Paul Rauwolf
PhD Candidate
E-mail: p.rauwolf@bath.ac.uk
Website: paulrauwolf.com
+447454009837
Research Interests:
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Biases in human decision-making
Evolution of cooperation and trust
Self-deception
Evolution of cognitive biases
Education:
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PhD Candidate, Computer Science, University of Bath. 2012 - Present
Research Area: The utility of biases in decision-making
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MSc. Informatics, University of Sussex. 2010. (Graduated first in class)
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B.S., Major: Computer Science, Minor: Philosophy, University of Iowa, 2002.
Journal Publications:
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Rauwolf, Paul., Mitchell, Dominic, & Bryson, Joanna. J. (2015). Value homophily benefits
cooperation but motivates employing incorrect social information. Journal of Theoretical
Biology, 367, 246-261. [pdf]
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Mitchell, Dominic, Bryson, Joanna J., Rauwolf, Paul, Ingram, Gordon. (2015). On the reliability
of unreliable information: Gossip as cultural memory. Interaction Studies. (in press)
Technical Skills:
Probability Models:
Machine Learning
Techniques
Languages (years)
Web Languages
Databases
Bayesian Networks, Markov Models
Backpropagated Neural Networks, K-means clustering, PCA,
Genetic Algorithms, Simulated Annealing, Reinforcement Learning
Java(13), Matlab(5), VB.net(4), C#(1), VB 6.0, C++, VBA, ML,
Prolog
J2EE, PHP, Javascript, CSS, HTML
Mysql, MS Access
Peer-Reviewed Talks
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Rauwolf, Paul and Bryson, Joanna J. Fairness Evolves Because of Partial Information 16th
International Conference of Social Dilemmas (2015) [abstract]
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Rauwolf, Paul, Mitchell, Dominic, and Bryson, Joanna J. Value Homophily Benefits Cooperation
but Motivates Employing Incorrect Social Information. 16th International Conference of Social
Dilemmas.(2015) [abstract]
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Rauwolf, Paul and Bryson, Joanna J. The Evolution of the Impact Bias. European Human
Behaviour and Evolution Association Annual Conference (2015) [abstract]
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Rauwolf, Paul, Mitchell, Dominic and Bryson, Joanna J. Cooperation benefits when homophily
motivates dishonesty in gossip. European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association Annual
Conference (2014) [Programme]
Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers:
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Rauwolf, Paul and Bryson, Joanna J. Selective Pressure for the Divergence in Decision
and Experienced Utility. Proceedings from Collective Intelligence (2014) [pdf]
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Rauwolf, Paul, Balke, Tina and De Vos, Marina. Towards A Computational Model of Normative
Awareness. Proceedings from Social.Path, AISB (2013) [pdf]
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Rauwolf, Paul and Berthouze, Luc. Transfer or no transfer: The key role of learning
specificity, In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics, pp. 97104 (2010) [pdf]
Invited Talks:
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Rauwolf, Paul and Mitchell, Dominic. Whistleblowing and complicity – insights from computer
modelling and evolutionary biology [flyer]
Media:
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Rauwolf, Paul and Mitchell, Dominic. “A tendency to follow the herd rather than whistleblow
may be part of our evolutionary past.” Washington Post. January, 2015 [article]
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Rauwolf, Paul and Mitchell, Dominic. “Why whistleblowing doesn’t come easily.” BBC Radio
Bristol, 2014 [listen]
Ghost Writer:
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Witchel, H. (2010). You Are What You Hear: How Music and Territory Make Us Who We Are.
New York: Algora.
Service to Profession:
Reviewed for:
 Plos One
 PeerJ
Teaching Experience:
 Principals of Programming 2 – 3 years.
Awards and Honors:
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David Parkin Scholarship, 2012 (full tuition for 3 years to pursue PhD)
Chancellor’s International Scholarship, 2009
Sun Certified Java Programmer, 2008
Qualified Member of the American Branch of Mensa (http://www.us.mensa.org)
Business Work Experience:
NCS Pearson, Iowa City, IA (02/15/00 – 09/20/09; 11/20/10 - Present)
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Automation Lead: Software Developer (11/20/10 – Present)
o Lead designer and developer for creating applications to augment a one-hundred person
testing team.
o Required to solve complex testing needs generically, despite a lack of standardization
between the hundreds of projects in need of aid.
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Team Lead: Software Developer (06/01/07 – 09/20/09)
o Managed a group of seven developers in designing and programming a $250,000
application.
o Collaborated with customers and management as the point of contact for all deliverables.
Presented proposals for applications, including timeframes, budgets, and workflows.
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Software Developer I-III (02/15/00 – 06/01/07)
o Designed and developed an application which saved the company 20,000 man-hours
every year.
o Developed a code-base for semi-automated test case generation.