David HalesDavid Hales
I do research at the overlap between computer science and social science. I am interested in open distributed systems that include both machine and human agencies where the imposition of central control is not an option and one can't rely on the "invisible hands" of orthodox economic (or game) theory. New kinds of social theory and distributed self-organising systems programming are required.

I have explored these ideas through evolutionary cooperation theory, complex networks, agent-based modelling and peer-to-peer systems. I am also interested in the application of new approaches to collective coordination that focus on social interaction rather than traditional economics-type incentive mechanisms.

I have worked as a research fellow at various European institutions including: the University of Essex; Manchester Metropolitan University; University of Bologna; Technical University of Delft; The Open University in Milton Keynes, UK; University of Szeged in Hungary; CNR Rome; ETH Lausanne; and The Hutton Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland. I am an honorary fellow of the Centre for Policy Modelling at Manchester Metropolitan University and also visiting senior research fellow of the Centre for Complexity and Design at the Open University, UK. I also undertake occasional contract work for the European Commission.


Hales online talk from 2007
Hales online talk
                  2010
perada magazine
                  article 2011
new scientist
                  article 2005
Video - T.U. Dresden
2007
Video - Imperial College
2010
Article - PerAda Magazine
2011
Article - New Scientist
2005


Selected Publications
Selected Talks
Courses (I developed and taught a couple of graduate level courses at Szeged University in Hungary):
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