CAIR people

(See papers for publications, income for details of research grants, awards, etc. and  events and seminars for other research activities)

Director of Centre

Professor Vic Grout, BSc, PhD, CMath FIMA, CEng FIET, CSci CITP FBCS, SMIEEE ... Computational mathematics, Combinatorial optimisation and Network algorithms

Vic is Professor of Network Algorithms and CAIR leader.  He has various research interests in network measurement, simulation and optimisation.

Deputy Director of Centre

Dr Rich Picking, BSc, MSc, PhD, MBCS, MIET Human Computer Interaction, Technologies for Assisted Living

Rich is a Reader in Human-Computer Interaction at Glyndwr, directing CAIR research into various aspects of HCI accessibility/usability.

Professors

Professor Peter Excell, BSc, PhD, CEng FIET, CITP FBCS, FHEA, AFRSPSoc, SMIEEE ... Computational Simulation for Wireless Systems

Peter is Professor of Communications and Head of the School of Computing and Communications Technology. 

Professor Graeme Wilkinson, BSc, ARCS, DPhil, MInstP CPhys, FBCS CITP, SMIEEE, FRSA Satellite Remote Sensing

Graeme is Professor of Signal processing and Dean of the Faculty of Business, Science and Technology. 

Visiting Professor

Professor Raed A Abd-Alhameed, BSc MSc, HDipMath PhD, FHEA MIET, CEng MIEEE Electromagnetic field computation

Raed is Professor of Electromagnetics and Radio Frequency Engineering at Bradford University and Visiting Professor at Glyndwr.

Visiting Research Fellow

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Dr Yunzhi Yan, BSc, MSc, DSc, Stochastic analysis and optimization control for complex networks

Yunzhi joins us on a Leverhulme research grant and will be working on analysis and control for complex networks, where the complexity consists of uncertainties, randomicity, interaction, component failures, etc.

Research Supervisors

Dr Stuart Cunningham, BSc, MSc, PhD, FBCS CITP, MIET, MIEEE Audio compression techniques

Stuart is a Senior Lecturer in Computing at Glyndwr. He has research interests in all things music and audio related.

Denise Oram, BA, MSc, PGCEHE, FHEA, MBCS Information systems ethics

Denise is a Glyndwr Research Fellow with specialist interests in cultural differences relating to I.T. and computing ethics.

John Poulton, BSc, MSc Teaching and learning in IT and computing

John is the Computing Subject Leader, researching teaching and learning, with a particular emphasis on assessment methods. 

Dr Zhishun She, BEng, MEng, PhD, MIET Imaging systems and analysis techniques

Zhishun's work includes synthetic aperture radar imagery and multiple pass radar image processing. 

Dr Wanching Tu, BEE, MSc, PhD, MIEEE Networks and wireless networks

Wanching is a Lecturer in Computing at Glyndwr with research interests across several fields of networking and wireless communication.

John Worden, BSc, MSc E-commerce

John is a Senior Lecturer in Computing at Glyndwr with research interests in various areas of e-commerce.

Mike Wright, BEng, MSc, MIET, MRA Music processing and audio electronics

Mike is the Communications Technology Subject Leader, with interests in various Sound Broadcast fields.

Research Staff

Stephen Caulder, BSc, MSc, CPhys MInstP, MBCS, MIEEE Algorithms and security

Stephen is a Glyndwr Lecturer with interests in various aspects of computational intelligence and network security . 

John Davies, BSc, MIET Network performance and management

John is a Senior Lecturer in Computing at Glyndwr, researching the use of metrics for determining network stability.

Mike Headon, BSc, MSc, MBCS Information systems

Mike is a consultant researcher, advising the group on various aspects of procedure and quality.

Richard Hebblewhite, BSc Intelligent user interface design

Richard is a Senior Lecturer in Computing, researching adaptive tutoring and assessment systems. Additional research interests include game oriented artificial intelligence and ethics.

Colin Heron, BA Music technology

Colin is a music technologist at Glyndwr, researching the impact of the Internet and new media on the music industry 

Nigel Houlden, BSc, CITP MBCS Internet Routing Protocols and optimisation

Nigel is a Glyndwr Senior Computing Lecturer, registered for an MPhil/PhD to research into improved routing algorithms.

Bindu Jose, BSc, MBCS Databases

Bindu's research is concerned with various aspects of database design and management.  She is a Senior Lecturer in Computing.

John McGinn, BSc, MBCS, MIET Information visualisation and networks

John is a Senior Lecturer and EU EASY LINE+ researcher, investigating visualisation techniques and various network security issues.

Nathan Roberts, BSc Virtual learning environments

Nathan's research uses adaptable learning environments to enhance collaborative learning through online evaluation and mentoring. 

Richard Smith, BSc Music ethics

Richard is a Communications Technology Lecturer, researching for an Mphil/PhD in the area of illegal music downloads. 

Research Students

Monir Bhuiyan, BSc, MSc Gesture Controlled User Interfaces

Monir is a PhD student researching mobile web accessibility including gesture controlled communication aids for elderly & disabled people. 

Clare Buckley, BSc Women in I.T.

Clare's research interests cover various topics concerning women in computing education and employment. 

Lyndon Evans, BSc Software Integration

Lyndon is a Glyndwr graduate and BCS prize-winner, investigating methodologies for integrating disparate software packages. 

Ruizhi Liao, BSc, MSc Wireless routing

Ruizhi is working towards a PhD on a Glyndwr Research Bursary. He has an MSc from Cork, Ireland. 

Fatima Mansour, BSc, MPhil Multimedia

Fatima is a PhD student at Glyndwr, researching holistic visualisation of distributed knowledge.

Dr. Mike Morgan, BSc, PhD Wireless and optical network optimisation

Mike has recently completed his PhD at Glyndwr, investigating and testing meta-heuristics for designing wireless and optical networks.

Max Mulawa, BSc, MPhil Reusable interface components

Max is a Glyndwr research student investigating definitions of development standards for reusable user interface components.

Tarak Patel, BSc e-Commerce

Tarak is a KTP Associate working on ERP and e-commerce strategy development.

Dr Karim Mohammed Rezaul, BSc, MSc, PhD Long-range dependent network traffic

Karim has recently completed his PhD into measurement and control of self-similar network traffic. 

Alexia Robinet, BSc Usability and interface design

Alexia is an EU EASY LINE+ researcher, developing user interfaces within ambient intelligence systems. 

Armando Roy Delgado, BSc, MPhil Domotics

Armando is a Computing graduate and EU EASY LINE+ researcher, developing user interfaces within ambient intelligence systems. 

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