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Adam Machowczyk

Graduate Teaching Assistant

School/Department: Computing and Mathematical Sciences, School of

Email: amm106@leicester.ac.uk

Profile

I completed my BSc at De Montfort University in 2021 with first class in Computing. Then I moved to The University of Leicester for my MSc in Cloud Computing, which I completed in 2022. My MSc project was the backbone of my PhD application and was awarded the Best Technical MSc project award. I was also given the Best Student in Informatics award in November 2022.

In my research, I am actively trying to find a way to apply Graph Rewriting to Graph Neural Networks. I am funded by The University, working as a GTA, under the supervision of Prof. Reiko Heckel.

Research

As part of my PhD I research whether it is possible, and to what extent, to apply Graph Rewriting to Graph Neural Networks.

My first publication was released on the 16th International Conference on Graph Transformation (part of STAF Conferences 2023). It is available online as session 5 of ICGT 2023, second talk. 

In December 2024 I participated in the Data Skeptic podcast and talked with Kyle Polich about my research. The podcast is available on YouTube and the other major platforms.

If you are interested in the subject, please get in touch with me or my supervisor, Professor Reiko Heckel (rh122)!

Publications

Adam Machowczyk and Reiko Heckel (2024): Towards Graph-to-Graph Transformation Networks. Graph Computation Models 2024. Available online at the workshop page, in the Electronic Proceedings tab. Accessed: 25/07/2024.

Reiko Heckel and Adam Machowczyk (2024): From Message Passing to Actor Graph Neural Networks. Graph Computation Models 2024. Available online at the workshop page, in the Electronic Proceedings tab. Accessed: 25/07/2024.

"Graph Rewriting for Graph Neural Networks", Adam Machowczyk, Reiko Heckel, International Conference on Graph Transformation 2023, part of STAF 2023, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-36709-0. Nominated for best paper. [Available online at arXiv]

Teaching

Term 1 Modules:

CO4217-CO7217 Agile Cloud Automation (2022/23, 23/24, 24/25)

CO2101 Operating Systems and and Networking (2022/23, 23/24, 24/25)

 

Term 2 Modules:

CO1108 Foundations of Computation (2022/23, 23/24, 24/25)

CO7214 Service-Oriented Architectures (2022/23, 23/24, 24/25)

CO4225-CO7225 Data-Driven Intelligent Service Design (2023/24, 24/25)

CO7093 Big Data and Predictive Analytics (2022/23, 24/25)

Conferences

GCM Workshop 2024: Author, Presenter and Session Co-Chair.

STAF Conferences 2023: Digital Communications Chair.

16th International Conference on Graph Transformation: Participant and Paper Author, nominated for the best paper award.

Interests

I organise Tabletop Role-playing games in my free time, mainly in the 1920s setting in the USA (Call of Cthulhu), or other systems, including one that I actively develop myself. I spend lots of time writing scenarios and literature for and around them. I also review Polish Hip-Hop music. Programming-wise, I engage in Full-Stack Web Development, with core interest in PHP and JavaScript.

Qualifications

Certified Carbon Literate - 2024.

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