Prof Ian Gent

Prof Ian Gent

Professor

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 3247
Email
Ian.Gent@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

Combinatorial search problems in artificial intelligence.


Current Research Projects include :


Integrating modern tools for computational group theory with constraint programming tools to solve difficult problems in areas such as scheduling and timetabling.


This is leading to exciting interdisciplinary research between Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics.

PhD supervision

  • Mustafa Abdelwahed

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Akgün, Ö., Chang, M. S., Gent, I. P. & Jefferson, C., 14 Mar 2026, Proceedings of the 40th annual AAAI conference on artificial intelligence. Koenig, S., Jenkins, C. & Taylor, M. (eds.). Washington, DC: AAAI Press, p. 14132-14139 8 p. (Proceedings of the AAAI conference on artificial intelligence; vol. 40, no. 17).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Open access
    Abdelwahed, M. F., Espasa, J., Toniolo, A. & Gent, I. P., 9 Feb 2026. 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • Open access
    Blake, C. & Gent, I., 27 Feb 2026, In: Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research. 85, 47 p., 21.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Akgun, O., Chang, M. S., Gent, I. P. & Jefferson, C. A., 2025, Integration of constraint programming, artificial intelligence, and operations research: 22nd international conference, CPAIOR 2025, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, November 10–13, 2025, proceedings, Part I. Tack, G. (ed.). Cham: Springer, p. 152-168 (Lecture notes in computer science; vol. 15762).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Open access
    Dang, N., Gent, I. P., Nightingale, P., Ulrich-Oltean, F. & Waller, J., 8 Aug 2025, 31st international conference on principles and practice of constraint programming, CP 2025. de la Banda, M. G. (ed.). Saarbrücken/Wadern: Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing, p. 1-20 20 p. 9. (Leibniz international proceedings in informatics (LIPIcs); vol. 340).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Open access
    Espasa, J., Gent, I. P., Miguel, I., Nightingale, P., Salamon, A. Z. & Villaret, M., 28 Jan 2025, Proceedings - 2024 IEEE 36th international conference on tools with artificial intelligence (ICTAI 2024). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Computer Society, p. 89-95 7 p. 10849509. (Proceedings - International conference on tools with artificial intelligence (ICTAI)).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Open access
    Akgun, O., Gent, I. P., Jefferson, C. A., Kiziltan, Z., Miguel, I. J., Nightingale, P., Salamon, A. Z. & Ulrich-Oltean, F., 30 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research. 82, p. 1999-2056 58 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Abdelwahed, M., Espasa Arxer, J., Toniolo, A. & Gent, I. P., 10 Jul 2023. 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • Akgün, Ö., Frisch, A. M., Gent, I. P., Jefferson, C., Miguel, I. & Nightingale, P., 19 Aug 2023, Proceedings of the 32nd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2023). Elkind, E. (ed.). International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence, p. 6833-6838 6 p. (IJCAI International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence; vol. 2023-August).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Open access
    Espasa, J., Gent, I. P., Miguel, I., Nightingale, P., Salamon, A. Z. & Villaret, M., 27 Aug 2023, p. 1-16. 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review