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'''Colin M. Frayn''',<br/>
a British [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer Astronomer] and senior research fellow. He obtained his Ph.D. in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_formation_and_evolution galaxy evolution] from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Astronomy,_Cambridge Institute of Astronomy] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge University of Cambridge] in 2002. After that, he spent four years working in the leading Natural Computation group in the Computer Science department of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Birmingham University of Birmingham]. He has worked extensively in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biologically_inspired_computing nature-inspired computation], data analysis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_education science education] and combating [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_fraud Internet fraud]. He currently lives in London, UK, and works in the finance industry <ref>[http://frayn.net/blog/?page_id=2 Col’s Rational World - Background]</ref>.
=Computer Chess=
Colin is computer chess programmer <ref>[http://www.frayn.net/beowulf/theory.html Computer Chess Programming Theory]</ref>, author of [[ColChess]], and primary author of [[Beowulf]] <ref>[http://www.frayn.net/beowulf/index.html Beowulf Computer Chess Engine]</ref>. With the [http://www.cercia.ac.uk/ Centre of Excellence for Computational Intelligence and Applications (Cercia)], School of Computer Science, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Birmingham University of Birmingham], in collaboration with [[Carlos Justiniano]], and other researcher and volunteers world wide, Colin Frayn was head of the [[ChessBrain]] <ref>[http://www.chessbrain.net/ ChessBrain the world largest chess computer]</ref> project <ref>[http://frayn.net/blog/?p=662 Col’s Rational World » Blog Archive » ChessBrain], May 4, 2011</ref>.
=Rationality=
Colin has passionately studied the subject of evolution for many years, and is the author of a website <ref>[http://www.frayn.net/evolution/ Col's Evolution Discussion FAQ]</ref> evaluating scientific evidence for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation%E2%80%93evolution_controversy evolution / creationism debate]. He is a strong believer in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationality rationality], and advocates the education of children and adults alike in skeptical, analytical thought <ref>[http://frayn.net/blog/?page_id=2 Col’s Rational World - Background]</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/f/Frayn:Colin dblp: Colin Frayn]</ref>
* [[Carlos Justiniano]], [[Colin Frayn]] ('''2003'''). ''The ChessBrain Project: A Global Effort To Build The World's Largest Chess SuperComputer''. [[ICGA Journal#26_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 2]]
* [[Colin Frayn]], [[Carlos Justiniano]] ('''2004'''). ''The ChessBrain Project – Massively Distributed Inhomogeneous Speed-Critical Computation''. Proceedings IC-SEC, Singapore, 2004
* [[Colin Frayn]] ('''2005'''). ''An Evolutionary Approach to Strategies for the Game of Monopoly''. [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/cig/cig2005.html#Frayn05 CIG 2005], [http://cswww.essex.ac.uk/cig/2005/papers/p1035.pdf pdf] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game) Monopoly (game) from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [[Kevin Lew]], [[Carlos Justiniano]], [[Colin Frayn]] ('''2005'''). ''Early experiences with clusters and compute farms in ChessBrain II''. BoF LinuxForum, Copenhagen 2005, [http://chessbrain.net/docs/ccfcb2.pdf pdf]
* [[Colin Frayn]], [[Carlos Justiniano]], [[Kevin Lew]] ('''2006'''). ''ChessBrain II – A Hierarchical Infrastructure for Distributed Inhomogeneous Speed-Critical Computation''. [http://www.chessbrain.net/docs/chessbrainII.pdf pdf]
* [[Colin Frayn]], [[Carlos Justiniano]] ('''2007'''). ''The ChessBrain project''. in [http://www.springer.com/engineering/book/978-3-540-72704-0 Advanced Intelligent Paradigms in Computer Games]
=External Links=
* [http://www.frayn.net/ Colin Frayn's Home Page]
* [http://frayn.net/blog/ Col’s Rational World]
* [http://www.frayn.net/beowulf/theory.html Computer Chess Programming Theory]
=References=
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'''Colin M. Frayn''',<br/>
a British [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer Astronomer] and senior research fellow. He obtained his Ph.D. in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_formation_and_evolution galaxy evolution] from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Astronomy,_Cambridge Institute of Astronomy] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge University of Cambridge] in 2002. After that, he spent four years working in the leading Natural Computation group in the Computer Science department of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Birmingham University of Birmingham]. He has worked extensively in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biologically_inspired_computing nature-inspired computation], data analysis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_education science education] and combating [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_fraud Internet fraud]. He currently lives in London, UK, and works in the finance industry <ref>[http://frayn.net/blog/?page_id=2 Col’s Rational World - Background]</ref>.
=Computer Chess=
Colin is computer chess programmer <ref>[http://www.frayn.net/beowulf/theory.html Computer Chess Programming Theory]</ref>, author of [[ColChess]], and primary author of [[Beowulf]] <ref>[http://www.frayn.net/beowulf/index.html Beowulf Computer Chess Engine]</ref>. With the [http://www.cercia.ac.uk/ Centre of Excellence for Computational Intelligence and Applications (Cercia)], School of Computer Science, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Birmingham University of Birmingham], in collaboration with [[Carlos Justiniano]], and other researcher and volunteers world wide, Colin Frayn was head of the [[ChessBrain]] <ref>[http://www.chessbrain.net/ ChessBrain the world largest chess computer]</ref> project <ref>[http://frayn.net/blog/?p=662 Col’s Rational World » Blog Archive » ChessBrain], May 4, 2011</ref>.
=Rationality=
Colin has passionately studied the subject of evolution for many years, and is the author of a website <ref>[http://www.frayn.net/evolution/ Col's Evolution Discussion FAQ]</ref> evaluating scientific evidence for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation%E2%80%93evolution_controversy evolution / creationism debate]. He is a strong believer in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationality rationality], and advocates the education of children and adults alike in skeptical, analytical thought <ref>[http://frayn.net/blog/?page_id=2 Col’s Rational World - Background]</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/f/Frayn:Colin dblp: Colin Frayn]</ref>
* [[Carlos Justiniano]], [[Colin Frayn]] ('''2003'''). ''The ChessBrain Project: A Global Effort To Build The World's Largest Chess SuperComputer''. [[ICGA Journal#26_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 2]]
* [[Colin Frayn]], [[Carlos Justiniano]] ('''2004'''). ''The ChessBrain Project – Massively Distributed Inhomogeneous Speed-Critical Computation''. Proceedings IC-SEC, Singapore, 2004
* [[Colin Frayn]] ('''2005'''). ''An Evolutionary Approach to Strategies for the Game of Monopoly''. [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/cig/cig2005.html#Frayn05 CIG 2005], [http://cswww.essex.ac.uk/cig/2005/papers/p1035.pdf pdf] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game) Monopoly (game) from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [[Kevin Lew]], [[Carlos Justiniano]], [[Colin Frayn]] ('''2005'''). ''Early experiences with clusters and compute farms in ChessBrain II''. BoF LinuxForum, Copenhagen 2005, [http://chessbrain.net/docs/ccfcb2.pdf pdf]
* [[Colin Frayn]], [[Carlos Justiniano]], [[Kevin Lew]] ('''2006'''). ''ChessBrain II – A Hierarchical Infrastructure for Distributed Inhomogeneous Speed-Critical Computation''. [http://www.chessbrain.net/docs/chessbrainII.pdf pdf]
* [[Colin Frayn]], [[Carlos Justiniano]] ('''2007'''). ''The ChessBrain project''. in [http://www.springer.com/engineering/book/978-3-540-72704-0 Advanced Intelligent Paradigms in Computer Games]
=External Links=
* [http://www.frayn.net/ Colin Frayn's Home Page]
* [http://frayn.net/blog/ Col’s Rational World]
* [http://www.frayn.net/beowulf/theory.html Computer Chess Programming Theory]
=References=
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