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Peter's Curriculum Vitae

Education:

PhD Neural Networks (Mathematical Analysis), Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania, 2000
MSc Artificial Intelligence, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania, 1996
BSc Computer Science, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania, 1995
Certificate in Management, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, 1995

Jobs:

Dean of the School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment, 2021 - present
Professor (Full Professor), Edinburgh Napier University, UK, 2021- present
Head of School, School of Computing and Mathematics, Keele University, 2017 - 2021
Professor (Full Professor), Keele University, UK, 2014-2021
Reader (Associate Professor), Newcastle University, UK, 2005-2014
Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Newcastle University, UK, 2001-2005
Research Associate, Newcastle University, UK, 2000-2001
Teaching Assistant (AIO), University of Maastricht, Netherlands 1998-2000
Associate Lecturer (Adjunct Professor), Petru Maior University, Targu Mures, Romania, 1997-1998
Associate Lecturer (Adjunct Professor), Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania, 1997-1998
CEO, CIVITAS Foundation for the Civil Society, 1992-1998

Job related positions:

Member of the Council of Keele University (2017 - 2021)
Director of Postgraduate Research in the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Keele University (2016 - 2017)
Member of the Senate of Keele University (2015 - 2021)
Director of the Computer Science Research Centre in the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Keele University (2014 - 2016)
Head of Computing in the School of Computing and Mathematics of Keele University (2014 - 2017)
Member of the Council of Newcastle University (2011-2014)
Member of the Senate of Newcastle University (2003-2006, and 2009-2012)
Director of Postgraduate Programmes in the School of Computing Science (2010-2014)
Deputy leader of the Scalable Information Management research group at the School of Computing Science (2007 - 2009)
Chair of Board of Examiners for the MRes in Bioinformatics (2006 - 2008)
Member of the Committee on Assessment Irregularities (2006 - 2008)

Scientific interests:

computational neuroscience
complex systems
computational intelligence
network analysis
evolution of living systems
agent-based modelling
data mining
artificial neural networks
evolutionary systems
analysis of complex software systems
software engineering

Scientific societies and boards:

Royal Society - APEX Awards Review College (2019 - )
EPSRC Peer Review College member (2017 - )
Royal Society - International Exchanges Panel member (2016 - )
FIT - IT Austria - panel member (2007 - )
Royal Society of Biology - fellow (2011 - )
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - senior member (1996 - 2010 member, 2010 - senior member)
IEEE Computer Society - member (1996 - )
International Neural Network Society (INNS) - member (1996 - )
European Neural Network Society (ENNS) - member of the Executive Committee (2004 - 2007)

Research grants:

Data mining for the automotive industry, InnovateUK and Bentley Motors, £248,000, 2019 - 2022 (with Dr Theocharis Kyriacou)
Extracting and managing tacit knowledge, InnovateUK and KBC Process Technology Ltd, £131,004, 2016 - 2018 (with Dr Gordon Rugg and Dr Ed de Quincey).
Designing and validationg novel voltage sensitive dyes for neuroscience research, Leverhulme Trust, £178k, 2015-2017. (with Prof Andrew Benniston, Newcastle University)
Machine learning analysis of industrial data to support process optimisation, KTP, £142k, 2013-2015. (with XACT PCB Ltd)
Regeneration of neural activity using FPGA simulation of neurons and multi-electrode arrays, EPSRC/eFuturesXD, £60k, 2013-2014. (with Prof Alex Yakovlev and Dr Patrick Degenaar, Newcastle University))
Development of new VSD dyes, EPSRC/Impact Acceleration, £30k, 2012-2013. (with Prof Andrew Benniston, Newcastle University))
eData Mining, Proof-of-Concept grant, NStar, £90K, 2006.
NEReSC continuation grant (co-investigator), EPSRC/DTI, £196K, 2006-2008. (with Prof Paul Watson and others, Newcastle University))
Awareness of chemical safety issues, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affaires of the UK government, £60K, 2005. (with EnviResearch Ltd)
Visualisation and analysis of intracellular dynamics (co-investigator), Medical Research Council, UK, £63K, 2004-2008. (with Dr Trevor Jackson and Prof Craig Robson, Newcastle University))
Ecological network analysis, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affaires of the UK government, £70K, 2003. (with EnviResearch Ltd)
eXSys (protein interaction network analysis), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK, £180K, 2003-2005, (complemented by industrial contributions of the TU12 Ltd and InRotis Ltd £180K) . (with Prof Malcolm P Young, Newcastle University))
Grid-enabled neuroscience (Principal investigator - Newcastle), Medical Research Council UK, £159K, 2002-2006. (with Prof Paul Watson, Newcastle University)

Teaching experience:

computer science courses and labs (introductory computer science, databases, computational logic, formal languages, artificial intelligence, machine learning, complex systems)
statistics courses and labs (general statistics, advanced statistical methods)
psychology (introductory neuroscience)