Peter John Fleming CBE FREng is a professor of Industrial Systems and Control in the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering at the University of Sheffield, and till June 2012 he was the director of the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre for Control and Systems Engineering.
Fleming is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Systems Science.
[1] Fleming's primary area of research involves the development of evolutionary algorithms, including genetic algorithm for multi-objective optimization.
He also works in the area of control & systems engineering.
His research interests have led to the development of close links with a variety of industries in sectors such as automotive, aerospace, power generation, food processing, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing.