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Head of Group
Prof. Peter Harrison

Current research interests (alphabetical): parallel algorithms, performance engineering, queueing theory, stochastic models, stochastic process algebra.

PhD from Imperial College in 1979 after spending two years doing real work in industry 1974-5.

Two books: Functional Programming, coauthored with Tony Field, and Performance Modelling of Communication Networks and Computer Architectures, coauthored with Naresh Patel.

Readers
Dr Tony Field
Dr William Knottenbelt
Senior Lecturer
Dr Jeremy Bradley

SPAs, SPNs and efficient stochastic analysis; application of stochastic modelling to biological systems and internet security

Current Visitor
Dr Nigel Thomas

Queueing theorist; PEPA enthusiast/researcher; GRID convert; inventor of quasi-separability

Research Associates
Dr Nicholas Dingle

Parallel and distributed tools and techniques; virtualised data storage systems.

Dr Uli Harder

Interests: scaling phenomena, GRID performance, stochastic processes

Dr Maria Vigliotti

Semantics for concurrent programming languages and process algebra, in particular ambient calculus.

Research Assistant
Mr Richard Hayden

Working on fluid-analysis of stochastic process algebra models on the AMPS project.

PhD Students
Mr Nikolas Anastasiou
Miss Nada Atallah
Mr Yu-Yang Chen
Mr Douglas de Jager

Asynchronous iterative methods for the solution of linear systems.

Mr Felipe Franciosi
Miss Tzu-Ching Horng
Miss Abigail Lebrecht
Miss Ting Ting Lee
Mr Fernando Martinez Ortuno
Mr Edmund Noon
Mr Anton Stefanek

Working on AMPS project on spatial stochastic process modelling

Mr Polyvios Tsrimipas
Mr Lei Wang
Miss Helen Yu Zhang
Departmental Associates
Prof. John Darlington

Head of the London e-Science Centre and Director of Imperial College Parallel Computing Centre.

Prof. Paul Kelly

Heads up the software performance optimisation research group.

Prof. Berç Rustem
Dr Jeremy Cohen
Dr Daniel Kuhn

Daniel works with Berc Rustem on financial modelling and optimisation.

Dr David Thornley

Quality of information in sensor networks, Queuing theory, DNA sequencing, machine learning, human spine modeling, signal processing

External Associates
Prof. Erol Gelenbe
Prof. Jane Hillston

Inventor of the stochastic process algebra, PEPA, coinventor of the discrete spatial process algebra, PEPA nets. Interested in stochastic modelling for biological applications.

Prof. Maya Paczuski
Dr Ashok Argent-Katwala

Working on automatic spotting of product forms and re-use of models and solutions amongst a broad community via networked services.

Dr Allan Clark

Works on ipc and ipclib amongst other things.

Dr Richard Clegg
Dr Tim Evans
Dr Stephen Gilmore

Collaborator on all things PEPA; co-inventor of PEPAnets; functional programming guru (SML)

Dr Nalân Gülpinar
Dr Stephen Jarvis
Dr Catalina Lladó
Dr Tamas Suto

Current research interests include performance query specification with Performance Trees, parallel and distributed performance analysis, and stochastic modelling.

Dr Aad van Moorsel
Dr Helen J. Wilson
Dr Soraya Zertal

Expert in performance modelling of RAID systems.

Mr Matt Johnson

Formerly: Systems Manager, DoC Computing Support Group

Mr David McBride

PhD student in LeSC working on large-scale authentication systems.

Past members
Dr Susanna Au-Yeung
Dr Allan Hong
Dr Harini Kulatunga

Interests: Model Checking, Stochastic Logic, CTMC/CTSMC, Wireless Communication, Hybrid Systems, Navigation and Tracking, Signal Estimation and Detection.

Dr Aleksandar Trifunovic
Dr Harf Zatschler
Other
Miss Becky Harrison