Position
I am a Professor in the School of Computing Science at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Full details of how to contact me may be found on
the CS Staff home pages.
Teaching
I teach (or have taught) undergraduate modules in:
- Introduction To Programming and Software Engineering (C++, Java)
- The IT Professional in Today's Society
- Software Engineering I
- Software Project Management
- Systems Reliability and Fault Tolerance
- Research Methods and Skills
I am a co-author of The Apprentice C++ Programmer: A Touch of Class
Research
My main research interests are in
- parallelism
- visual programming languages
- shared memory multiprocessor architectures
- object-oriented programming
- bioinformatics
Administration
I am currently the Head of School.
I have chaired the Board of Examiners and Board of Studies, and been the Degree Programme Director for the undergraduate programmes.
I chair appointment panels.
I was an HEFCE Computer Science assessor in 1994/5.
External Examiner positions
- Edinburgh University, MSc Computer Science, 1991-1994
- City University, BSc Computer Science, BSc Software Engineering, 1994-1999
- Hull University, BSc Computer Science, BSc Software Engineering, 1997-2000
- Imperial College, BSc/MEng Computer Science, 1998-2002.
- Aston University, BSc Computer Science, 2002-present.
- York University, MSc in Software Engineering, 2002 - 2005.
- Strathclyde, BSc Computer Science, Software Engineering, 2005-
Other Stuff
Hobbies
I used to fly radio-controlled model helicopters. I'm pretty good at crashing them too :-(
I enjoy growing vegetables in my garden.
I enjoy walking in the hills.
Work Environment
Shots of my office in April 2005. Click on the thumbnail for the full picture.
October 2005 - two screens are better than one?
