![Peter McBurney](/ImportedImages/Schools/NMS/CANES/Staff-Photos/Peter-McBurney.x17934c6f.jpg?w=160&h=240&crop=160,160,0,40&f=webp)
Professor Peter McBurney
Professor of Computer Science
- Former Head of the Department of Informatics
- Joint editor in chief of the Knowledge Engineering Review
- Founder and GameMaster (2007-2009), TAC Market Design Tournament
Research interests
- Computer science
Biography
Research Interests
- Argumentation
- Autonomous agents
- Agent communications
- Cyber-security
- Decision theory
Public engagement
- Computerphile - Alternative Uses for Blockchain
Research
![AI network](/ImportedImages/Schools/NMS/informatics/stai/ai-network.x4ff05e99.jpeg?w=780&h=520&crop=780,440,0,40&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Distributed Artificial Intelligence
The group explores the use of AI in social and economic contexts where an intelligent entity may be interacting with other entities.
![cyberculture](/ImportedImages/Kingsworldwide/NAS/cyberculture.xece332c4.jpg?w=780&h=519&crop=780,440,0,40&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
King's Cybersecurity Centre
King's Cybersecurity Centre is an EPSRC-NCSC Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research (ACE-CSR). It provides expertise on most areas of cyber security, it has a critical mass of researchers working on three main research themes and their interrelationship.
![FEATURE Finance](/newimages/nmes/feature-images-800x430/FEATURE-Finance.x6c71ff92.jpg?w=819&h=440&crop=780,440,12,0&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Finance (Informatics)
The Finance Hub conducts fundamental and applied research at the intersection of finance and computation, a sector which is colloquially known as FinTech.
![THUMB PAGE Security Cameras](/newimages/nmes/thumbnail-pages-368x208/thumb-page-security-cameras.x73b54fdb.jpg?w=780&h=441&crop=780,440,0,1&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Security (Informatics)
The Security Hub consolidates the research related to security
![Robots in the Department of Informatics](/ImportedImages/Schools/NMS/News-Stories-images/Robots-in-the-Department-of-Informatics.xa27502de.jpg?w=780&h=518&crop=780,440,0,39&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Trusted Autonomous Systems (Informatics)
The Trusted Autonomous Systems Hub develops the trustable autonomous systems of tomorrow.
![it-security-cyber](/newimages/hero/it-security-cyber.x80668c64.jpg?w=1500&h=440&crop=780,440,360,0&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Cyber Security Research Group
CSRG promotes research into cyber security bringing together experts from diverse disciplines.
![cnes herox](/newimages/microsites/cnes/cnes-herox.x9c62c0b9.png?w=1501&h=440&crop=780,440,361,0&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Centre for Non-Equilibrium Science (CNES)
CNES acts as an international hub for cross-disciplinary research in non-equilibrium science.
Research
![AI network](/ImportedImages/Schools/NMS/informatics/stai/ai-network.x4ff05e99.jpeg?w=780&h=520&crop=780,440,0,40&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Distributed Artificial Intelligence
The group explores the use of AI in social and economic contexts where an intelligent entity may be interacting with other entities.
![cyberculture](/ImportedImages/Kingsworldwide/NAS/cyberculture.xece332c4.jpg?w=780&h=519&crop=780,440,0,40&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
King's Cybersecurity Centre
King's Cybersecurity Centre is an EPSRC-NCSC Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research (ACE-CSR). It provides expertise on most areas of cyber security, it has a critical mass of researchers working on three main research themes and their interrelationship.
![FEATURE Finance](/newimages/nmes/feature-images-800x430/FEATURE-Finance.x6c71ff92.jpg?w=819&h=440&crop=780,440,12,0&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Finance (Informatics)
The Finance Hub conducts fundamental and applied research at the intersection of finance and computation, a sector which is colloquially known as FinTech.
![THUMB PAGE Security Cameras](/newimages/nmes/thumbnail-pages-368x208/thumb-page-security-cameras.x73b54fdb.jpg?w=780&h=441&crop=780,440,0,1&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Security (Informatics)
The Security Hub consolidates the research related to security
![Robots in the Department of Informatics](/ImportedImages/Schools/NMS/News-Stories-images/Robots-in-the-Department-of-Informatics.xa27502de.jpg?w=780&h=518&crop=780,440,0,39&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Trusted Autonomous Systems (Informatics)
The Trusted Autonomous Systems Hub develops the trustable autonomous systems of tomorrow.
![it-security-cyber](/newimages/hero/it-security-cyber.x80668c64.jpg?w=1500&h=440&crop=780,440,360,0&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Cyber Security Research Group
CSRG promotes research into cyber security bringing together experts from diverse disciplines.
![cnes herox](/newimages/microsites/cnes/cnes-herox.x9c62c0b9.png?w=1501&h=440&crop=780,440,361,0&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Centre for Non-Equilibrium Science (CNES)
CNES acts as an international hub for cross-disciplinary research in non-equilibrium science.