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Profile Keywords
Metric search; metric indexing; data linkage; genealogical population reconstruction; synthetic population generation; operating systems; unikernel operating systems
Research overview
Distributed systems; Operating Systems; Programming Languages Similarity Search; Data Linkage
My roots are in the confluence of databases, operating systems, programming languages.
For many years this was manifested in work on persistent systems.
Recently I have been working on three areas which still relate to the above themes.
The Digitising Scotland project is creating a linked pedigree of the Scottish people from the mid 1800s.
This is being created from digitised birth, deaths and marriage records.
A group at St Andrews. of which I am a part, is engaged in linking these records.
Related to this we are creating a population simulator to provide ground truth for linkage experiments.
This work is largely being conducted by Tom Dalton who is supervised by Graham Kirby and myself.
As part of the Digitising Scotland project we have found many problems with current approaches to linkage.
To address these deficiencies I have been working with Richard Connor from Stirling on Similarity Search.
We are developing new Similarity Search algorithms over Metric Spaces to enable efficient search for linkage matching.
Lastly my interest in Operating Systems is continuing with Ward Jaradat (now at Adobe) and Jon Lewis.
We are working on a UniKernel operating system called Stardust which is capable of supporting Java applications.
The Stardust Unikernel is now operational and supports a full networking stack and Posix threads.
Academic/Professional Qualification
B.Sc., University of St Andrews; Ph.D., University of St Andrews; British Computer Society; The Association for Computing Machinery
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Correlations of cross-entropy loss in machine learning
Connor, R., Dearle, A., Claydon, B. & Vadicamo, L., 30 May 2024, In: Entropy. 26, 6, 16 p., 491.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An approach to population linkage using graph databases
Dearle, A., Kirby, G. N. C. & Akgun, O., 5 Jul 2023, p. 291-302. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Similarity search with multiple-object queries
Connor, R., Dearle, A., Morrison, D. & Chávez, E., 2023, Similarity Search and Applications: 16th International Conference, SISAP 2023, A Coruña, Spain, October 9–11, 2023, Proceedings. Pedreira, O. & Estivill-Castro, V. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 223-237 15 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 14289 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Investigating binary partition power in metric query
Connor, R., Dearle, A. & Vadicamo, L., 22 Aug 2022, SEBD 2022: proceedings of the the 30th Italian Symposium on Advanced Database Systems. Amato, G., Bartalesi, V., Bianchini, D., Gennaro, C. & Torlone, R. (eds.). Online: CEUR-WS, Vol. 3194. p. 415-426 12 p. (Italian Symposium on Advanced Database Systems; vol. 3194).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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On the expected exclusion power of binary partitions for metric search
Vadicamo, L., Dearle, A. & Connor, R., 29 Sept 2022, Similarity search and applications: 15th International conference, SISAP 2022, Bologna, Italy, October 5–7, 2022, proceedings. Skopal, T., Falchi, F., Lokoč, J., Sapino, M. L., Bartolini, I. & Patella, M. (eds.). Cham: Springer, Cham, p. 104-117 14 p. (Lecture notes in computer science; vol. 13590).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Datasets
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Sea Of Stuff
Conte, S. I. (Creator), Dearle, A. (Supervisor) & Kirby, G. N. C. (Supervisor), GitHub, 2018
https://sea-of-stuff.github.io/ and one more link, http://hdl.handle.net/10023/16827 (show fewer)
Dataset: Thesis dataset
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Linking Scottish vital event records using family groups (dataset)
Akgun, O. (Creator), Dearle, A. (Creator), Kirby, G. N. C. (Creator), Garrett, E. (Creator), Dalton, T. S. (Creator), Christen, P. (Creator), Dibben, C. J. L. (Creator) & Williamson, L. E. P. (Creator), GitHub, 2018
https://github.com/digitisingscotland/hm-familygroups
Dataset
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convex_transforms
Connor, R. (Creator) & Dearle, A. (Creator), Bitbucket, 2020
https://bitbucket.org/richardconnor/convex_transforms/src/master/
Dataset
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Modelling string structure in vector spaces
Dearle, A. (Creator) & Connor, R. (Creator), Bitbucket, 2020
https://bitbucket.org/richardconnor/it_db_conference_2019/src/master/
Dataset
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SISAP2020_angles
Dearle, A. (Creator) & Connor, R. (Creator), GitHub, 2020
https://github.com/aldearle/SISAP2020_angles
Dataset
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ADR UK Programme: University of Edinburgh 2022-2026 ADR UK Programme
Dearle, A. (PI), Akgun, O. (CoI) & Kirby, G. N. C. (CoI)
Economic & Social Research Council
1/04/22 → 31/03/26
Project: Standard
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Qraqrbox: Qraqrbox Collaborative Commercialization and Business Development
Dearle, A. (PI)
1/11/14 → 30/09/15
Project: Standard
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SFC SMART Tourism: Content beyond the edge of internet
Dearle, A. (PI)
1/12/12 → 30/06/14
Project: Standard
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EPSRC Strategic partner projects applica: An active, provenance-preserving scientific data store
Dearle, A. (PI), Dobson, S. A. (CoI), Henderson, T. (CoI), Philp, D. (CoI) & Woollins, J. D. (CoI)
1/08/11 → 30/06/12
Project: Standard
Activities
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Doors Open @ Computer Science 2024
Hoffmann, R. (Chair of organising committee), Ross, K. (Member of organising committee), Halite, A. (Participant), Mann, A. (Participant), Dearle, A. (Participant), Banks, A. (Participant), Lin, A. (Participant), Boyce, A. (Participant), Manataki, A. (Participant), Singh, A. (Participant), Huang, A. (Participant), Eccles, B. J. (Participant), Claydon, B. (Participant), Varghese, B. (Participant), Clues, C. (Participant), Naughton, C. (Participant), Brown, C. M. (Participant), Myles, C. G. G. (Participant), Kennedy, D. (Participant), Morrison, D. (Participant), Saikumar, D. (Participant), Balasubramaniam, D. (Participant), Brady, E. C. (Participant), Jenkins, E. (Participant), Spillane, E. (Participant), Leitner, F. (Participant), Haywood, G. T. (Participant), Rasheed, H. (Participant), Waller, J. (Participant), Herbert, J. (Participant), Espasa Arxer, J. (Participant), Williamson, J. (Participant), Loughney, J. (Participant), Zhang, J. (Participant), Wang, R. (Participant), Garriock, K. (Participant), Davies, K. (Participant), Clarke, L. (Participant), Laverty, L. (Participant), Andrei, M. (Participant), Young, M. (Participant), Chang, M. S. (Participant), Martin, N. (Participant), Dewally, N. (Participant), Akgun, O. (Participant), Ng, P. (Participant), Connor, R. (Participant), Letham, R. (Participant), Kirkpatrick, R. (Participant), McQuistin, S. (Participant), Yuan, V. (Participant), Tronciu, V. (Participant), Law, Y. N. (Participant) & Zhang, Y. (Participant)
11 Apr 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a public festival/exhibition/event
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Doors Open @ Computer Science 2023
Hoffmann, R. (Chair of organising committee), Ross, K. (Member of organising committee), Boyd, K. M. (Member of organising committee), Miller, A. H. D. (Participant), Miguel, A. R. (Participant), Varghese, B. (Participant), Brown, C. M. (Participant), Jefferson, C. A. (Participant), Harris-Birtill, D. C. C. (Participant), Balasubramaniam, D. (Participant), Brady, E. C. (Participant), Kirby, G. N. C. (Participant), Gent, I. P. (Participant), Jacques, J. T. (Participant), Espasa Arxer, J. (Participant), Ye, J. (Participant), Terzic, K. (Participant), Fang, L. (Participant), Nederhof, M. J. (Participant), Young, M. (Participant), Dang, N. T. T. (Participant), Konovalov, O. (Participant), Akgun, O. (Participant), Connor, R. (Participant), Dearle, A. (Participant), Filgueira, R. (Participant), Zhu, X. (Participant), Bhatti, S. (Participant), Dobson, S. A. (Participant), Mann, P. S. (Participant), Sarkar, S. (Participant), Kelsey, T. (Participant) & Spink, T. (Participant)
11 Apr 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a public festival/exhibition/event