Welcome to my website. I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computer Science at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Once upon a time I was interested in economics, then various types of networks (wired, wireless, opportunistic, social), but these days I am mostly interested in technology law, ethics and privacy. Please browse the links to find out more about me and what I do, or take a look at my papers. Or here are some ways to contact me.

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Frequently asked questions

• How can I get hold of your papers?
  I keep most of them here. Contact me if you are looking for anything in particular.
• Why are you ignoring my e-mails?
  They have probably been chewed up by our Exchange server. Try sending from a different address, or try contacting me by a different method. If you have sent me a 10MB Word file written in Greek or Sanskrit (I am not joking), then I have ignored you on purpose. Jan 2013: due to travel and illness I have given up and declared e-mail bankruptcy. I have deleted everything in my INBOX as there was no way I would be able to catch up. So if you have sent me anything important recently, please resend.
• Will you give me <sensitive datum x> from the experimental data described in your paper?
  No. If it’s not on CRAWDAD, then we aren’t allowed to release it.
• Can I have a blurb about you for a seminar/grant/GeoCities site about computer scientists whose names start with ‘T’?
  Here’s a bio and a CV.
• Will you give me a reference?
  Perhaps, but only if you follow these instructions.
• I am an undergraduate student who wants to do a summer internship with you. Will you fund me?
  No. I occasionally offer funded summer internships but they will be advertised. I ignore unsolicited requests as I receive far too many.
• I want to study Computer Science at St Andrews. Can you give me a place?
  We don’t give out places by e-mail; you have to apply through UCAS. But I am glad that you are considering coming here - please look at our Admissions web pages to find out more about applications and how to visit us.
• I would like to do a PhD with you. Can you give me a place?
  Thank you for your interest. Please read this and then get in touch.
• I would like to do a postdoc with you. Can you give me a position?
  If I do have any positions available, they will be advertised on the University’s vacancies web pages so please check there.
• Can you fix my computer?
  Trust me, you don’t want me anywhere near your computer. My special powers mean that I can break it without even touching it.
• Can you reschedule my hospital appointment, run my clinical trial, etc?
  I receive a lot of e-mail directed to ynhh.org - ‘t’ and ‘y’ are very close to each other on the keyboard. Please check before sending your mail as I do not run a hospital. I do try to point this out but it seems that increasingly e-mail is sent from addresses that do not accept replies.

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News, notices and so forth

• I am always looking for good PhD students – see my research page for more. Funding is sometimes available, but this will typically be advertised through the School. Note that I do not have funding for overseas undergraduate internships – the numerous requests that I receive for these are ignored.
• We hold regular SCONE (SCOttish Networking Event) meetings for anyone who is interested in networking and systems. Our next meeting is in Glasgow on 12 March. Sign up to the mailing list to find out more.

• I am currently involved with the following events. Please consider submitting something or attending if you can.
  • Programme Committee, UKICER 2020, Glasgow, UK