I'm a post-doctoral researcher in the Computational Ecology and Environmental Science Group, a part of the European Science Initiative at Microsoft Research Cambridge.

I have a wide interest in the use of computational techniques for the analysis of ecological sytems. From statistical analysis of animal movement, to harnessing sensor networks for environmental monitoring. I'm interested in the relationship between individual behaviour and observations at the level of the group or population, in how traditionally very labour intensive observation science can be automated using modern techniques (and the different analyses this then implies).

Contact Details

Robin Freeman
Microsoft Research Ltd.
7 J. J. Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0FB
United Kingdom

• email: robin.freeman@microsoft.com
• phone: +44 1223 479 754
• fax: +44 1223 479 999

Ongoing Projects

• Analysis of positional information in multiple systems.
• Analysis of GPS Data from Pigeon and Seabird flight
• Modelling Animal Movements
• Sensor Networks for monitoring vulnerable environments
• Computational and technological systems for ecological data collection
• Collective Behaviour
• Collection, Management & Dissemination of ecological Databases

Guilford, T., Freeman, R., Dennis, T., Landers, T., Thompson, D., Walker, M., & Bell, E. Precision GPS tracking of black petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni) foraging trips during chick rearing.” Manuscript in preparation.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Guilford, T., Meade, J., Freeman, R., Biro, D., Evans, T., Bonadonna, F., Boyle, D., & Perrins, C. M. (In Press) GPS tracking of the foraging movements of Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus breeding on Skomer Island, Wales. Ibis

Biro, D., Freeman, R., Meade, J., Roberts, S. and Guilford, T (2007). Pigeons combine compass and landmark guidancein familiar route navigation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(18) pp7471–7476.

Lau, KK., Roberts, S., Biro, D., Freeman, R., Meade, J., and Guilford T. (2006). An edge detection approach to investigating pigeon navigation. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 239(1) pp71-8.

Bull, J.M., Smith, L.A., Pottage, L., Freeman, R. (2003) Benchmarking Java against C and Fortran for Scientific Applications. Concurrency and Computation: Practice & Experience, 2003.

Other Publications

Guilford, T. C., Meade, J., Freeman, R., C.M.Perrins, Biro, D., Evans, T., Bonadona, F., & Boyle, D. (2007) Tracking the foraging movements of Manx shearwaters from Skomer Island by GPS. Technical report for the Countryside Council for Wales.

Guilford, T, Sagar, P., Freeman, R., Thompson, D., Dennis, T., Hadwen, R. & Biro, D. (2006) GPS tracking of flesh-footed shearwaters, Puffinus carneipes, on Lady Alice Island: field trip report. Technical report for the New Zealand Department of Conservation.

Guilford, T., Freeman, R., Dennis, T., & Landers, T. (2006) GPS tracking of black petrels, Procellaria parkinsoni, on Great Barrier Island: field trip report. Technical report for the New Zealand Department of Conservation.

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