Frank Royston Burton

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Introduction

Hi! Welcome to my personal website.
This website contains my programming projects, research publications, thesis and cv.
Most of my programming projects can be downloaded.
My latest project lolsolved.gg can be viewed online.

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Programming Projects

Download: Programming Projects

Rust Minecraft

Currently working on writing a simple clone of Minecraft in Rust with parallelism. Currently work in progress.
Rust Minecraft
Currently, provides an API server using actix-web and supports Trees, Leaves,
Water, Lava, Fire, In-memory block map compression and the Diamond-Square Algorithm for Terrain generation.
Download Code Here

LoLSolved - League of Legends Builds by Genetic Algorithm

I've created Lolsolved.gg which is an AI based League of Legends Build site
that automatically generates optimal League of Legends builds using genetic algorithms
and the work done in my thesis on acquisition trade-offs.

Various parts are coded in Kotlin, Python and Javascript.
Zoe Build Calculator
Lolsolved
Lolsolved
Lolsolved

FireGB

I developed an open source classic Gameboy emulator called FireGB using C++.
It can be downloaded from https://github.com/Frankablu/FireGB/releases
Kirby on Gameboy
Pokemon on Gameboy
Tetris on Gameboy

CATMOS

The prototype tool developed for my thesis.
The prototype tool is written using a combination of Java, Epsilon, C++, Prolog and Lua
Download: CATMOS Release
CATMOS Gui

Ludum Dare

I helped develop a simple platformer game within a 72-hour time period as part of a team.
The game can be downloaded from https://github.com/HackSoc/LudumDare28/releases and is written in Lua with Love2D.
Platforming game with multiple time lagged copies of the main character

Flying Game

As an extension of one of my undergrad coursework project I developed a simple 3d flying game. It is written using C++.
Flying Game

Chip 8 Emulator

Very basic chip8 emulator written in Scala. Written for learning Scala.
Chip 8 Emulator

Publications

Primary Author

F. Burton, R. Paige, S. Poulding, and S. Smith, "System of systems acquisition trade-offs,"
in 2014 Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER 2014), Mar. 2014.

F. R. Burton and S. Poulding, "Complementing metaheuristic search with higher abstraction
techniques," Proc. 1st International Workshop on Combining Modelling and Search-Based
Software Engineering, 2013.

F. R. Burton, R. F. Paige, L. M. Rose, D. S. Kolovos, S. Poulding, and S. Smith, "Solving
acquisition problems using model-driven engineering," in Modelling Foundations and
Applications, pp. 428 - 443, Springer, 2012.

Secondary Author

J. R. Williams, F. R. Burton, R. F. Paige, and F. A. Polack, "Sensitivity analysis in model-driven
engineering," in Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, pp. 743 - 758,
Springer, 2012.

R. F. Paige, P. J. Brooke, X. Ge, C. D. Power, F. R. Burton, and S. Poulding, "Revealing
complexity through domain-specific modelling and analysis," in Large-Scale Complex IT
Systems. Development, Operation and Management, pp. 251 - 265, Springer, 2012.

Thesis

Submitted and accepted for a Doctorate of Engineering in
Large Scale Complex IT Systems at the University of York

(Computer Science PhD)

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CV

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