Steve Prestwich

Steve Prestwich is a Lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Information Technology, University College Cork. He specializes in Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, and Algorithmics, with research interests spanning constraint programming, Boolean satisfiability, and hybrid search methods.

Education: BA (Hons) Mathematics from University of Oxford, MSc and PhD in Computer Science from University of Manchester.

Research Focus: His work integrates constraint programming, SAT solving, and metaheuristics for optimization under uncertainty, with applications in inventory control, protein design, and stochastic modeling.

Awards:

• Runner-up, Constraint Modelling Challenge
• Bronze medal, SAT'05 Solver Competition