Research Overview
The Research Agenda.
Six research programmes investigating the architecture of intelligent systems: from reasoning and language models to agentic AI, software engineering, local inference, knowledge systems and AI safety.
Research Programmes
P01 Intelligence & Reasoning Investigating the nature, architectures and mechanisms of machine intelligence, from reasoning and i… active → P02 Agentic & Agentless Systems Investigating autonomous and non-autonomous approaches to intelligent task execution, comparing agen… active → P03 AI Engineering & Software Systems Researching how AI transforms software engineering and development infrastructure, from coding agent… active → P04 Local AI & Efficient Intelligence Making AI more efficient, accessible and independent of centralised infrastructure, through local in… active → P05 Knowledge, Context & Memory Understanding how intelligent systems acquire, retain, retrieve and use information, from context en… active → P06 AI Safety, Evaluation & Governance Ensuring intelligent systems are reliable, secure, measurable and accountable, through rigorous eval… active →
Research Projects
YR-001
Beyond Agentic AI Investigating Agentless and Hybrid Intelligence Architectures
Active → YR-002 Lightweight AI Runtime Researching Modular Execution Architectures for Intelligent Systems
Active → YR-003 Efficient Local Intelligence Exploring Small Models, Local Inference and Context Efficiency
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