Professor Nik Bessis
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Job title: Professor of Computer Science and Head of the Distributed and Intelligent Systems Research Group (DISYS)
Email: n.bessis@derby.ac.uk
Room: E509, Kedleston Road
Recent publications
Edited books
BESSIS, N., XHAFA, F., VARVARIGOU, D., HILL, R. and LI, M. (eds, 2012). Internet of Things and Inter-cooperative Computational Technologies for Collective Intelligence, book series in "Studies in Computational Intelligence", Springer (2012).
BESSIS, N. and XHAFA, F. (eds, 2011). Next Generation Data Technologies for Collective Computational Intelligence, book series in "Studies in Computational Intelligence", Springer, ISBN: 978-3-642-20343-5.
ASIMAKOPOULOU, E. and BESSIS, N. (eds, 2010). Advanced ICTs for Disaster Management and Threat Detection: Collaborative and Distributed Frameworks, IGI Publishing, ISBN: 978-1615209873.
BESSIS, N. (ed, 2009). Grid Technology for Maximizing Collaborative Decision Management and Support: Advancing Effective Virtual Organizations, IGI Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-60566-364-7.
Indicative journal articles
QUAN, S., YANGHUA, X., BESSIS, N., YIQI, L., YAOLIANG, C. AND HILL, R. (2011). Optimizing K2 Trees: A Case for Validating the Maturity of Network of Practices, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Elsevier (available online on August, 23 2011), ISSN: 08981221.
LAI, Z., DE LA ROCHE, G., BESSIS, N., KUONEN, P., CLAPWORTHY. G., ZHOU, G. and ZHANG, J. (2011). Intelligent Ray Launching Algorithm for Indoor Scenarios, Journal of Radioengineering, member of the Sister Societies' Publications of the IEEE Communications Society, Volume 20, Number 2, ISSN: 1210-2512, p.p.: 398-408.
HUANG, Y., BESSIS, N., NORRINGTON, P., KUONEN, P., and HIRSBRUNNER, B. (2011). Exploring Decentralized Dynamic Scheduling for Grids and Clouds using the Community-Aware Grid Scheduling Algorithm, Future Generation Computer Systems, Elsevier
BESSIS, N., ASIMAKOPOULOU, E. and XHAFA, F. (2011). A Next Generation Emerging Technologies Roadmap for enabling Collective Computational Intelligence in Disaster Management, International Journal of Space-Based and Situated Computing (IJSSC), Volume 1, Issue 1, InderScience, ISSN: 2044-4893, p.p.: 76-85.
HUANG, Y., BESSIS, N., KUONEN, P., and HIRSBRUNNER, B. (2011). CASP: A Community-Aware Scheduling Protocol, International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing, Volume 2, Issue 1, Inderscience, ISSN: 1741-847X, p.p. 11-24.
BESSIS, N., HUANG, Y., NORRINGTON, P., BROWN, A., KUONEN, P., and HIRSBRUNNER, B. (2011). Modelling of a Self-led Critical Friend Topology in Inter-cooperative Grid Communities, International Journal of Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, ISSN: 1569-190X, p.p.: 5-16.
BESSIS, N., GAITAN, A., SHUKLA, M. and LAI, Z. (2011). Sharing Experiences with using Next Generation Technologies for Advancing Web Communities, International Journal of Web Based Communities, InderScience, Volume 7, Number 3, ISSN: 1477-8394, p.p.: 256-275.
Current Activities / Links with Industry
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Faculty: Business, Computing and Law
School: School of Computing and Mathematics
Subject Area: Computing and IT
Nik has obtained his BA from the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens and completed his PhD and MA at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.
Prior to his Professorship appointment at the School of Computing and Mathematics, he joined the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Bedfordshire as a Lecturer in 2001. In 2004 he was promoted to Senior Lecturer and the Postgraduate Course Manager and in 2009, he was promoted to a Principal Lecturer and took on the role of MSc Project co-ordination and University Extended Degrees Course Management.
Professor Bessis is now the Head of the Distributed and Intelligent Systems Research Group (DISYS) and the REF UOA11 Leader.
Teaching responsibilities
Leading the following modules:
Database Developments, Level M
Object Oriented Analysis, Design and Implementation, Level M
Studying at Master's Level & Research Methods, Level M
Advanced Web Technologies, Level 3
Database Systems, Level 2
Introduction to Databases, Level 1
Research interests
Data Grids; Personalised Data Push; Inter-cooperative e-infrastructures; Distributed Resource Discovery and Scheduling; Clouds; Crowds; Mashups; Disaster Management; Social Networking; Internet of Things; User-led Developments
Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees
MIEEE, FBCS, FHEA
Indicative scholarly activities:
Keynote Speaker on WCST 2011 (London); CISIS 2010 (Poland); ICADIWT 2010 (Istanbul); IARIA 2010 (Florence)
Indicative funded projects (led over 0.5m):
IoT, UNITE, EU, Host for secondments (2011-12)
MSV, STREP, EU, Co-Investigator (2010-2012)
EMERGE, JISC, Co-Investigator (2007-2009)
ACHIEVER, Arts Council, Principal Investigator (2007-2008)
Founding Editor-in-chief (2010 - ). International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies (IJDST), IGI, ISSN: 1947-3532.
Founding Book series editor (2012- ). Advances in Distributed Systems and Technologies, IGI.
Associated Editor in IJSSC; IJGC; IJGHPC; IJeC and an editor of several special issues
Programme committee member of 50+ conferences and workshops
Conference/Workshop/Track Organisation: EIDWT 2011/12; 3PGCIC 2011/12; IADIS 2010/11/12; CISIS 2011/12; IMIS 2012; AINA 2011/12; PARELEC 2011; INCoS 2010/11/12
External Examiner: T.E.I. of Crete (HQAA expert evaluator, 2011); University of Northampton (2009-2013); University of Greenwich (2007-2011); UCLAN (2006-2010)
PhD External Examiner: University of Ulster (2011); Brunel University (2011); University of Fribourg (2011)
Recent Conferences
Other indicative publications
BESSIS, N., ASIMAKOPOULOU, E., FRENCH, T., NORRINGTON, P. and XHAFA, F. (2010). The Big Picture, from Grids and Clouds to Crowds: A Data Collective Computational Intelligence Case Proposal for Managing Disasters, "1st International Workshop on Emerging Data Technologies for Collective Intelligence (EDTCI-2010)", in conjunction with the 5th IEEE International Conference on P2P, Parallel, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing (3PGCIC-2010), November 4-6, 2010, Fukuoka, Japan, ISBN: 978-0-7695-4237-9, p.p.: 351-356.
HUANG, Y., BESSIS, N., SOTIRIADIS, S., BROCCO, A., COURANT, M., KUONEN, P., and HIRSBRUNNER, B. (2009). Towards an Integrated Vision across Inter-Cooperative Grid Virtual Organizations in Lee, Y., Kim, T., Fang, W. and Slezak, D. (eds). Future Generation Information Technology, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, ISBN: 3-642-10508-4, p.p.: 120-129 (Best paper award - 3.5% acceptance rate from over 1050 submissions).
HUANG, Y., BROCCO, A., BESSIS, N., KUONEN, P., and HIRSBRUNNER, B. (2010). Community-Aware Scheduling Protocol for Grids, The IEEE 24th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Application (AINA 2010), 20th-23rd April 2010, Perth, ISSN: 150-445X.
HUANG, Y., BESSIS, N., BROCCO, A., KUONEN, P., COURANT, M. and HIRSBRUNNER, B. (2009). Using Metadata Snapshots for Extending Resource Discovery Functionality of Ant Agents in Inter-cooperative Grid Communities, INTERNET 2009 (sponsored by IEEE), The first International Conference on Evolving Internet, 23rd-29th August, Cannes, ISBN: 978-0-7695-3748-1 p.p.: 89-94, (Best Paper).
Additional Interests and Activities
Walking, drinking frappe (iced coffee), watching F1, meeting people from all around the world
Undergraduate qualifications
- BA, TEI of Athens, Greece
Postgraduate qualifications
- MA, De Montfort University
Research qualifications
- PhD, De Montfort University
