Ed Blakey
edward.blakey@queens.ox.ac.uk
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Curriculum vitae of Ed Blakey BA (Hons) (Oxon), MSc (Oxon)

Downloadable CV (top)
A printable CV (updated 14.v.2009) is available for download here.

Postal and Email Addresses (top)
Email should be sent to edward.blakey@queens.ox.ac.uk; further contact details can be found here.

Nationality (top)
British.

Education and Qualifications (top)
2006 — present  The University of Oxford, the Queen’s College
Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil), Computer Science
Research area: computational complexity in non-standard models of computation
2001 — 2002  The University of Oxford, the Queen’s College
Master of Science (MSc), Mathematics and the Foundations of Computer Science
Distinction (one of only three distinctions that year)
Dissertation: A Cellular-Automatic Implementation of Communication Channels
1998 — 2001  The University of Oxford, the Queen’s College
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Mathematical Sciences
First Class Honours
Placed first in the year for the Functional Programming and Algorithm Design course
Styring Exhibition held for two years
Extended essay: The Group Theory Behind Rubik’s Cube
1992 — 1998  Myton School, Warwick
A-level: Mathematics A, Further Mathematics A, General Studies A, Physics B, Computing B
AS-level: Mathematics A
GCSE: 5 grade A* (including maths, science and English), 1 grade A, 3 grade B
GCSE maths (A*) obtained at age 14, AS pure maths (A) at 16

Publications (top)
Publications, academic theses, etc. can be found here. (These are: two peer-reviewed journal papers, three peer-reviewed conference papers, one other conference paper, two research reports, three academic dissertations, and one patent.)

Conference Attendance (top)
23 — 25.iii.2009  The Science and Philosophy of Unconventional Computing 2009, Cambridge
Presented a single-author paper, A New Gap Theorem: the Gap Theorem’s Robustness against Dominance
12 — 13.vii.2008  Quantum Physics and Logic/Development of Computational Models 2008, Reykjavík, Iceland
Presented a single-author, peer-reviewed paper, Computational Complexity in Non-Turing Models of Computation; The What, the Why and the How
10 — 12.xii.2007  Second International Workshop on Natural Computing, Nagoya, Japan
Presented a single-author, peer-reviewed paper, Factorizing RSA Keys, an Improved Analogue Solution
12 — 14.vii.2007  Unconventional Computing, Bristol
Presented a single-author, peer-reviewed paper, On the Computational Complexity of Physical Computing Systems
2 — 5.iv.2007  23rd British Colloquium for Theoretical Computer Science, Oxford
24.vi.2000  History of Cryptography, Cambridge

Other Talks Given (top)
13.ii.2007  Analogue Complexity: from Patience to Precision
Departmental talk on DPhil research given to the Foundations of Computer Science group at Oxford

Teaching/Reviewing Experience (top)
2009  Programme Committee member for the Fourth International Workshop on Natural Computing
2009  Reviewer for Computability in Europe 2009
2009  Reviewer for Theory and Applications of Models of Computation 2009
i — iii.2008  Teaching assistant for Randomized Algorithms course at Oxford
x — xi.2007  Teaching assistant for Complexity course at Oxford

Organization Membership, Research Project Participation (top)
2008 — 2011  Research student for the EPSRC-funded project, Complexity and Decidability in Unconventional Computational Models
2007 — 2009  Member of the EPSRC research network on Semantics of Quantum Computation
2007 — 2009  Member of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science

Employment and Work Experience (top)
x.2002 — ix.2006  IBM UK Limited. Software engineering; chip design; firmware engineering
  • Gained advanced working knowledge of Perl, C and VHDL
  • Contributed to IBM’s IP by publishing technical articles and filing a US patent (as sole inventor)
  • Learnt to work as part of an international team
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    viii — ix.2001  Warwickshire County Council, Planning and Transportation Department. Data entry
  • Became familiar with the SPSS statistics package
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    viii — ix.1998  Warwickshire County Council, Treasurers’ Department. Database management
  • Reviewed existing filing systems (in part by interviewing the systems’ users)
  • Suggested and implemented improvements
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    iv — vi.1998  Private guitar tutoring.
  • Developed communication skills by teaching difficult concepts from the theory and practice of music
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    vi — viii.1996  Warwickshire County Council, Education Department. Clerical assistance
  • Gained experience of custom-designed user interfaces
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    General Skills (top)

  • Highly computer-literate, having familiarity with various operating systems and a wide range of software packages/suites
  • Familiar with both imperative and functional styles of programming (e.g. in C, Perl, BASIC, Pascal, Haskell)
  • Familiar also with hardware language VHDL, and hence with concurrent programming
  • Proficient at typesetting with TeX
  • Full driving licence held since 1997

    • Interests (top)

  • Accomplished guitarist, pianist, drummer, bassist, etc., having performed in various concerts, festivals and functions, both alone and in bands/orchestras
  • Keen solver of cryptic crosswords (The Times in 15 minutes on a good day); have also set cryptic crosswords for, and built and maintained, the IBM Hursley Club crossword website
  • Member of Queen’s College football, pool and darts teams

    • References (top)
    Available on request

    Page last updated on 14.v.2009.