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Profile Keywords
Constraint satisfaction, Puzzle Games, Patience/Solitaire Solving, Recreational AI
Research overview
Combinatorial search problems in artificial intelligence.
Current Research Projects include :
Integrating modern tools for computational group theory with constraint programming tools to solve difficult problems in areas such as scheduling and timetabling.
This is leading to exciting interdisciplinary research between Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics.
Academic/Professional Qualification
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Faster symmetry breaking constraints for abstract structures
Akgün, Ö., Chang, M. S., Gent, I. P. & Jefferson, C., 14 Mar 2026, Proceedings of the 40th annual AAAI conference on artificial intelligence. Koenig, S., Jenkins, C. & Taylor, M. (eds.). Washington, DC: AAAI Press, p. 14132-14139 8 p. (Proceedings of the AAAI conference on artificial intelligence; vol. 40, no. 17).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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From stories to cities to games: a qualitative evaluation of behaviour planning
Abdelwahed, M. F., Espasa, J., Toniolo, A. & Gent, I. P., 9 Feb 2026. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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The winnability of Klondike solitaire and many other patience games
Blake, C. & Gent, I., 27 Feb 2026, In: Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research. 85, 47 p., 21.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Breaking the symmetries of indistinguishable objects
Akgun, O., Chang, M. S., Gent, I. P. & Jefferson, C. A., 2025, Integration of constraint programming, artificial intelligence, and operations research: 22nd international conference, CPAIOR 2025, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, November 10–13, 2025, proceedings, Part I. Tack, G. (ed.). Cham: Springer, p. 152-168 (Lecture notes in computer science; vol. 15762).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Constraint models for Klondike
Dang, N., Gent, I. P., Nightingale, P., Ulrich-Oltean, F. & Waller, J., 8 Aug 2025, 31st international conference on principles and practice of constraint programming, CP 2025. de la Banda, M. G. (ed.). Saarbrücken/Wadern: Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing, p. 1-20 20 p. 9. (Leibniz international proceedings in informatics (LIPIcs); vol. 340).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Datasets
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Automatic discovery and exploitation of promising subproblems for tabulation (dataset)
Akgun, O. (Creator), Gent, I. P. (Creator), Jefferson, C. A. (Creator), Miguel, I. J. (Creator), Nightingale, P. W. (Creator) & Salamon, A. Z. (Creator), GitHub, 3 Jul 2018
https://github.com/stacs-cp/cp2018-tabulation
Dataset
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Experimental Data for TabID Journal Paper
Akgün, Ö. (Creator), Gent, I. (Creator), Jefferson, C. (Creator), Kiziltan, Z. (Creator), Miguel, I. (Creator), Nightingale, P. (Creator), Salamon, A. Z. (Creator), Ulrich-Oltean, F. (Creator) & Ulrich-Oltean, F. (Contributor), University of York, 28 Jan 2025
DOI: 10.15124/c24d61e6-ee25-40ed-828d-b941158f862f
Dataset
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thecharlesblake/Solvitaire: Release for Zenodo DOI-issuing
Blake, C. (Creator) & Gent, I. (Creator), Zenodo, 2019
Dataset: Software
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Patience Experimental Results
Gent, I. (Creator) & Blake, C. (Creator), Figshare, 2026
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8311070.v7
Dataset
Projects
- 10 Finished
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IAA 2017-2020 I Miguel: Releasing Conjure: The Automated Constraint Modelling Tool
Miguel, I. (PI) & Gent, I. (CoI)
1/06/17 → 31/10/17
Project: Standard
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Releasing Conjecture: Releasing Conjecture: The Automated Constraint Modelling Tool
Gent, I. (PI) & Miguel, I. (CoI)
1/01/16 → 31/03/17
Project: Standard
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Making Computational Experiments: Recomputation.org: Making Computational Experiments Recomputable
Gent, I. (PI)
1/04/14 → 31/08/15
Project: Standard
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Automatic Policy Enforcement Exchange: Automatic Policy Enforcement Exchange
Gent, I. (PI)
14/02/11 → 13/08/11
Project: Standard
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A Constraint Solver Synthesiser: A Constraint Solver Synthesiser
Miguel, I. (PI), Balasubramaniam, D. (CoI), Gent, I. (CoI), Kelsey, T. (CoI) & Linton, S. (CoI)
1/10/09 → 30/09/14
Project: Standard
Activities
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Doors Open @ Computer Science 2025
Hoffmann, R. (Chair of organising committee), Ross, K. (Member of organising committee), Ardati, A. A. (Participant), Dearle, A. (Participant), Connor, R. (Participant), Claydon, B. (Participant), Miller, A. (Participant), Sturdee, M. (Participant), Miguel, A. R. (Participant), Manataki, A. (Participant), Cassidy, C. A. (Participant), Pisani, S. (Participant), Brown, C. M. (Participant), Barwell, A. D. (Participant), Myles, C. G. G. (Participant), Harris-Birtill, D. C. C. (Participant), Morrison, D. (Participant), Balasubramaniam, D. (Participant), Dang, N. T. T. (Participant), Brady, E. C. (Participant), Terzic, K. (Participant), Kadi, H. A. (Participant), Oliver, I. A. (Participant), Kennedy, S. E. (Participant), Espasa Arxer, J. (Participant), Ye, J. (Participant), Clarke, L. (Participant), Jacques, J. T. (Participant), Young, M. (Participant), Chang, M. S. (Participant), Akgun, O. (Participant), Gent, I. P. (Participant), Jefferson, C. A. (Participant), Konovalov, O. (Participant), Loughney, J. P. (Participant), Letham, R. (Participant), Metcalfe, T. (Participant), Henderson, T. (Participant), Zhang, J. (Participant), Nguyen, R. (Participant), Halite, A. (Participant), Leal Teixeira Gondim Simao, A. (Participant), Ozkaya, A. (Participant), Powell, V. (Participant), Watson, H. (Participant), Nickson, M. (Participant), Sullivan, J. (Participant) & Michalovits, S. (Participant)
1 May 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a public festival/exhibition/event
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Plugging the Gaps on Wikidata Summer Teams Enterprise Programme (STEP) 2024
Ross, K. (Organiser), Sasi, A. (Organiser), Ardati, A. A. (Organiser), Gent, I. P. (Participant), Narayanswamy, S. (Organiser) & Nevin, M. (Organiser)
27 Jun 2024 → 22 Jul 2024Activity: Other activity types › Other
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World of Wikidata
Ross, K. (Speaker) & Gent, I. P. (Speaker)
11 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
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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
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EPSRC review College (External organisation)
Gent, I. P. (Participant)
2003 → 2005Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee