Ash Booth

Ash Booth has a bachelor's degree in biomedical science from the University of Southampton. During his undergraduate studies he developed an interest in evolutionary dynamics and the idea of multi-level selection. A frustration with the reductionist approaches imposed at undergraduate level led him toward the doctoral training centre at the Institute for Complex Systems Simulation (an interdisciplinary group working to understand and simulate complex systems across a range of fields). The ICSS allowed him to broaden his horizons and to apply the principles of evolutionary selection to models of social systems, in particular financial/economic systems. Ash is part of the University of Southampton's "Agents, Interaction and Complexity" group. At present, he is working on the use of artificial evolution in the design of trading strategies and market mechanisms for reducing volatility in financial markets.