I completed a PhD in computer science (Fourier Methods for Curve and Surface Smoothing in Computer Aided Design) at Cardiff University in 1990, where I remained until 1993 as a Research Fellow in the department of Computer Science. I then took a position as a Designer and Systems Administrator at Interface 4 Ltd, Cardiff, working on educational training programmes and consultancy for the International Labour Organization, before taking up my current post at the University in 1994.
At the University of South Wales, my research has involved many industrial and other partners on externally funded projects totalling more than £1.5 million, including Fujitsu, TATA Steel, financial trading company OSTC Ltd., P&O Group (now part of Maersk Line), High Performance Computing Wales and the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. I have been awarded grants from a number of funding bodies, including EPSRC, European Commission, Welsh Government and Nuffield Foundation.
I am the Head of Postgraduate Research Studies, running the University's Graduate School. In my time at the University of South Wales, I have successfully supervised 10 research students to the award of PhD and four to MPhil, and currently supervise another four research students.
I am happy to supervise postgraduate research students (from Masters by Research to PhD) in most areas of System Dynamics for population and social modelling, and in the production of decision support systems in industrial and business applications. Please contact me if you are interested.
