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Dr William Teahan

Senior Lecturer in Computer Science

w.j.teahan@bangor.ac.uk

+44 1248 382703

0000-0003-3640-6750

Dr William Teahan

View Dr William Teahan’s profile on the Bangor Research Portal

Overview

I am currently a Lecturer in the School of Computer Science at the University of Wales at Bangor. My work involves research into Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Agents. Ongoing research has also specifically focused on applying text compression-based language models to Information Retrieval(IR) and text mining (i.e. Information Extraction). Before I came to Bangor, I was a research fellow with the Information Retrieval Group under Prof. David Harper at The Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland from 1999-2000; an invited researcher in the Information Theory Dept. at Lund University in Sweden in 1999; and a Research Assistant in the Machine Learning and Digital Libraries Labs at the University of Waikato in New Zealand in 1998. At Waikato, I completed my Ph.D. in 1998 on applying text compression models to the problem of modelling English text.

Additional Contact Information

Position: Lecturer

Email: w.j.teahan@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: 01248 382703

Location: Dean Street

Postgraduate Project Opportunities

Research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Natural Language Processing (e.g. for English, Welsh, Arabic, Chinese etc.), Evolutionary Programming, Text Processing and Analytics (e.g. Text Mining, Text Classification, Text Compression).

Publications

2021

  • PublishedIaith a Thechnoleg yng Nghymru: Cyfrol I
    Prys, D. (Editor), Jones, D. (Contributor), Prys, G. (Contributor), Watkins, G. (Contributor), Cooper, S., Roberts, J. C. (Contributor), Butcher, P. (Contributor), Farhat, L. (Contributor), Teahan, W. & Prys, M. (Contributor), 5 Oct 2021, Bangor: Prifysgol Bangor University. 120 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book
  • PublishedLanguage and Technology in Wales: Volume I
    Prys, D. (Editor), Jones, D. (Contributor), Prys, G. (Contributor), Watkins, G. (Contributor), Cooper, S. (Contributor), Roberts, J. C. (Contributor), Butcher, P. (Contributor), Farhat, L. (Contributor), Teahan, W. (Contributor) & Prys, M. (Contributor), 5 Oct 2021, Bangor: Prifysgol Bangor University. 120 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book
  • PublishedTracking the Fine Scale Movements of Fish using Autonomous Maritime Robotics: A Systematic State of the Art Review
    Nash, J. Z., Teahan, W., Bond, J., McCarthy, I., Pierce, I., Case, M. & Mowat, R., 1 Jun 2021, In: Ocean Engineering. 229, 108650.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedUsing Compression to Discover Interesting Behaviours in a Hybrid Braitenberg Vehicle
    Ahmed, N. & Teahan, W. J., 21 Jan 2021, In: IEEE ACCESS. 9, p. 11316-11327 12 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedVisualisation Data Modelling Graphics (VDMG) at Bangor
    Roberts, J. C., Ritsos, P. D., Kuncheva, L., Vidal, F., Lim, I. S., Ap Cenydd, L., Teahan, W., Mansoor, S., Gray, C. & Perkins, D., May 2021. 2 p.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

2020

  • PublishedEnhancing the stability of Organic Photovoltaics through Machine Learning
    David, T., Scapin Anizelli, H., Jacobsson, T. J., Gray, C., Teahan, W. & Kettle, J., Dec 2020, In: Nano Energy. 78, 105342.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedUsing Compression to Find Interesting One Dimensional Cellular Automata
    Ahmed, N. & Teahan, W., Apr 2020, In: Complex and Intelligent Systems. 6, 1, p. 123–146 26 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

  • PublishedAutomatic Correction of Arabic Dyslexic Text
    Alamri, M. & Teahan, W., 21 Feb 2019, In: Computers. 8, 1, 19.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedUsing Large Datasets of Organic Photovoltaic Performance Data to Elucidate Trends in Reliability Between 2009 and 2019
    David, T. W., Anizelli, H., Tyagi, P., Gray, C., Teahan, W. & Kettle, J., Nov 2019, In: IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 9, 6, p. 1768-1773
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

  • PublishedA Compression-Based Toolkit for Modelling and Processing Natural Language Text
    Teahan, W., 22 Nov 2018, In: Information. 9, 294, p. 1-29 29 p., 9, 294.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedA compression based toolkit for text processing
    Teahan, W., 10 Apr 2018.
    Research output: Working paper
  • PublishedAn automatic cryptanalysis of simple substitution ciphers using compression
    Alkazaz, N. R., Irvine, S. A. & Teahan, W. J., 2018, In: Information Security Journal: A Global Perspective. 27, 1, p. 57-75
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedVirtual reality’s effect on parameter optimisation for crowd-sourced procedural animation
    Henshall, G., Teahan, W. & Ap Cenydd, L., 1 Sept 2018, In: The Visual Computer. 34, 9, p. 1255-1268 13 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

  • PublishedA New Thinning Algorithm for Arabic Script
    Teahan, W. & Alghamdi, M., 1 Jan 2017, In: International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security. 15, 1, p. 204-211 8 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedCrowd-Sourced Procedural Animation Optimisation: Comparing Desktop and VR Behaviour
    Henshall, G., Ap Cenydd, L. & Teahan, W., 2017, 2017 International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW). Chester, UK, p. 48-55 7 p.
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
  • PublishedExperimental Evaluation of Arabic OCR Systems
    Alghamdi, M. & Teahan, W., 6 Sept 2017, In: PSU (Prince Sultan University) Research Review. 1, 3, p. 229-241 12 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedTowards Real-Time Animation Optimisation in VR
    Henshall, G., Teahan, W. & Ap Cenydd, L., 14 Sept 2017, Computer Graphics and Visual Computing (CGVC). Wan, T. R. & Vidal, F. (eds.). Manchester Metropolitan University: The Eurographics Association
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

2016

  • PublishedHow the Perceived Identity of a NPC Companion Influences Player Behavior
    Headleand, C. J., Jackson, J., Williams, B., Priday, L., Teahan, W. J. & Ap Cenydd, L., 21 Jul 2016, Transactions on Computational Science : Special Issue on Cyberworlds and Cybersecurity. Gavrilova, M. L., Tan, C. J. K. & Sourin, A. (eds.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, Vol. XXVIII. p. 88-107 20 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 9590).
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  • PublishedTowards ethical robots: Revisiting Braitenberg's vehicles
    Headleand, C. J., Cenydd, L. A. & Teahan, W., 1 Sept 2016, 2016 SAI Computing Conference (SAI). p. 469-477 9 p.
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

2015

  • PublishedA new hybrid metric for verifying parallel corpora of Arabic-English
    Alkahtani, S. M., Alkahtani, S., Liu, W. & Teahan, W. J., 24 Jan 2015.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • PublishedAnthropomorphisation of software agents as a persuasive tool
    Headleand, C., Priday, L. J., Ap-Cenydd, L., Headleand, C. J., Ap Cenydd, L., Priday, L. R., Roberts, J. C. & Teahan, W. J., 13 Jul 2015.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • PublishedDoes the Perceived Identity of Non-player Characters Change How We Interact with Them?
    Headleand, C. J., Jackson, J., Priday, L., Teahan, W. & Cenydd, L. A., 1 Oct 2015, 2015 International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW). p. 145-152 8 p.
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
  • PublishedImplementation of Resource Discovery Mechanisms on PeerSim: Enabling up to One Million Nodes P2P Simulation
    Jamal, A. A., Awang, W. S., Kadir, M. F. & Teahan, W. J., 1 Jan 2015, In: International Journal of Digital Information and Wireless Communications. 5, 1
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe influence of virtual reality on the perception of artificial intelligence characters in games
    Headleand, C., Ap-Cenydd, L., Henshall, G. I., Headleand, C. J., Henshall, G., Ap Cenydd, L. & Teahan, W. J., 12 Nov 2015, Research and Development in Intelligent Systems XXXII. Springer, p. 345-357
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • PublishedTowards crowd-sourced parameter optimisation for procedural animation
    Henshall, G., Teahan, W. & Ap Cenydd, L., 1 Oct 2015, 2015 International Conference on Cyberworlds. Visby, Sweden, p. 379-381 3 p.
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
  • PublishedTowards Real-Time Behavioral Evolution in Video Games
    Headleand, C., Henshall, G. I., Ap-Cenydd, L., Headleand, C. J., Henshall, G., Ap Cenydd, L. & Teahan, W. J., 26 Jun 2015, Artificial Life and Intelligent Agents. 2015 ed. Springer, p. 3-16
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2014

  • PublishedAdaptive compression-based models of Chinese text
    Teahan, W. J., Wu, P. & Liu, W., 7 Jul 2014, p. 874-881.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • PublishedBenchmarking Grammar-Based Genetic Programming Algorithms
    Headleand, C. J., Ap-Cenydd, L. & Teahan, W. J., 9 Dec 2014.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • PublishedBerry Eaters: Learning Colour Concepts with Template Based Evolution
    Headleand, C. J., Ap-Cenydd, L. & Teahan, W. J., 30 Jul 2014.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • PublishedExperiments with a PPM Compression-Based Method for English-Chinese Bilingual Sentence Alignment
    Liu, W., Chang, Z. & Teahan, W. J., 3 Sept 2014, Statistical Language and Speech Processing Volume 8791 of the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer, p. 70-81
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • PublishedPPM Compression-based method for English-Chinese Bilingual Sentence Alignment
    Liu, W., Chang, Z. & Teahan, W. J., 14 Oct 2014.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • PublishedRandomised Multiconnected Environment Generator: Bangor University Technical Report CS-TR-004-2014
    Headleand, C., Henshall, G., Ap-Cenydd, L. & Teahan, W., 20 Oct 2014, Bangor University, p. 1-5.
    Research output: Working paper
  • PublishedUniversal text preprocessing and postprocessing for PPM using Alphabet Adjustment
    Alhawiti, K. & Teahan, W. J., 26 Mar 2014, p. 395.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2013

  • PublishedAn embodied approach to arthropod animation
    Ap-Cenydd, L., Teahan, W. J. & Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, [. V. (Editor), 1 Jan 2013, In: Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds. 24, 1, p. 65-83
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedGrammatical Herding
    Headleand, C. J. & Teahan, W. J., 22 Jan 2013, In: Journal of Computer Science and Systems Biology. 6, 2, p. 042-047
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedStoryboarding for visual analytics
    Pop, S. R., Walker, R., Ap-Cenydd, L., Pop, S., Miles, H. C., Hughes, C. J., Teahan, W. J. & Roberts, J. C., 28 May 2013, In: Information Visualization. 14, 1, p. 27-50
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

  • PublishedConstituent Grammatical Evolution
    Georgiou, L. & Teahan, W. J., 1 Jan 2011, Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 2011 ed. Unknown, p. 1261-1268
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2008

  • PublishedA new PPM variant for Chinese text compression.
    Wu, P. & Teahan, W. J., 1 Jul 2008, In: Natural Language Engineering. 14, 3, p. 417-430
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedExperiments with Grammatical Evolution in Java.
    Georgiou, L., Teahan, W. J. & Kacprzyk, J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2008, Studies in Computational Intelligence. 2008 ed. Springer, p. 45-62
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • PublishedIdentification of gene function using prediction by partial matching (PPM) language models.
    Mahoui, M., Teahan, W. J., Sekhar, A. K. & Chilukuri, S., 1 Jan 2008, Proceeding of the 17th ACM conference on Information and knowledge management. 2008 ed. ACM, p. 779-786
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2007

  • PublishedThe dynamic animation of ambulatory arthropods.
    ap Cenydd, L. & Teahan, W. J., 1 Jan 2007.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2005

  • PublishedKnowing-Aboutness: Question-Answering Using a Logic-Based Framework.
    Clifton, T., Teahan, W. J., Losada, D. E. (Editor) & Fernandez-Luna, J. M. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, Advances in Information Retrieval, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol 3408/2005. 2005 ed. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, p. 230-244
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • PublishedUniversal Text Preprocessing for Data Compression.
    Abel, J. & Teahan, W. J., 1 May 2005, In: IEEE Transactions on Computers. 54, 5, p. 497 - 507
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2003

  • PublishedA repetition-based measure for verification of text collections and for text categorization
    Khmelev, D. V. & Teahan, W. J., 1 Aug 2003, p. 104-110.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • PublishedComment on "Language trees and zipping".
    Khmelev, Y. & Teahan, W. J., 28 Feb 2003, In: Physical Review Letters. 90, 8, p. 089803
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedUsing compression based language models for text categorization.
    Teahan, W. J., Harper, D. J., Croft, W. B. (Editor) & Lafferty, J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2003, Language Modeling for Information Retrieval: The Information Retrieval Series: Vol. 13. 2003 ed. Springer, p. 141-160
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Projects

  • KESS II MRes with H R Wallingford- BUK2129

    01/02/2018 – 31/03/2024 (Finished)

  • KESS II MRes with CloodUP Ltd- BUK280

    01/10/2016 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)

  • Project AMBER

    01/10/2013 – 31/05/2018 (Finished)

  • Ktp With Vision Support Trading

    19/11/2007 – 12/11/2008 (Finished)

  • Esf - Phd 05/08 With Etl Solutions Ltd

    17/10/2005 – 31/07/2009 (Finished)

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