Professor James Marshall

Department of Computer Science

Professor of Theoretical and Computational Biology

Member of the Complex Systems Modelling research group

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james.marshall@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 1832

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Professor James Marshall
Department of Computer Science
Regent Court (DCS)
211 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
Profile

I am an interdisciplinary researcher interested in behaviour, its mechanistic bases, and its evolution. With various colleagues I apply a variety of mathematical and computational approaches to understanding how and why behaviours evolve.

I am also interested in what engineering disciplines may learn from this study. Particular research interests include collective social insect behaviour, the evolution of social behaviour, and the application of decision theory to animal behaviour. Some of my research makes use of robotics to test these ideas.

Research interests

My research interests cover modelling of collective behaviour, particularly in social insects, evolutionary theory, decision theory, robotics, and theoretical neuroscience

Publications

Books

  • Marshall JAR (2015) Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory: An Introduction. Princeton University Press. RIS download Bibtex download

Journal articles

Chapters

  • Cope AJ, Ahmed A, Isa F & Marshall JAR (2019) MiniBee: A Minature MAV for the Biomimetic Embodiment of Insect Brain Models, Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (pp. 76-87). Springer International Publishing RIS download Bibtex download
  • Marshall J & Neumann F (2013) Foundations of Search: A Perspective from Computer Science In Todd PM, Hill TT & Robbins TW (Ed.), Cognitive Search: Evolution, Algorithms and the Brain MIT Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Schooler L, Burgess C, Goldstone RL, Fu W, Gavrilets S, Lazer D, Marshall J, Neumann F & Wiener JM (2012) Search environments, representation, and encoding In Todd PM, Hills TT & Robbins TW (Ed.), Cognitive Search: Evolution, Algorithms and the Brain MIT Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Franks NR, Dornhaus A, Marshall JAR & Moncharmont F-XD (2009) CHAPTER NINETEEN The Dawn of a Golden Age in Mathematical Insect Sociobiology, Organization of Insect Societies (pp. 437-459). Harvard University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Marshall JAR, Franks NR, Dornhaus A & Dechaume Moncharmont FX (2009) The Dawn of a Golden Age in Mathematical Insect Sociobiology In Gadau J, Fewell J & Wilson EO (Ed.), Organization of insect societies: from genome to sociocomplexity (pp. 437-458). Harvard Univ Pr RIS download Bibtex download
  • Marshall JAR & Franks NR (2007) Computer modelling in behavioral and evolutionary ecology: whys and wherefores. In Laubichler MD & Müller GB (Ed.), Modeling biology: Structures, Behaviors, Evolution (pp. 335-354). The MIT Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Marshall JAR, Bogacz R, Dornhaus A, Planqué R, Kovacs T & Franks NR () On optimal decision making in brains and social insect colonies, Modelling Natural Action Selection (pp. 500-522). Cambridge University Press RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

Reports

Software / Code

Theses / Dissertations

  • Marshall JAR An Investigation into Kin Selection and Reciprocal Cooperation in a Viscous Population. De Montfort University. RIS download Bibtex download

Datasets

Other

Preprints

Grants

Current grants

Previous grants

Professional activities and memberships
  • Head of the Complex Systems Modelling, research group
  • Editorial Board, Swarm Intelligence (2017-present)
  • Associate Editor: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2013-2017)
  • EPSRC Peer Review College Member (2010-present)
  • Member of the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship Panel College (2019-present)
  • Associate Editor - PLoS one - 2009-2020
  • Associate Editor - PLoS Computational Biology - 2020-present
  • Chief Scientific Officer at Opteran Technologies