Research at Department of Computer Science,
Pygmalion and Galatea Neural Computing Projects for the development of European General Purpose Neural Computer as part of ESPRIT II Research Programme
Neural Nets for Finance Project for application of Neural Nets for Financial Times Series Forecasting, with partners Henley Forecasting Center & TSB
Clustering of Neural Spikes from the Hippocampus for Department of Anatomy
PhD Thesis at Department of Computer Science Analysis, Representation and Mapping of Neural Networks onto Parallel Hardware
Selection of Papers:
U. Bilge, A. N. Refenes, C. Diamond and J. Shadbolt, Application of Sensitivity Analysis Techniques to Neural Network Bond Forecasting, Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Neural Networks in Capital Markets, London Business School, November 1993
U. Bilge, Financial
Forecasting with the Self-Organising Map, Research Note RN/92/36,
Department of Computer Science,
U. Bilge, A Computational Model of the rats Hippocampus: Navigating through Self-Organising Maps, Research Note RN/92/37, Department of Computer Science, University College London, 1992
U. Bilge and F. Franca, Computing with Neural Networks, International Industrial Biotechnology Vol 9, No 4, July/August 1989
Data Mining Projects 1993 2000
Industry: Financial, Power Generation, Pharmaceutical, Advertising, Retail and Supply Chain
Domain: Forecasting, Optimisation, Planning and
Scheduling
Technology: Neural Nets, Clustering Algorithms, Statistical Techniques, Genetic Algorithms, Fuzzy Logic
Retail and Supply Chain Projects 1994 - 1998
Shelf Space Optimisation: Genetic Algorithms (GA)
Transport Optimisation: GA and Rule Based System Simulation
Weather Impact on Sales: Neural Nets, Fuzzy Rule Extraction
Customer Basket Analysis: Neural Nets and Genetic Algorithms for Fuzzy Rule Extraction
Complexity Projects 1998 - 2001
SimStore Store Simulator (See Simulators page for more)
Shopping Times Simulator: a simulation of Customer Shopping Times based on customer segments, attributes, patterns.
Supermarket Layout Simulator: simulation of customer movements within a store, investigating emergent patterns of congestion. Providing a comparison of Top Down vs Bottom Up approaches in modeling, as well as optimising the store layout for given requirements.
Container World Simulator
Simulation of Container Transport in the UK, as part of EPSRC funded Container World UK project based at Imperial College, London. A simulation of cost, environmental impact, investment decision for Container Transport in the UK.
Current Work
SimFolio Project
Over the past 5 years, I designed and developed SimFolio a system for searching and evaluating automatic trading programs for world stock markets. SimFolio is now owned by CommodiCast Inc, Santa Fe, USA, and I continue to support SimFolio, and help CommodiCast find new trading programs for Nasdaq, Dow Jones, S&P 500 and other major world stock markets.
ICoSS Project
I am developing models for EPSRC funded ICoSS Project, based at London School of Economics aiming to