Richard Cooper

I am senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.

Research

My main area of interest lies in the usability of persistent systems which includes at least the following considerations:

User Interfaces to Database Systems
Database Programming Language
Object Oriented Databases
Data Visualisation

and as an application area for a testbed

Geographic Information Systems

Therefore, I'm an active member of the Persistent and Distributed Systems Research Group and the Glasgow Interactive Systems Group (GIST),

Research Projects

I am principal investigator on the Teallach Project
I was also co-investigator on the Temporal and Situated Aspects of Data Project

Teaching

This year, I am giving the following lectures:

a short introductory course on databases to the MSc IT
a basic database course also to the MSc IT
a basic DB Course to the Level 2 Undergraduate class
courses on OODBMS and User Interfaces to the AIS Advanced MSc
ad hoc Java courses

I am also:

Course Director for the MSc IT

and of course support The World's Greatest Soccer Club.

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email: rich@dcs.gla.ac.uk