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I am
currently a Chair Professor in the School of Computer
Science and Engineering at
SUSTech in Shenzhen, China's
Silicon Valley. I joined SUSTech
from Durham University,
UK where I was the inaugural Executive Director of the Institute
of Advanced Research Computing, a Chair in Computer Engineering
and the Head of the Innovative Computing Group at the School of
Engineering and Computing Sciences. In the past, I was a
Senior Research Scientist with IBM
Research, Ireland, and held an Adjunct Chair at Trinity
College Dublin and senior faculty positions at the University
of Birmingham and the Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore.
I am a
Member of the European Academy of
Sciences and Arts, a Fellow of the World
Academy of Art and Science, a Fellow of the Royal
Society of Arts and a Fellow of the British
Computer Society.
I am
Accredited Board Director from the Singapore
Institute of Directors and I hold the INSEAD
Certificate in Corporate Governance (INSEAD
International Directors Programme).
I am a Member of the China Association of the Club of Rome.
I am a Chartered Engineer and I hold a PhD in Computer Science (with S. Furber's AMULET/APT Group) from the University of Manchester.