Colin+Frayn

a British [|Astronomer] and senior research fellow. He obtained his Ph.D. in [|galaxy evolution] from the [|Institute of Astronomy] at [|University of Cambridge] in 2002. After that, he spent four years working in the leading Natural Computation group in the Computer Science department of the [|University of Birmingham]. He has worked extensively in [|nature-inspired computation], data analysis, [|science education] and combating [|Internet fraud]. He currently lives in London, UK, and works in the finance industry. || toc =Computer Chess= Colin is computer chess programmer, author of ColChess, and primary author of Beowulf. With the [|Centre of Excellence for Computational Intelligence and Applications (Cercia)], School of Computer Science, [|University of Birmingham], in collaboration with Carlos Justiniano, and other researcher and volunteers world wide, Colin Frayn was head of the ChessBrain project.
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=Rationality= Colin has passionately studied the subject of evolution for many years, and is the author of a website evaluating scientific evidence for the [|evolution / creationism debate]. He is a strong believer in [|rationality], and advocates the education of children and adults alike in skeptical, analytical thought.

=Selected Publications=
 * Carlos Justiniano, Colin Frayn (**2003**). //The ChessBrain Project: A Global Effort To Build The World's Largest Chess SuperComputer//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 2
 * Colin Frayn, Carlos Justiniano (**2004**). //The ChessBrain Project – Massively Distributed Inhomogeneous Speed-Critical Computation//. Proceedings IC-SEC, Singapore, 2004
 * Colin Frayn (**2005**). //An Evolutionary Approach to Strategies for the Game of Monopoly//. [|CIG 2005], [|pdf]
 * Kevin Lew, Carlos Justiniano, Colin Frayn (**2005**). //Early experiences with clusters and compute farms in ChessBrain II//. BoF LinuxForum, Copenhagen 2005, [|pdf]
 * Colin Frayn, Carlos Justiniano, Kevin Lew (**2006**). //ChessBrain II – A Hierarchical Infrastructure for Distributed Inhomogeneous Speed-Critical Computation//. [|pdf]
 * Colin Frayn, Carlos Justiniano (**2007**). //The ChessBrain project//. in [|Advanced Intelligent Paradigms in Computer Games]

=External Links=
 * [|Colin Frayn's Home Page]
 * [|Col’s Rational World]
 * [|Computer Chess Programming Theory]

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