John G. Taylor
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John Gerald Taylor, born 1931, gained a PhD from Christ's College, Cambridge
(1950–1956). He has had a wide ranging academic career in mathematical physics
and artificial intelligence
. He is currently Emeritus Professor and Director of the Centre for Neural Networks
at King's College London
and Guest Scientist of the Research Centre at the Institute of Medicine in Jülich
, Germany. Since 2007, Prof. Taylor has led a unique research program at Commerzbank's Alternative Investment Strategies (COMAS) Group. The program uses artificial intelligence techniques to create portfolios of hedge funds. This is the first program of its kind in the fund of hedge funds industry. His previous positions and interests, while still at Kings College, were in mathematics and physics. He is the author of many popular books.
John Taylor also trained as an actor and has performed in plays and films, written several science fiction
plays as well as directing stage productions in Oxford
and Cambridge
.
He is author of the following books:
Christ's College, Cambridge
Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.With a reputation for high academic standards, Christ's College averaged top place in the Tompkins Table from 1980-2000 . In 2011, Christ's was placed sixth.-College history:...
(1950–1956). He has had a wide ranging academic career in mathematical physics
Mathematical physics
Mathematical physics refers to development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The Journal of Mathematical Physics defines this area as: "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the development of mathematical methods suitable for such applications and...
and artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
. He is currently Emeritus Professor and Director of the Centre for Neural Networks
Artificial neural network
An artificial neural network , usually called neural network , is a mathematical model or computational model that is inspired by the structure and/or functional aspects of biological neural networks. A neural network consists of an interconnected group of artificial neurons, and it processes...
at King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
and Guest Scientist of the Research Centre at the Institute of Medicine in Jülich
Jülich
Jülich is a town in the district of Düren, in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Jülich is well known as location of a world-famous research centre, the Forschungszentrum Jülich and as shortwave transmission site of Deutsche Welle...
, Germany. Since 2007, Prof. Taylor has led a unique research program at Commerzbank's Alternative Investment Strategies (COMAS) Group. The program uses artificial intelligence techniques to create portfolios of hedge funds. This is the first program of its kind in the fund of hedge funds industry. His previous positions and interests, while still at Kings College, were in mathematics and physics. He is the author of many popular books.
John Taylor also trained as an actor and has performed in plays and films, written several science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
plays as well as directing stage productions in Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
and Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
.
He is author of the following books:
- The Mind: A User's Manual, (2006), ISBN 0470022221.
- Neural Networks and the Financial Markets Predicting, Combining, and Portfolio Optimisation (2002), ISBN 1852335319
- The Race for Consciousness (1999), ISBN 0262201151.
- The Promise of Neural Networks (Perspectives in Neural Computing), (1993), ISBN 3540197737.
- Science and the Supernatural: An Investigation of Paranormal Phenomena Including Psychic Healing, Clairvoyance, Telepathy, and Precognition by a Distinguished Physicist and Mathematician (1980), ISBN 0851171915
- Superminds: An Enquiry into the Paranormal (1975), ISBN 0333177010
- New Worlds in Physics (1974), ISBN 0571102581
- Black Holes: The End of the Universe? (1973), ISBN 0380003279
- The New Physics (1972), ISBN 0465050662
- The Shape of Minds to Come (1971), ISBN 0718107888