
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

Distributed Artificial Intelligence
Understanding AI in social and economic contexts where an intelligent entity may be interacting with other entities

King's Cybersecurity Centre
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.

Finance Hub
The Finance Hub conducts fundamental and applied research at the intersection of finance and computation, a sector which is colloquially known as FinTech.

Security Hub
The Security Hub consolidates the research related to security

Trusted Autonomous Systems Hub
The Trusted Autonomous Systems Hub develops the trustable autonomous systems of tomorrow.

Cyber Security Research Group
CSRG promotes research into cyber security bringing together experts from diverse disciplines.

Centre for Non-Equilibrium Science (CNES)
CNES acts as an international hub for cross-disciplinary research in non-equilibrium science.
Research

Distributed Artificial Intelligence
Understanding AI in social and economic contexts where an intelligent entity may be interacting with other entities

King's Cybersecurity Centre
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.

Finance Hub
The Finance Hub conducts fundamental and applied research at the intersection of finance and computation, a sector which is colloquially known as FinTech.

Security Hub
The Security Hub consolidates the research related to security

Trusted Autonomous Systems Hub
The Trusted Autonomous Systems Hub develops the trustable autonomous systems of tomorrow.

Cyber Security Research Group
CSRG promotes research into cyber security bringing together experts from diverse disciplines.

Centre for Non-Equilibrium Science (CNES)
CNES acts as an international hub for cross-disciplinary research in non-equilibrium science.