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| Data (push) & service provisioning, Clouds, Internet of Things (IoTs), Social graphs, Data Analytics & Visualization, Disaster and risk management
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Professor Nik Bessis Department of Computer Science Edge Hill University Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QPPhone: 01695 654348 Email: Nik Bessis Office: THG09 |
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Bio
Nik Bessis is a full Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science at Edge Hill University, UK. His research is on social graphs for network and big data analytics as well as on developing data push and resource provisioning services in IoT, FI and clouds. He runs a number of research initiatives with several Universities worldwide and he was a visiting scientist at ETH Z and a visiting professor at University of Seville. He has led several research and knowledge transfer projects worth over £7m. He has published over 280 works and won 4 best paper awards. His latest edited book on IoTs & big data has been ranked as top 25 on Amazon AI book list and has attracted over 100,000 downloads. Professor Bessis has served as a Departmental and Institutional expert evaluator for the QAA UK, Greek and Cypriot Quality Assurance Agencies and, as an assessor for more than 20 Professorships conferment worldwide.
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| Brighton; TUDelft; Keele; Seville; Fribourg; Thapar; Glasgow Caledonian; Leeds Beckett; Bratislava; Liverpool John Moores; Roukerla; Sheffield Hallam; Glamorgan; Anna; Aston; Ulster; Brunel |
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| 2018 – 2022 | Birmingham City University, UK |
| 2013 – 2017 | London South Bank University, UK |
| 2012 – 2016 | University of Brighton, UK |
| 2009 – 2013 | University of Northampton, UK |
| 2009 – 2010 | University of Derby, UK |
| 2007 – 2012 | University of Greenwich, UK |
| 2006 – 2010 | University of Central Lancashire, UK |
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| 2018 – 2020 | TYPHON, ICT RA, H2020 |
| 2017 – 2019 | CROSSMINER, ICT RA, H2020 |
| 2014 | Large-scale Data Interpretation and Visualization Tool for Decision Making, Bombardier |
| 2014 | A Sustainable Cloud-based Business Model for ICT Provision in HE, NEMODE, RCUK |
| 2012 – 2014 | XAD Communications ltd (KTP), CCTV analytics for Resilience, TSB |
| 2011 – 2013 | Internet of Things, Host Institution/Investigator, funded from EU, UNITE Mobility Programme |
| 2011 – 2012 | Mining Large-scale Social Networks, NSFC, China |
| 2011 | Inter-cooperative Clouds, funded from EU, UNITE Mobility Programme |
| 2009 – 2012 | MSV, ICT STREP, FP7 |
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Computer Systems (FGCS), Elsevier (2017) |
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