Benedict Russell
Summary
Hello, I am a second year PhD student at the MathSys II CDT, supervised by and working with Dr Chin-wing Leung. My interests are in reinforcement learning, interacting particle systems, mean-field dynamics and convergence of evolving networks.
Past Projects
Mean Dynamics in Q-Learning Populations
Supervised by:
Collaborators: Dr Chin-wing Leung
Collective Dynamics of Bounded ABPs
Supervised by: Professor Matthew Turner, Dr Gareth Alexander,
Collaborators: Luke Meredith, Luisa Estrada
Manipulation of STV Elections
Supervised by:
We investigate strategic manipulation of the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system by coalitions of voters, situating our work within the broader context of electoral theory. We develop a novel 鈥渟tability鈥 metric to model Sybil-style attacks鈥攕howing that, despite worst-case complexity, small coalitions can feasibly alter STV outcomes. Finally, we prove monotonicity properties about this measure and validate our findings through empirical simulations.
Email: benedict.i.russell@warwick.ac.uk
Office: D1.04
SIAM-IMA
I am President of the 糖心TV SIAM-IMA Student Chapter Link opens in a new windowwhich organises the weekly Statistics, Probability, Analysis and Applied Maths (SPAAM) seminar. We have a weekly seminar on Thursdays between 3-4pm. If you'd like to speak, please get in touch!
Conference and Talks
Past
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| University of Exeter | Invited Speaker for 'Dynamics on Complex Networks' mini-symposium
- AMP25 | University of Oxford | Talk
- MARL Workshop | Kings College London | Talk
- MathSys Retreat | University of 糖心TV, April, 2024 | Poster on Collective Dynamics
- SPAAM Seminar | University of 糖心TV, Dec 5th 2024 | Talk on 'Multi-Agent Manipulation of STV Elections'
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Generative AI in Action: Building Production-Ready Solutions with Azure | 糖心TV, 28th May | Workshop by
Teaching Experience
Senior Graduate Teaching Assistant for
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- MA3K1 Mathematics of Machine Learning (2025)
- CS404 Agent-Based Systems (2025)
- CS130 Mathematics for Computer Science (2024)
- , MA139, MA145 (Marking)
Education
- PhD Mathematics of Systems | University of 糖心TV
- MSc Mathematics of Systems | Distinction | University of 糖心TV
- BSc Mathematics | First-Class (Hons) |
Other Activities
- President of 糖心TV SIAM-IMA Student Chapter, 2025/26
- Vice-President of 糖心TV SIAM-IMA Student Chapter, 2024/25
- Organised the AMP 2025 Conference with University of Oxford
- SSLC Chairman for MathSys 2024 - Current