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Research Interests

Communications from High Altitude Platforms and other forms of aerial platform.

Wireless communications for Connected Autonomous Networks

Artificial intelligence applied to wireless networks.

Radio resource management in general including, dynamic spectrum sharing and coexistence, application of economics to spectrum assignment, and distributed dynamic channel assignment, including specialist knowledge of wireless ad hoc networks.

Wireless communications system level design, interference studies and mitigation techniques for mixed wireless systems, incorporating current and future wireless standards.

Outside Positions of Responsibility

Vice-Chair Special Interest Group on Cognitive Green Communications and Computing Networks 2014/15

Chair for IEEE Technical Committee on Cognitive Networks 2013/14

Chair of WUN Cognitive Communications Consortium 2008 - 2013

Member of IEEE Comsoc Technical Advisory Council 2013/14

Former Chair of COST 297 - HAPCOS WG1 'Radio Communications'

Related Skills

MATLAB, OPNET modelling, C, Maple, UNIX system administration.

Qualifications

1999: DPhil on Distributed Dynamic Channel Assignment for the Wireless Environment, University of York.

1989 - 1993: MEng Electronic Systems Engineering, University of York. First Class Honours, sponsored by BT.

Employment

Universities

Oct 2009 - present: Professor (Research), formerly known as Senior Research Fellow (Senior Staff Grade), University of York

Oct 2011 - Sep 2018: Guest Professor Zhejiang University, China

Oct 2004 - Sept 2009: Senior Research Fellow, University of York

June 1999 - Sept 2004: Research Fellow, University of York

1994 - June 1999: Research Assistant, University of York

Companies

Mar 2021- present: Director and Founder of Mercurius Technology Ltd

Sep 2014 - Oct 2018: Non Executive Director of Stratospheric Platforms Ltd

2001 - 2009: Director of SkyLARC Technologies Ltd.

1989 - 1993: Placements with BT, including 6 months at BT Labs.

Technical Committee Memberships

IEEE Technical Committee on Cognitive Networks

IEEE Technical Subcommittee on Green Communications and Computing

IEEE Satellite and Space Committee