APT Detection and Analysis (Co-supervisor)
  • J. O'Brien: Use of physical and numerical modelling data to create digital twins for improved floating offshore wind operations and fault response (Director of Studies)
  • J. Gray, Real-time Fall Prediction and Detection System for The Elderly in Care Homes Based on Quantum Computing and Artificial Vision (Co-supervisor)

I am always happy to hear from prospective PhD students in the areas specified above. For informal enquiries, please contact me directly. To apply officially for a PhD position at Plymouth, please read the information on applying for a research degree.

Teaching

Roles

  • Associate Head for Undergraduate Education (SECaM).
  • Lecturer in Applied Mathematics.
  • Awarded the University for "Inspirational Teacher of the Year" (June 2021) and nominated a further six times. This includes "Programme Leader of the Year" and "The Big Thank You Award" in 2022.
  • Co-leads the Plymouth Optimisation Group and the Big Data research group .
  • Member of the University Senate (until June 2024).
  • Applied Mathematics seminar joint organiser - if you wish to give a seminar then please contact me.

Research interests:

The two main pillars of my research are (ORE) and Cyber Security . Underpinning these two pillars is work in artificial intelligence (AI), big data, mathematical modelling and visualisation, encompassing the following:

  • Hyperheuristics and machine learning
  • Group-theoretic cryptanalysis
  • Real-time visualisation and analysis of AI algorithms

In many of the above, I make use of parallel computation on the University High Performance Computing facility.

Grants:

  1. 10/2024 - 04/2028, EPSRC ORE DTP: PhD Studentship, £73.5k. PI Ansell L, Co-I Craven M.
  2. 10/2024 - 10/2027, SECaM: PhD Studentship, £78k. PI Bazazian D, Co-I Wei Y, Craven M, Asthana S.
  3. 06/2023 - 09/2023, Manning Endowment UG Research Internship: "Multi-Objective Optimisation of Electric Vessel Charging", £3k. PI Ansell L, Co-I Craven M.
  4. 01/04/2022 - 01/10/2023, Royal Academy of Engineering, Diversity Impact Programme: "", £94k. PI Khan A, Co-I Craven M, Wei Y, et al.
  5. 2021- 2022, British Council: "Going Global Partnerships Undergraduate STEM Education in Pakistan", £20k. PI Khan A, Co-I Craven M, Walker D, et al.
  6. 2021 - 2023, European Regional Development Fund, Invited researcher on the Cornwall Floating Offshore Wind Accelerator project. PI Greaves D.
  7. 01/10/2020 - 01/04/2024, EPSRC ORE DTP : PhD studentship, £50.75k. PI Walker D, Co-I Craven M.
  8. 01/10/2019 - 01/10/2022, SECaM: PhD Studentship, £43.5k. PI Walker D, Co-I Craven M.
  9. 01/08/2014 - 01/08/2017, NVIDIA, Award of NVIDIA GPU Research Center, £3.4k. PI Craven M. [Eight School academic staff carried out interdisciplinary research, supported by hardware from NVIDIA. The centre has continued as a part of the HPC Centre at the University.]
  10. 05/2015, Medicem, "Clinical Assessment of the WIOL-CF", £14k. PI Buckhurst P, Co-I Buckhurst H, Hewson P, Craven M.

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Contact Matthew

Room 111, 2 Kirkby Place, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 586329