About me

I am a PhD student in the Computer Science Department at the University of British Columbia, supervised by Kevin Leyton-Brown. I am affiliated with the Laboratory for Computational Intelligence (LCI) and the Algorithms lab. I study how to leverage machine learning in the design of algorithms for computationally-hard problems. In particular, I am interested in (1) end-to-end learning with deep neural networks to make per-instance predictions and (2) reinforcement learning for guiding combinatorial search.

Papers

  • Chris Cameron, Jason Hartford, Taylor Lundy, Tuan Truong, Alan Milligan, Rex Chen, Kevin Leyton-Brown
    UNSAT Solver Synthesis via Monte Carlo Forest Search
    21st International Conference on the Integration of Constraint Programming (CPAIOR), 2024. (to appear)
    [arxiv][code]
  • Kevin Leyton-Brown, Mausam, Yatin Nandwani, Hedayat Zarkoob, Chris Cameron, Neil Newman, Dinesh Raghu
    Matching Papers and Reviewers at Large Conferences
    The Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (AIJ), 2024. (to appear)
    [arxiv][code]
  • Chris Cameron, Jason Hartford, Taylor Lundy, Kevin Leyton-Brown
    The Perils of Learning Before Optimizing
    In Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2022.
    [arxiv][website]
  • Chris Cameron, Holger H. Hoos, Kevin Leyton-Brown, Bill McCormick
    Automatic algorithm design for combinatorial optimization in networking: an application in resource allocation for 5G networks
    Under Review, 2020.
    [code]
  • Chris Cameron, Rex Chen, Jason Hartford, Kevin Leyton-Brown
    Predicting Propositional Satisfiability via End-to-End Learning
    In Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2020.
    [pdf][website][code]
  • Chris Cameron, Holger H. Hoos, Kevin Leyton-Brown
    Bias in Algorithm Portfolio Performance Evaluation
    In International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2016.
    [pdf]

Education

2008-2012 BSc. Mining Engineering, Queen's University
2012-2014 Undergraduate Computer Science, University of British Columbia
2014-2016 MSc. Computer Science (transferred to PhD), University of British Columbia
2017-present PhD Computer Science, University of British Columbia

Employment

2014-Present, Graduate Research Assistant , University of British Columbia
See Research above.
2014, Undergraduate Research Assistant (NSERC USRA), University of British Columbia
Auction simulation for upcoming FCC auction.
Software development on SATzilla project.
2013-2014, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant , University of British Columbia
APSC-160: Introduction to Computation in Engineering Design, CPSC-261: Basics of Computer Systems
2013, Undergraduate Research Assistant , University of British Columbia
User interface to facilitate communication between robotic arms in bilateral teleoperation.
2012, Undergraduate Research Assistant , Queen's University
Computer simulation study of impact of travel-time variability on dispatch efficiency in open-pit mines.