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Dr Ozgur Akgun is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, UK. His research focuses on Artificial Intelligence, Constraint Programming, and specifically high-level modelling and model reformulation. Beyond his foundational contributions to AI systems, he has applied advanced methods to a wide range of practical challenges, including the electrification of public transport, historical genealogy, optimising computational workflows in cloud environments, and scheduling astronomical observations for exoplanet discovery.
