I am the Director of Data Services at the University of Edinburgh’s EPCC in Edinburgh.

For my CV please see LinkedIn

Specialties

• Planning strategic direction in research and innovation
• Directing commercialisation and research departments
• Directing intellectual property including patent portfolios
• Facilitating academic-industrial collaborations and relationships
• Influencing university and industry collaboration at a national level
• Acquiring external funding, specifically publicly-funded R&D projects

Awards

• IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributor award in 2022
• IEEE Senior Member in 2013
• Scottish Crucible by National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (UK) in 2009
• Talented Young Researcher by NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Research) in 2004

Education

• PhD in Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Leiden University, The Netherlands. Nov 2002.
• MSc in Computer Science, Leiden University, The Netherlands. Sep 1998.

Current board, committee and professional memberships

• Mentor in the UKRI Future Leaders Fellows Development Network, since 2021
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, since 2018.
• Full College Member of the Review College of the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), since 2016.
• Senior Member of the IEEE, since 2009.
• Lifetime Member of the Association of Computer Machinery since 2009

Previous board, committee and professional memberships

• Honorary Fellow of the University of Edinburgh, 2010–2023.
• Honorary Member of the Economy and Enterprise Committee of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2021-2023.
• Member of the Graduate School Strategic Advisory Board of the University of Glasgow, 2015-2023.
• Member of the Research & Knowledge Exchange Committee of the Scottish Funding Council, 2016-2022.
• Member of the Advisory Board for Physics and Astronomy of the University of Glasgow, 2021-2022.
• Member of the Market Opportunities Panel of the UK Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Enhanced Imaging, 2020-2022.
• Member of the Advisory Board of the EPSRC CDT in Integrative Sensing and Measurement, 2015-2021.
• Chair of the Enterprise Fellowship Committee of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2020-2022.
• Member of the Enterprise Fellowship Committee of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2018-2020.
• Member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2019-2022.
• Member of the Informatics, Mathematics and Statistics Sectional Committee of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2018-2021.
• Member of the Economy and Enterprise Committee (former Business Innovation Forum) of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2014–2020.
• Member of the Medical Devices Special Interest Group of the Scottish Life Science Association, 2013–2017.
• Member of the DICOM Working Group 09 Ophthalmology of the Association of Electrical Equipment and Medical Imaging Manufacturers, 2013–2015.
• Founding Member of the Young Academy of Scotland of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2011–2016.
• Member of the Steering Board of e-Science Data Information and Knowledge Transformation, 2009–2010.
• Member of the IT & Image Analysis Committee of Scottish Imaging Network: A Platform of Excellence, 2008–2010.
• Member of the University of Edinburgh Internal Selection Process Review Board for JISC Calls, 2010.
• Member of the Steering Committee of the European Conf. on Evolutionary Comp. in Comb. Optim. , 2006–2010.
• Member of the Programme Committee of Advanced Distributed Services Summer Schools, UK, 2009–2010.
• Member of the Programme Committee of International Summer Schools on Grid Computing, 2006–2008.
• Member of the Programme Committee of Eur. Net. of Excel. in Evol. Comp. Summer Schools, 2001–2003.
• Member of the Steering Committee of the European Conf. on Genetic Programming, 2002–2007.