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James (Jim) Doran, a British computer scientist and pioneer in artificial intelligence. He is professor emeritus at the Department of Computer Science, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, UK. During the 60s he became specialist in AI at the University of Edinburgh under the guidance of Donald Michie.

=Photos= Austin Tate, Jim Doran, Aaron Sloman

=Biography= Biographical note : I read mathematics at Hertford College, Oxford, and then in the Sixties became a specialist in artificial intelligence at the University of Edinburgh under the guidance of Donald Michie. After four years at the UK Atlas Computer Laboratory, in 1973 I moved to the University of Essex in the Department of Computer Science where I am now an Emeritus Professor. I formally retired in 2001. Throughout my career I have also applied statistical and computer methods in archaeology and anthropology. From this work arose my present interest in agent-based modelling and social simulation. My publications and projects reflect this mix of research interests.

=Selected Publications=
 * Jim Doran, Donald Michie (1966). Experiments with the Graph Traverser Program. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series A, Vol. 294, No. 1437
 * Jim Doran (1998). Simulating Collective Misbelief. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Vol. 1, No. 1
 * Jim Doran (2001). Intervening to Achieve Co-operative Ecosystem Management: Towards an Agent Based Model. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Vol. 4, No. 2

=External Links=
 * Profile for James Doran at the University of Essex
 * Jim Doran | LinkedIn
 * James Doran, Atlas Computer Laboratory
 * Artificial Intelligence - Recollections of the Pioneers, October 2002

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