Smeed, Duncan

Education:

  • 1973-1977 BSC (Hons) Computer Science from Strathclyde University.
  • 1980-1983 Lecturer in Computer Science.
  • 1983-1986 Systems Software Manager - Dragon Data Ltd, then Thorn-EMI.
  • 1986-date Lecturer in Computer Science

Qualifications:
BSc (Hons) CEng

Classes:
CS.210 - Computer Systems and Architecture
CS.313 - Computer Systems and Concurrency
CS.408 - Individual Project
CS.413 - Embedded Systems

Memberships:
British Computer Society

Research Interests:

  • Software and hardware techniques for high-performance OLAP and database systems.
  • The application of XML for data exchange and contextual relevance.
  • The application of XML in teaching, learning, and assessment. See also my research pages.

Interests:

  • High-performance computer architectures and networks.
  • Web technologies. In particular, Java, XML and Frontier
  • Use of computers in education - primary school to university
  • Use of computers in regenerating/empowering communities
  • The life and work of John Muir - see www.djma.org.uk where I'm the webmaster.
I'm also a founder member, Member of Council, and past Chairman of Dunbar's John Muir Association

My main WWW entry points:
[email] [archives] [teaching] [research] [about] [home]

My caricature:
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My Personal Weblog:
Duncan's Jotter - My Personal Weblog