Externally Funded Research Projects

• Responsible AI Practice in Policing: Understanding the Potential of West Midlands Police's specialist data ethics. AHRC funded, Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) programme. Co-I (2024).
• Responsible AI UK (RAI UK). UKRI funded, Co-Investigator and co-Chair of Leadership team (2023-2028).
• CHEDDAR: Communications Hub for Empowering Distributed ClouD Computing Applications and Research. An EPSRC-funded collaborative programme led by Prof. Julie McCann (Imperial) (2023-2026).
• CETaS Research Project: Assessing Proportionality of Privacy Intrusion of Automated Data Analysis”. 1 year CETaS project (2023).
• Science of Sensor System Software (S4). An EPSRC-funded, 6 year programme grant (2016-2022) (EP/N007565). A collaborative programme with Prof. Simon Dobson (St. Andrews), Prof. Michael Fisher (Liverpool) and Prof. Julie McCann (Imperial), Calder is overall PI.
• Multi-Perspective Design of IoT Cybersecurity in Ground and Aerial Vehicles (MAGIC). An EPSRC-funded (PETRAS) (2020-2022). Dr Michele Sevengnani is PI, Calder is CoI; industrial partners BlueBear and NXP Semiconductors.
• A Population Approach to Ubicomp System Designs. An EPSRC-funded, 5 year programme grant (2012-2017). A collaborative project with Matthew Chalmers (Overall PI) at Glasgow and Mark Girolami at UCL.
• Glasgow Molecular Pathology (GMP) Node. An MRC-funded, 3 year programme grant (2015-2018). Co-investigator.
• VPS: Verifying Interoperability Requirements in Pervasive Systems . An EPSRC-funded, 4 year project (2008-2012). A collaborative project with Prof Michael Fisher at University of Liverpool and Dr Mark Ryan at University of Birmingham.
• Homework: Shaping Future User Centred Domestic Infrastructure . An EPSRC-funded, 4 year project (2008-2012). A large collaborative project with Prof Joe Sventek and Dr Matthew Chalmers at Glasgow, and researchers at Imperial College, University of Nottingham (Prof Tom Rodden, overall PI) and Georgia Tech.
• SIGNAL: Stochastic process algebra for biochemical signalling pathway analysis . An EPSRC-funded, 3 year project. (2007-2010).
• Stochastic process algebra modelling of ROS regulation in oxidative stress . A Lord Kelvin/ Adam Smith research studentship. A 4 year project. (2007-2011).
• The Molecular Nose. An EPSRC-funded, 4 year project (2007-2011). A collaborative project with Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, and Pure and Applied Chemistry.
• A Software Tool for the Simulation and Analysis of Biochemical Networks . A DTI-funded, 4 year project, in the Beacon Programme (2003-2007).
• Computer Science Inside � . An EPSRC funded, 3 year public awareness project (2005-2008).
• VeriScope (Verification of Similar Concurrent Processes) . An EPSRC-funded, 3 year project. (2001-2004)
• National eScience Centre (NeSC) . A collaborative EPSRC project between Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities.
• Hybrid Techniques for Detecting and Resolving Feature Interactions in Telecommunications Services . A collaborative project with Prof. Evan Magill at the University of Stirling, and the companies CITEL and Mitel Telecom. EPSRC funding. Photos of the team here, and with team beards here! (1999-2001)
• Co-Chair of the 6th Int'l Workshop on Feature Interactions in Telecommunications and Software Systems, held in Glasgow, 17-19 May 2000.
• Forum for the Creation and Engineering of Telecommunications Services (FORCES) . A collaborative Engineering Programme research network involving Glasgow University, Stirling University (Prof Ken Turner), Strathclyde University (Dr Evan Magill),and the companies Ericsson, BT, and CITEL. EPSRC funding. (Finished 2003)
• Portable Robotics Laboratories for Introducing Young People to the Science of Computer Programming. An EPSRC Public Understanding of Science Award, with Dr. Roderick Murray-Smith and Alison Mitchell. See photos from our exhibit at BBC Tomorrow's World Roadshow, July 2002.(2000-2003)
• DIET. Co-investigator on research project with Dr. Carron Shankland at Stirling University. (Finished 2002)
• The Design of Interfaces for Mechanised Theorem Provers. A recently completed project with Prof Tom Melham and Phil Gray. EPSRC funding. (1997-2000)
• A University of Glasgow (SHEFC) fellowship in Feature Interaction Analysis in Telecommunications for Dr Alice Miller .
• Co-Chair of the Sixth International Workshop on Feature Interactions in Telecommunications and Software Systems. To be held in Glasgow, 17-19 May.
• Supervisor of Dr. Alice Miller's Daphne Jackson Fellowship.
• Temporal Aspects of Verification for LOTOS Specifications. An EPSRC-funded, 3 year project. (1994-1997)
• Further Verification Techniques for LOTOS Specifications An EPSRC-funded, 3 year project. (1993-1996)
• Verification Techniques for LOTOS Specifications. An EPSRC-funded, 3 year project (1989-1992).

 

EPSRC Projects - Grants on the Web

Postdoctoral researchers (Present)

• Dr Chris Unsworth VPS: Verifying Interoperability Requirements in Pervasive Systems .
• Dr Oana Andrei SIGNAL: Stochastic process algebra for biochemical signalling pathway analysis .

Research Students (Graduated)

• Dr Michele Sevegnani. Bigraphs with sharing and applications in wireless networks (2012). Post-doctoral fellow and researcher at Glasgow University.
• Dr Robin Donaldson. Modelling and analysis of structure in cellular signaling systems (2012). Post-doctoral researcher at Stanford, now entrepreneur.
• Dr Andrea Degasperi. Multi-scale Modelling of Biological Systems in Process Algebra (2011). Post-doctoral researcher at Cambridge.
• Dr Douglas Graham. Parameterised Verification of Randomised Distributed Systems using State-Based Models (2008). Actuary at Hymans Robertson.
• Dr Alastair Donaldson (second supervisor) (2007). Developer at Codeplay, then Lecturer now Reader at Imperial College, London.
• Dr Vladislav Vyshemirsky. Probabilistic Reasoning and Inference for Systems Biology (2007). Lecturer at Strathclyde University, then Lecturer at Glasgow University.
• Dr Brian Ross. Computing Bisimulations for Multiway Synchronising Processes (2003). Deloitte, London then Australia.
• Dr Peter Saffrey. Optimising Communication Structure for Model Checking State Spaces (2003). Post-doctoral researcher at UCL, then Bioinformatics Scientist, Illumina.
• Dr Stephan Reiff-Marganiec. Hybrid Feature Interaction Resolution Techniques for Telecommunications Services (2001).� Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer at Leicester University.
• Dr Colin Burns. The Use of Deontic Logics in Modelling Accident Reports (2003). Now technologist in company in USA.
• Dr Brian Matthews. Order-Sorted Term Rewriting Laboratory with A-C Completion and Dynamic Typing (1997). Scientific officer at CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
• Dr Carron Shankland. Verification of LOTOS Specifications using Term Rewriting (1994). Professor, University of Stirling.
• Dr Sharon Flynn. (for one year) Refinement of Expressions (1999). Lecturer, University of Galway.
• Dr Alastair Reid. A Precise Semantics for Ultra-Loose Specifications (1995). �PhD Defining interfaces between hardware and software: Quality and performance (2019). Researcher, ARM.
• Saeed Al-Amoudi, Compilation of Prolog into Relational Algebra (1990). Saudi Aramco.

Possible PhD topics

• Process algebra approaches to analysis of signaling pathways and biological systems
• Model checking and induction
• Reasoning about (probabilistic) communications protocols