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Bill Buchanan is a Professor in the School of Computing at Edinburgh Napier University. He currently leads the Centre for Distributed Computing and Security, and works in the areas of security, e-Crime, intrusion detection systems, digital forensics, e-Health, mobile computing, agent-based systems, and simulation. Bill has one of the most extensive academic sites in the World, and is involved in many areas of novel teaching in computing, including the widely-used network simulation package NetworkSims.com. He has published over 25 academic books, and over 80 academic research papers, along with awards for excellence in knowledge transfer. Presently he is working with a range of industrial/domain partners, including with the Scottish Police, health care professionals and the FSA. A currently research grant includes a £200,000 grant into Digital DNA, which has two patents (in the UK and the US) associated with it.

Outline

[PDF Version] [SWF] An academic is often benchmarked against other academics in other organisations by their publication record, their peer review activities, and their research income generation. Thus my CV is biased towards this. The following gives a summary of the work I am currently involved in. If you wish a fuller account, please contact me, and I'll try and outline some of the other things that I am interested in, and developing. It defines many of my mechanistic details, and does not outline any of my achieved which are not related to publishing. A CV is often an archive and illustrates past achievements, and does not really cover the present, and the future. It's strange in computing that job functions are often selected in terms of a CV, rather that in terms of a portfolio of work.

Name:

William Buchanan, BSc (Hons.), PhD, FBCS, FIEE (FIET) CEng, MCP, FBCS

Date of Birth:

6th March, 1961.

WWW page:

http://www.dcs.napier.ac.uk/~bill

Current Post:

Professor, School of Computing

Email:

w.buchanan@napier.ac.uk    |   bill@buchananweb.co.uk

PDF version:

http://www.dcs.napier.ac.uk/~bill/cv_bill.pdf

Telephone:

+44 (0)131 455 2759

Academic diary:

http://www.dcs.napier.ac.uk/~bill/diary_current.html

   

Quick guide

MPhil/PhD Examinations

17

MPhil/PhD Completions

9

Journal Papers

30

Conference Papers

48

Academic Books

22 (not including translations)

External Examinerships

5 (two current)

Current Post

Professor

Current PhD Supervisions

5

Research Grants (total)

£540,000 (over 6 years)

 

Employment

2005-Present

Professor, School of Computing, Napier University, Edinburgh.

2003-2005

Reader, School of Computing, Napier University, Edinburgh.

1989-2003

Senior Lecturer, School of Computing, Napier University, Edinburgh.

1996-Present

Series Editor (IT and Computing), Macmillan Press Ltd.

1989-Present

Consultant to several companies including British Gas plc, HMSO, Total and Mobil.

1991-1995

Director, Real-Time Technologies Ltd, Edinburgh.

1989-1990

Software Consultant, ABACUS Simulations Ltd, Glasgow.

1986-1989

Lecturer, Department of Electronics, Napier University, Edinburgh.

1986

Electronic Engineer, Racal-MESL, Edinburgh.

1985

Industrial Training, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh.

1984

Industrial Training, Racal-MESL Ltd, Edinburgh.

1983

Industrial Training, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh.

1977-1981

Apprentice Electrical Engineer, ICI Ltd, Grangemouth.

 

Qualifications

2010

Fellow of the BCS

2007

Cisco Regional Intructor, Network Security

2006

Fellow of IET (previously IEE)

2006

Microsoft XML Web Services (70-320) Certification

2006

Cisco 642-55 Certification, Securing Networks with PIX and ASA

2005

Cisco Regional Intructor, Wireless LANs

2005

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

2001

Member of BCS.

2000 (and 2005)

Cisco Certified Instructor - Semester 1 -4

1996

PhD. Mathematical Modelling.

1993

CEng, MIEE.

1986

BSc (Hons) in Communications and Electronic Engineering. 2:1.

 

 

Book/CD-ROM publications

Buchanan WJ, "C for Electronic Engineering with Applied Software Engineering", Prentice-Hall International, April 1995, ISBN 0-13-342668-8.

Buchanan WJ, "Applied PC Interfacing, Interrupts and Graphics", Addison-Wesley, June 1996, ISBN 0-201-87728-7. [Review]

Buchanan WJ, "Data Communications and Computer Networks", Chapman & Hall, ISBN 0-412-75430-4.

Buchanan WJ, "Microelectronic Systems: Design, Modelling and Test", Arnold, Jan. 1997, ISBN 0-340-67771-6.

Buchanan WJ, "Mastering Global Information Systems", Macmillan, Sept. 1997, ISBN 0-333-68951-8. (and Chinese edition). Translated into several languages, including Chinese (2002).

Buchanan WJ, "Mastering the Internet", Macmillan, Sept. 1997, ISBN 0-333-6926-6. (and Polish edition).

Buchanan WJ, "Advanced Data Communications and Networks", Chapman & Hall, Sept. 1997, ISBN 0-412-80630-4.

Buchanan WJ, "Software Development for Engineers (C++/ Pascal/ Assembly/ Visual Basic/ HTML/ JavaScript and Java)", Arnold, October 1997, ISBN 0-340-70014-9.

Buchanan WJ, "Advanced PC Interfacing, Communications and Windows Programming", Addison-Wesley, Apr. 1998, Nov. 1998. ISBN 0-201-87728-7. Translated into several languages, including Chinese and Japanese editions 2002.

Buchanan WJ, "Handbook of Data Communications and Networks", Kluwer, Jan. 1998, ISBN 0-412-84060-0.

Buchanan WJ, "Mastering Pascal and Delphi", Macmillan, Apr. 1998. ISBN 0-333-73007-0. Top 100 Bestseller on Amazon.co.uk (January 2000). No.1 Pascal book in the UK / No3. for Delphi. [Review] No. 1 Pascal in W.H.Smiths/

Buchanan WJ, "Mastering Java", Macmillan, Apr. 1998, ISBN 0-333-73008-9. [Review 1/ Review 2]

Buchanan WJ, "Software Development", John Wiley & Sons. December 1997. ISBN 0-471-85266-2.

Buchanan WJ, "CD-ROM Handbook of Data Communications & Networks", Kluwer, May 1998. ISBN- 0-412-84060. 2nd edition due out soon.

Buchanan WJ, "Mastering Windows NT, Novell NetWare and UNIX", Macmillan, Apr. 1999. ISBN 0-412-84060. Top 10 Novell NetWare book in the UK.

Buchanan WJ, "Mastering Networks", Macmillan, Apr. 1999. ISBN 0-333-748042. Top 100 Bestseller on Amazon.co.uk (Autumn 1999).

Buchanan WJ, "Computer Busses", November 1999, Arnold, ISBN 0-340-74076. Parts used by Yale University for their Engineering & Applied Science Library display as part of a Tercentennial celebrations.

Buchanan WJ and Wilson A, "Advanced PC Architecture", Addison-Wesley Longman, Spring 2000, ISBN 0-201-39858-3.Tranlated into Chinese edition - Chinese Electric Power Press of Beijing (2003)

Buchanan WJ, "Wiedziec wieceg Internrt", Oct 1999. (Polish edition). ISBN 83-206-1283-7.

Buchanan WJ, "Mastering Computing", ISBN 0333748069, Palgrave. Polish edition [Picture].

Buchanan WJ, "Mastering Delphi", Jan 2003, Macmillan.

Buchanan WJ, "Distributed Systems and Networks", McGraw-Hill, June 2000, ISBN 0-077-09583-9.Translated in Indian by Tata McGraw-Hill (2004).

 

 

Papers publishing in Journals

Mason, N.J. Dingle, Knottenbelt, Bell, Buchanan, Thuemmler, Modelling Infection Spread Using Location Tracking, International Journal of Health Care (accepted). Collaboration with Imperial College, London.

Garrigues, C., Migas, N., Buchanan, W.J, and Robles, S., 2008. Protecting mobile agents from external replay attacks, Journal of Systems and Software Journal of Systems and Software, Volume 82, Issue 2, February 2009, Pages 197-206.

Buchanan, W., Thuemler, C. (Eds.), (2009). International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management: Special Issue on Patient-Centric Modelling and Enhanced Security in Distributed Healthcare Systems, 10 (1/2), () ( ed.) : Inderscience.

Thuemler, C., Buchanan, W., Lawson, A. (2009). Radio frequency identification (RFID) in pervasive healthcare. International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management (IJHTM), 119-131.
Migas, N., Buchanan, W.J., 2008, Ad-hoc Routing Metrics and Applied Weighting for QoS support, International Journal of Parallel, Emergent, and Distributed Systems (IJPEDS), Accepted. To be published.

Thuemmler C, Buchanan W and Kumar V, Setting Safety Standards by Designing a Low-budget and Compatible Patient Identification System based on Passive RFID Technology, International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management (IJHTM), Volume 8 No 5, 2007. DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2007.013524

A.A. Abimbola, J.M. Munoz and W.J. Buchanan, NetHost-Sensor: Investigating the capture of end-to-end encrypted intrusive data, Computers & Security, Volume 25, Issue 6, September 2006 , Pages 445-451 [Link]

Buchanan WJ, Migas N, Sinclair G and McArtney, Analysis of an Agent-based Metric-Driven for Ah-hoc, On-Demand Routing, Journal of Ad-hoc Networks, Ad Hoc Networks, Volume 4, Issue 2, 1 March 2006, Pages 147-167. DOI: doi:10.1016/j.adhoc.2004.04.009 Listed in the Top 25 articles for this Journal.

A. Abimbola, JM.Munoz and WJ.Buchanan , NetHost-Sensor: Monitoring a Target Host's Application via System Calls, in the Journal Information Security Technical Report, Elsevier, 2006.

Buchanan WJ, Raja A, and Munoz J, "Critical Analysis and Error Determination of Locating-finding Techniques in GSM", International Journal of Mobile Communications (IJMC), Vol 3, No 2, 2005 [Link]

Buchanan WJ, Correlation between academic and skills-based tests in computer networks, British Journal of Education Technology (BJET), Correlation between academic and skills-based tests in computer networks. British Journal of Educational Technology 0 (0), -. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00476.x, Vol 37, No 1, 2006, pp 69-78. [Link]

Buchanan WJ, McArtney and Migas N, Agent-based Clustering over Ad-hoc Networks, Expert Update, pp 4-8, Vol 7, No 3, Autumn 2004.

Migas N, Buchanan WJ and McArtney K, Benchmarking Bandwidth and Re-source Consumptions of Java-based Proxy PDAs in Ad-hoc Networks, Expert Update, pp9-17, Vol 7, No 3, Autumn 2004.

Raja A, Buchanan WJ and Munoz J, "Analytical Review of Mobile Phone-based Location-finding", IEE Communication Engineer, 2004.

Abimbola A, Munoz J and Buchanan WJ, Viral-Net Systems Viva Automonous Agent Technology, Expert Update, pp24-28, Vol 7, No 3, Autumn 2004.

Buchanan WJ , "Replacing Courseworks with Practical Assessments in Computer Networks", Teaching Fellows Journal, April 2004 (invited paper).

Buchanan WJ , Migas N, Sinclair G and McArtney K, Analysis of an Agent-based Metric-Driven for Ah-hoc, On-Demand Routing, Journal of Ad-hoc Networks, Vol 4, 2006, pp 146-167, 7doi:10.1016/j.adhoc.2004.04.009

Buchanan WJ, "Towards Totally Distibuted Control", Fieldbus Technology; The Digital Networking System for Automation and Control, Springer-Verlag, Germany (Invited paper), 2002.

Lewis O, Mannion M and Buchanan WJ, "Performance Issues of Variability Design for Embedded System Product Lines", Fraunhofer IESE Technical Report 070.00/E.

Buchanan WJ, "Robust and Flexiable Control: CAN bus", Fieldbus Technology; The Digital Networking System for Automation and Control, Springer-Verlag, Germany (Invited paper), 2002.

Buchanan WJ, "Towards a Distributed Control Standard: WorldFIP", Fieldbus Technology; The Digital Networking System for Automation and Control, Springer-Verlag, Germany (Invited paper), 2002.

Buchanan WJ, "Agents Take The Load", Computer Bulletin (BCS), Vol. 2, Part 1, pp.20-22, Leading Edge Article, Vol. 2, No. 3, May 2000. Used in BCS Review 2001 Document.

Buchanan WJ and Naylor M, "Mobile Agents in Network Management", Visual Systems Journal, January 2000.

Buchanan WJ, "Compression Techniques for Real-Time Signals", Computer Bulletin (BCS), Vol. 2, No. 1, pp.32, January 2000.

Scott A and Buchanan WJ, "Investigation, Analysis and Determination of Inclusions in High-Tolerance Board Design", Journal of the Institute of Circuit Technology, Vol. 26, No. 2, January 2000, pp.7-9.

ScottAV, Buchanan WJ, "Excluding inclusions PCB inspection", IEE Journal of Manufacturing Engineer, vol.78, no.4, Aug. 1999, pp.154-156. Publisher: IEE, UK.

Buchanan WJ, Scott AV. Tadpole inclusions in laminate structures PCB AOI", Printed Circuit Fabrication, vol.22, no.11, Nov. 1999, pp.58-62. Publisher: Miller Freeman, USA.

Buchanan WJ, Scott AV, "AOI false rejects PCB manufacture", Printed Circuit Fabrication, vol.22, no.10, Oct. 1999, pp.34-37. Publisher: Miller Freeman, USA.  

Buchanan WJ, "Java Sockets and Integration with HTTP", Visual Systems Journal, April 1999.

Buchanan WJ, Gupta NK, "A Novel Parallel Processing Synchronisation Method for Observing Electric Fields in and around PCBs", International Journal of Electronics, Jan. 1997, Vol. 82, No 1, pp.61-67, ISSN 0020-7217.

Buchanan WJ, Gupta NK, "Prediction of electric fields in and around PCBs-3D finite-difference time-domain approach with parallel processing", Advances in Engineering Software, vol.23, no.2, 1995, pp.111-114. UK.

Buchanan WJ, NK Gupta, "Prediction of electric fields from conductors on a PCB by 3D finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method", Engineering Science & Education Journal, vol.4, no.4, Aug. 1995, pp.177-182. UK. Nominated for Best Paper of the Year.

Buchanan WJ, "An applied viewpoint on software engineering for electrical and electronic engineers", International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, vol.32, no.3, July 1995, pp.223-234. UK.

Buchanan WJ, NK Gupta, "Use of computers in the teaching of electronics: a survey", International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, vol.31, no.2, April 1994, pp.128-137. UK.  

Buchanan WJ, Gupta NK, "Parallel processing techniques in EMP propagation using 3D finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method", Advances in Engineering Software, vol.18, no.3, 1993, pp.149-159. UK. ONE OF THE FIRST (if not the first) PAPERS TO PROPOSE PARALLEL PROCESSING METHOD FOR FDTD.

Buchanan WJ, NK Gupta, "Maxwell's Equations in the 21st Century", IJEEE, Vol. 30, No. 4, October 1993, pp.343-353.

 

Papers publishing in Conferences

Graves J, Lo O and Buchanan W, Towards a framework for the generation of enhanced attack/background network traffic for evaluation of network-based intrusion detection systems, 9th European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, July 2010 (accepted).

Miehling M, Buchanan W, Old J, Batey A (Northumbria Police) and Arshad Rahman (FSA), Analysis of Malicious Affiliate Network Activity as a Test Case for an Investigatory Framework, 9th European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, July 2010 (accepted).

Uthmani O, Buchanan W, Lawson A, Thuemmler C (MD), Scott R (Scottish Police), Lavery A (Scottish Police) and Mooney C (Scottish Police), Novel Information Sharing Syntax for Data Sharing between Police and Community Partners, using Role-based Security, 9th European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, July 2010 (accepted).

Kwecka Zbigniew, William Buchanan, Duncan Spiers and Lionel Saliou, Validation of 1-N OT Algorithms in Privacy-Preserving Investigations, 7th European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, 30 June – 1 July 2008.

Migas, N. and Buchanan, W.J., 2008. Ad-hoc Routing Metrics and Applied Weighting for QoS support. Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium. Miami, USA.

Saliou, L., Buchanan, W., Graves, J. and Munoz, J. (2007). Scenario Analysis using Out-of-line Firewall. 6th European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, Shrivenham, UK, 227 - 235. 978-1-905305-49-0 [Link]

Migas, N. and Buchanan, W.J., 2008. Ad-hoc Routing Metrics and Applied Weighting for QoS support. Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium. Miami, USA.

Saliou, L., Buchanan, W., Graves, J. and Munoz, J. (2007). Scenario Analysis using Out-of-line Firewall. 6th European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, Shrivenham, UK, 227 - 235. 978-1-905305-49-0

Migas N, Anastasiadou C and Buchanan W (2007), Mass Customisation through Personalised Brochures: the Role of Digital Printing, The 15th European Conference on Information Systems, Switzerland, 2007.

Lawson, A., Buchanan, W. (2007). Challenge-based Learning Framework for Teaching Programming Skills. Paper presented at HEA-ICS 7th Programming Workshop, University of Kent, Canterbury, 2nd April 2007.

Migas N, Anastasiadou C and Buchanan W (2007), Mass Customisation through Personalised Brochures: the Role of Digital Printing, The 15th European Conference on Information Systems, Switzerland, 2007.

Abimbola, A., Munoz, J. and Buchanan, W. (2006). A Framework to detect novel Computer Viruses via System Calls. 7th Annual PG Symposium on The Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking and Broadcasting, John Moores University, Liverpool, UK, , pp 308-313. ISBN 1-9025-6013-9

Graves, J., Buchanan, W., Saliou, L. and Old, L. (2006). Performance Analysis of Network Based Forensic Systems for In-line and Out-of-line Detection and Logging. 5th European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, Helsink, Finland, , 41-50. 1-905305-20-6

A.A.Abimbola, J.M.Munoz and W.J.Buchanan, NetHost-Sensor: Enhancing Intrusion Detection via an Active Target Host, IEEE ICTe Africa International Conference, 2006.

A.A.Abimbola, J.M.Munoz and W.J.Buchanan, Investigating False Positives Reduc-tion in HTTP via Procedure Analysis, in the proceeding of IEEE International Conference of Networking and Services, 2006.

Saliou, L., Buchanan, W., Graves, J. and Munoz, J. (2006). Analysis of Firewall Performance Variation to Identify the Limits of Automated Network Reconfigurations. 5th European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, Helsinki, Finland, , 205-214. 1-905305-20-6

Migas N and Buchanan W, An auto-configurable, and, adaptable, metric-driven cluster-head organisation for hybrid multi-hop routing, IEEE Conference on Electronic Computer Based Systems, Potsdam, Germany, 2006.

Buchanan W, Graves J, Saliou L, Al Sebea H, and Migas N, Agent-based Forensic Investigations with an Integrated Framework, 4th European Conference on Information Warfare and Security (EICW) Conference, 2005 [Link].

Saliou L, Buchanan W and Graves J, Framework for Security, 4th European Conference on Information Warfare and Security (EICW) Conference, 2005 [Link].

Migas N and Buchanan W, Metric Evaluation of Embedded Java-based Proxies on Handheld Devices in Cluster-based Ad-hoc Routing, IEEE Conference on ECBS, April 2005, Washington.

Buchanan W, Migration of Location Services from GSM to 3G, 5th International IEE Conference on 3G Mobile Communications Technology, October 2004, London. [Link](invited paper).

Buchanan W and Saliou L, Enhanced Methods of Coursework Provision of Computing, IEEE International Conference on Information Technology: Research and Education, 28 June to 3 July 2004, London Metropolitan University, London, UK. [Link]

Buchanan W, Migas N and McArtney, Agent-based Systems for Ah-hoc Routing in Wireless Networks, BCS Symposium/Colloquium on Mobile and Complex Agent Applications, September 2004, Napier University.

Migas N and Buchanan W, Metrics for Mobile Devices in Ad-hoc Networks, BCS Symposium/Colloquium on Mobile and Complex Agent Applications, September 2004, Napier University.

Abimbola A, Munoz J and Buchanan W, Viral-Net System Via Autonomous Agent Technology, A.Abimbola, J.Munoz and W.Buchanan, BCS Symposium/Colloquium on Mobile and Complex Agent Applications, September 2004, Napier University.

Lllamas D,and Buchanan W, An Evolutionary Intelligent Agent Approach to the Prevention of Covert Channels in the TCP/IP Protocol Suite, BCS Symposium/Colloquium on Mobile and Complex Agent Applications, September 2004, Napier University.

Hall H and Buchanan W , From Project Proposal to Published Work, Napier Conference on Enhanced Learning and Teaching: innovation, scholarship and research [Link][Paper].

Migas N, Buchanan W, Sinclair G and McCartney, A Multi-Agent Performance Acquisition System to Assist Metric-Driven On-Demand Routing Protocols, International Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multi Agent Systems [Link](submitted).

Buchanan W and Llamas D, Covert Channel Analysis and Detection using Reverse Proxy Servers, 3rd International Conference on Electronic Warfare and Security (EIWC), University of London, June 2004 [Link].

Abimbola A, Munoz J and Buchanan W, Analysis and Detection of Cruising Computer Viruses, 3rd International Conference on Electronic Warfare and Security (EIWC), University of London, June 2004 [Link](accepted).

Migas, N, Buchanan W and McArtney K, Migration of Mobile Agents in Ad-hoc, Wireless Networks, IEEE ECBS 2004, Prague.

Migas, N, Buchanan W and McArtney K, MARIAN: A Framework using Mobile Agents for Routing, Topology Discovery, and Automatic Network Reconfiguration in Ad-Hoc Networks, IADIS International Conference, WWW/Internet 2003, Algarve, Portugal, 5-8 November 2003.

Migas, N, Buchanan W and McArtney K, Mobile Agents for Routing, Topology Discovery, and Automatic Network Reconfiguration in Ad-Hoc Networks, IEEE ECBS 2003, Arizona.

Buchanan W and Brown E, Towards a Reusable and Reconfigurable WWW, System-Level Issues and Approaches in Software Development, IEEE 26th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, August 26 - 29, Oxford, 2002. INVITED PAPER

Brown E and Buchanan W, EML in the Support of Minority Languages, LSTN 2002.

Golam H, Buchanan W, Smith I, and Munoz J, Component-based Tools Platform for Network Testing, 9th IEEE Conference in ECBS, April 2002.

Pikoulas J, Buchanan W, Mannion M and Triantafyllopoulos K, An Intelligent Agent Security Intrusion System, 9th IEEE Conference in ECBS, Lund, Sweden, April 2002.

Pikoulas J, Buchanan WJ, Mannion M and Triantafyllopoulos K. An agent-based Bayesian forecasting model for enhanced network security. Proceedings. Eighth Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop On the Engineering of Computer Based Systems-ECBS 2001. IEEE Comput. Soc. 2001, pp.247-54. Los Alamitos, CA, USA.[Abstract][Full Details]

Pikoulas J, Buchanan WJ and Triantafyllopoulos K, "An Intelligent Intrusion Detection Environment using Software Agents", Thirteenth International Conference "Software & Systems Engineering and their Applications, Paris, December 2000.

Lewis O, Mannion M and Buchanan WJ, "Performance Issues of Variability Design for Embedded System Product Lines", Proceedings of Software Product Lines: Economics, Architectures, and Implications
Workshop #15 at 22nd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), Limerick, Ireland, June 10th 2000. [Link]

Chair of the IEEE Conference in Electronic Computer Based Systems, Napier University, April 2000. IEEE Proceedings ISBN 0-7695-0604-6. Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society.

Buchanan WJ, Naylor M, Scott AV, "Enhancing network management using mobile agents", Proceedings Seventh IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS 2000). IEEE Comput. Soc. 2000, pp.218-226. (TOC).

Scott AV, Buchanan WJ, "Truly distributed control systems using fieldbus technology", Proceedings Seventh IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS 2000). IEEE Comput. Soc. 2000, pp.165-173. (TOC).

Pikoulas J, Mannion M, Buchanan WJ, "Software agents and computer network security", Proceedings Seventh IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS 2000). IEEE Comput. Soc. 2000, pp.211-217. (TOC).

Pearson W and Buchanan WJ, "Intelligent Methods in Industrial Control", EPSRC PREP 99.

Buchanan WJ and Cordiner S, "Turbocompressor Control using Fuzzy Logic", EPSRC Neural Networks Symposium, University of Edinburgh, Sep. 1996.

Buchanan WJ, Gupta NK, "Machine independent algorithm for concurrent finite-element problems", Third International IEE Conference on Computation in Electromagnetics (Conf. Publ. No.420). IEE. 1996, pp.17-20. London, UK, 10-12 April 1996.

Buchanan WJ, "Software Engineering for Electronic Engineers from an Applied Viewpoint", International Conference on Software Engineering in HE, University of Southampton, December 1994.

Buchanan WJ, Gupta NK, Arnold JM, "Application of 3D finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method to predict radiation from a PCB with high-speed pulse propagation", Ninth International IEE Conference on Electromagnetic Compatibility (Conf. Publ. No.396). IEE. 1994, pp.287-91. London, 5-7 Sept. 1994. UK.

Buchanan WJ, NK Gupta and JM Arnold, "3D FDTD Method in a Microstrip Antenna's Near-Field Simulation", Second International Conference on Computation in Electromagnetics, April 1994.

Buchanan WJ, Gupta NK, "Simulation of electromagnetic pulse propagation in three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method using parallel processing techniques". Second International Conference on Software for Electrical Engineering Analysis and Design, Electrosoft/93. Comput. Mech. Publications. 1993, pp.11-19. Southampton, UK, 6-8 July 1993.

Buchanan WK and Gupta, "Enhancements for the 3D FDTD Method, UKSI Antenna Symposium, Queen Mary's and Westfield College, July 1993, FDTD (Antennas) Section, July 1993.

Buchanan WJ, NK Gupta, "Simulation of near-field radiation for a Microstrip antenna using the 3D FDTD method", NRSC 93, University of Leeds, April 1993.

Buchanan WJ, NK Gupta and JM Arnold, "Simulation of radiation from a microstrip antenna using three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method", Eighth International IEE Conference on Antennas and Propagation (Conf. Publ. No.370). IEE. 1993, pp.639-642 vol.2. London, UK, 30 March-2 April 1993. 

Buchanan WJ, NK Gupta "Computers as Applied to Time-Domain Methods in Electrical Engineering", World Conference on Engineering Education, University of Portsmouth, UK. 20-25 September 1992.

Buchanan WJ, NK Gupta "Parallel Processing of the Three-Dimensional Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method", NRSC, University of Bradford, July 1992.

Buchanan WJ, NK Gupta, "Simulation of three-dimensional finite-difference time domain method on limited memory systems", International IEE Conference on Computation in Electromagnetics (Conf. Publ. No.350). IEE. 1991, pp.75-78. London, UK, 25-27 Nov. 1991.

Buchanan WJ, "Microwaves in the laboratory", IEE Colloquium on 'Teaching Antennas and Propagation to Undergraduates' (Digest No.84). IEE. 1988, pp.10-12. London, UK, 8 March 1988.

 

 

PhD/MPhil Examinations

MPhil Examination, Dec 2007.

PN Codes, PhD, Dec 2005.

Combinational Logic Synthesis Based on the Dual Form of Reed-Muller Representation, PhD, May 2005.

ATM Networks, Mobile Networks, PhD, Jan 2005.

University of Ulster, PhD, Autumn 2004.

PhD Examination (SoE), Napier University, 2004.

PhD Examination (SoC), Napier University, 2004.

PhD Examination, Loughborough University, Autumn 2004.

Low power design of state machines, Y Xia., March 2003 (PhD).

The Migration Processes of Mobile Agents, P.Braun, 2003 (PhD).

Case-Based Reasoning and Evolutionary Design, Dominic Job, October 2001 (PhD).

Process Support for Component Factories on the Internet, P. Taylor, 2001 (PhD, Feb 2001).

Speed Improvements to the RSA Encryption Method, H.Wang, November 2000 (MPhil).

Fitness Landscapes and Search in the Evolutionary Design of Digital Circuits, Vesselin Vassilev, 2000 (PhD).

Optimal Testing of Multilevel Logic Circuits, Alexandre Bystrov, 1999 (PhD).  

Adaptive Channel Estimators Suitable for Implementation in a Coherent Digital Receivers Operating in a Mobile Satellite Environment, Andres Lang, 1999 (PhD).

Fuzzy Logic Control of Turbocompressors, Steven Cordiner, 1998 (MPhil).  

 

 

PhD/MPhil Completions

Fuzzy Logic Control of Turbocompressors, Steven Cordiner (MPhil). Director of Studies. Completion: 1998.

Speed Improvements to the RSA Encryption Method, H.Wang (MPhil). Director of Studies. Completion: November 2000.

Performance Issues of Variability Design in Embedded System Application Families, Oliver Lewis, (PhD). Director of Studies. Completion: November 2000.

Intelligent Control of Rotating Machinery, PhD Viva. Director of Studies. Completion: Feb 2001.

Automated Synthesis and Optimisation of Multi-level Logic Circuits, Lingli Wang, 2nd Supervisor. Completion: Jan 2001.

Agent-based Intrusion Detection using the Baysian Method, J.Pikoulas, Director of Studies. Completion: April 2003.

Component-based Network Test Tools Platform for Network Design and Maintenance, H.Golam. Director of Studies. Completion: June 2003.

Mobile Agent Routing over Ad-hoc Networks, N.Migas, Director of Studies. Completion: Nov 2005.

NetHost-Sensor:Enhancing Intrusion Detection via An Active Target Host, A.Abimbola, 2nd Supervisor. Completion: Sept 2006.

Digital Forensics Framework, Director of Studies, 2008.

Performance Evaluation of Security, Director of Studies, 2009.

 

 

External Examinerships

1

Robert Gordons University, Aberdeen (started Aug 1997 - completed Aug 2001).

BSc (Hons)

2

Paisley University, Paisley (started 1998 - complete 2003).

BSc

3

University of Central Lancashire (started 1999 - Completed 2003).

MSc

4

Staffordshire University (started 2004).

BSc (Hons)

5

University of Sunderland (to start 2007).

MSc Security

 

Research funding

  • TSB/EPSRC Award, Information Infrastructure Protection: Managing complexity, risk and resilience, Nov 2009. £280,000 (part of £1.6 million grant). [Link]
  • US Patent: 61/116681 (with Jamie Graves), Oct 2009. DNA Digital Fingerprinting Framework.
  • UK Patent: 0816556.5 (with Jamie Graves), Sept 2008. DNA Digital Fingerprinting Framework.
  • Proof-of-Concept, 2008-2010, £200,000. Digital DNA, Two year project.
  • SIPR (Scottish Institute for Policing Research) funded PhD studentship, 2008, £30,000.
  • FSA-funded PhD studentship, 2008, £30,000.
  • KTP (Knowledge Transfer Partnership), Summerhall, 2007. £60,000.
  • KTP with Fibrehub Europe Ltd. June 2003. Development of Voice/Video over IP systems, especially related to delivery to mobile devices. £60,000.
  • KTP with Seven Layer Communications Limited, South Queensferry. KTP Programme No. 2966. Development of high-speed configurable networking test equipment. Winning Programme, KTP Programme Awards 2003. £60,000 Winning Programme, KTP Programme Awards 2003. [Evening News - Award] [Video]
  • KTP with Justfone. Java development for mobile computing using GSM. £120,000.
  • KTP with Canan. June 2001. Development of a multimedia system for minority languages, such as Scots and Irish Gaelic. Awarded Certificate of Excellence (Grade 1), Jan 2004 [Gael - Scotsman] Winning Programme, KTP Programme Awards 2004. £60,000. Gaelic learning WWW site. Awarded Certificate of Excellence (Grade 1), Jan 2004 [Gael - Scotsman] Winning Programme, KTP Programme Awards 2004. [Video][Article]
  • 3-year, EPSRC-funded CASE award in Intelligent Control of Large-Scale Systems. This involves PI Ltd, and involves intelligently controlling industrial equipment that can not be controlled by conventional methods. £60,000.
  • Teaching Company Scheme with Viasystems, North Tyneside , £120,000.
 
 

Peer activities

1

Involved in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering submission for RAE 1996 (which was graded as a 3b).

2

Series Editor for the successful IT and Computing series at Macmillan.

3

Executive committee member, IEEE Computer Committee on Electronic Computer Based Systems.

4

Research Senior, Computational Intelligence and Learning, University of Limerick, Aug. 2000.

5

Chair of the IEEE Conference in Electronic Computer Based Systems, Napier University, April 2000. [Pictures]

6

External Assessor, Computer Science Quinquennial Field Review, Anglia Polytechnic University, April 2001.

7

Programme Committee Member, Generative and Component-based Software Enginering Conference.

8

External Assessor, Periodic Review and Validation of BSc/MSc Programme, Department of Computing, University of Central Lancashire, March 2002.

9

KTP Award for Excellence, 2003 [Link], with Seven Layer Communications.
[Video of award]

10

Chair, Forthcoming BCS/SGAI Seminar on Mobile Agents, June 2004.

11

Area Editor, Journal of Ad-hoc Networks.

12

External Examiner, Stafford University. 2004-x.

13

KTP Certificate of Excellence for Canan KTP, 2004.

14

Program Committee Member, IEEE Conference in ECBS.

15

Program Committee Member, International Workshop on Agents and Autonomic Computing and Grid Enabled Virtual Organizations (AAC-GEVO’2004).

16

Chair of the forthcoming BCS Colloquium on Mobile Agents, Napier University, July 2004.

17

External Assessor, University of Westminster, April 2004.

18

Invited Paper, 5th International Conference on 3G Mobile Communications Technology, October 2004.

19

.NET C#/Windows Training, Agilent, 2004.

 

Articles in the press

 

1. Is this the end of the internet café?, Scotsman, 15 Oct 2004 [Link]
2. Partnership skills translate into a Gael force, Evening News 29 Apr 2004 [Link]
3. Firm favourites for success, Evening News 29 Apr 2004 [Link]
4. Award Winner, KTP [Link]
5. Agents take the load (again), BCS E-Commerce and E-Business, 2001 [Link]
6. Agents take the load, Leading Edge, BCS, 2000 [Link]
7. Cybercafes, The Scotsman, 15 October 2004 [Link]
8. Napier win is easy as KTP after partnership, Evening News, 3 Dec 2004 [Link]
9. Napier 'spy' software set to fight terrorism, Evening News, 6 Dec 2004 [Link]
10. Voice-over-IP, The Herald, 28 Dec 2005 [Link]
11. Still running to keep up, Insider, 5 Dec 2005 [Link]
12. All for one, The Glasgow Herald, 5 April 2007 [Link]
13. Rise in Online cons, The Scotsman, 27 April 2007 [Link]
14. Mobile Phone, Sunday Post, 6 May 2007 [Link]


 
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