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Dr Nik Bessis, Principal Lecturer

FBCS, MIEEE, FHEA

Dr Nik Bessis obtained a BA from the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens and completed his PhD and MA at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.

Nik joined the Department as a Lecturer in 2001 and was rapidly promoted to Senior Lecturer. In September 2004 he took on the role of Postgraduate Course Manager.

In 2009, Nik promoted to a Principal Lecturer (US Associate Professor) through the 2009 University Promotion Round and took on the role of University Extended Degrees (Return to Learning) Course Manager. Nik also coordinates the MSc project and co-chairs the Department’s curriculum development. He currently divides his time between teaching and research.

Nik believes that postgraduate study is a key career choice, and is proud that the Department is able to offer a wide range of postgraduate courses. In his spare time, Nik enjoys walking, drinking a frappe under the sun, watching movies and F1 races and meeting people from around the world.

Teaching Areas

Business, Community and User Led Data Driven Systems and Applications Development
Database and Information Systems Methodologies, Development and Applications
Data Modelling and Management
Decision Support Systems and Data Mining
Distributed Web Data Integration and Data Grids
Grid Services and Advanced Web IT Applications
Next Generation and Web 2.0 Applications
Web Collaborative Systems Application and Development
Web Content Management Systems and Tag Clouds
Web Database and Information Systems Methodologies, Development and Applications
Web Data Modelling and Management

Research and Publications

Research Interests

Business, Community and User Led Data Driven Systems and Applications Development
Data Gathering, Analysis and Modelling Methodologies
Data Grids, Data Integration, Data Mashups, Data Push, Cloud Computing and Grid Services
Data Stream, Data and Motion Capture and Methods for Multi-scale Visualisations
Distributed Data Resource Discovery, Allocation and Management Methods and Techniques
Dynamic Data-Driven Next Generation, Web and Web 2.0 Applications
Energy-Efficient Distributed Data Services and Applications
E-Learning, Research Informed Teaching and Quality of Service Evolving Information and Communication Technologies and Green Computing
Intra/Inter- Tagging Web Data and Content Management Systems Development
Trust and Virtual Organisations Workflow Support Methods
Web Collaborative Decision Support Systems and Technologies
Web and Distributed Data Management and Data Push Applications
Web Information Systems Methodologies and Applications

Research Projects

MSV: Co-Investigator (Sep 2009 – Dec 2012); Strep, EU
RiT: Principal Co-Investigator (Jul 2008 – Dec 2009); CETL
EMERGE: South-group WP Leader (Jan 2007 – Mar 2009); JISC
ACHIEVER: Principal Investigator (Apr 2007 - Dec 2008); MDDA, Arts Council England
UBERN: Principal Investigator (Nov 2006 - Jun 2007), CETL
EERN: WP Leader (Jan 2005 - Oct 2006); JISC

Publications

NEW! 1st IADIS International Conference on Collaborative Technologies (26-28 July, Freiburg, Germany)

New! 1st International Workshop on Emerging Data Technologies for Collective Intelligence, in conjunction with 3PGCIC-2010 (4-6 November 2010, Japan)

NEW! Keynote Speaker, 4th International Conference on Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS), February 15-18 2010 (Cracow, Poland)

NEW! Co-chair of the 2010 ICADIWT 2010, The Third International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (12- 14 July 2010, Fatih University, Istanbul)

NEW! Chair of the 2010 ICADIWT 2010 Special Session on Distributed Information and Applied Collaborative Technologies (12- 14 July 2010, Fatih University, Istanbul)

NEW! Co-chair of the: 2010 IEEE INCoS 2010, 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems (24-26 November 2010, Thessaloniki, Greece)

NEW! Co-chair of the: "1st International Workshop on Computational Intelligence for Disaster Management-2010 ”, in conjuction with INCoS-2010 (24-26 November 2010, Thessaloniki, Greece)

NEW! Co-chair of the: 2010 IEEE PARELEC, 10th International Symposium on Parallel Computing in Electrical Engineering (December 2010, Luton)

NEW! Co-editor of the: Next Generation Data Technologies for Collective Computational Intelligence, book series in “Studies in Computational Intelligence”, Springer (2011)

NEW! ASIMAKOPOULOU, E. and BESSIS, N. (2009). Advanced ICTs for Disaster Management and Threat Detection: Collaborative and Distributed Frameworks, IGI Publishing.

NEW! BESSIS, N. (2009). Grid Technology for Maximizing Collaborative Decision Management and Support: Advancing Effective Virtual Organizations, IGI Publishing (May 2009).

Journal Articles

BESSIS, N., GAITAN, A., SHUKLA, M. and LAI, Z. (2009). Sharing Experiences with using Next Generation Technologies for Advancing Web Communities, International Journal of Web Based Communities, InterScience (to appear in Volume 6, Number 1).

BESSIS, N., BROWN, A. and ASIMAKOPOULOU, E. (2010). A Mathematical Analysis of a Disaster Management Data-Grid Push Service, International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies, IGI (to appear in Volume 1, Issue 3).

BURAKOVA-LORGNIER, M. and BESSIS, N. (2008). Control Towards Trust Evolution in Grid-based Communities, The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, CG Publisher Volume 8, Number 5, ISSN: 1447-9524, p.p.: 101-108.

BESSIS, N. and OPPEINHEIM, C. (2006). Making the DREAM Reality: A SSM based Model for the Communication of Design Research, Journal of Information Services and Use. Iospress, Volume 26, Number 3, ISSN: 0167-5265, p.p.: 223-240.

Book Chapters

BESSIS, N. (2009). Data Push Model Architecture to support B2B and B2C Transactions in OGSA-DAI, Petratos, P. and Marcoulides, G. A. (ed). Recent Advances in Computing and Management Information Systems, ATINER, ISBN: 978-960-6672-50-7, p.p.: 73-84.

BESSIS, N. (2009). Model Architecture for a User tailored Data Push Service in Data Grids in Bessis, N. (ed). Grid Technology for Maximizing Collaborative Decision Management and Support: Advancing Effective Virtual Organizations, IGI Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-60566-364-7, p.p.: 235-255.

BESSIS, N., FRENCH, T., BURAKOVA-LORGNIER, M. and HUANG, W. (2007). Using Grid Technology for Data Sharing to support Intelligence in Decision Making in Xu, M. (ed). Managing Strategic Intelligence: Techniques and Technologies, Idea Group Publishing, ISBN: 978-159904243-5, p.p.: 179-201.

Refereed International Conference Papers

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, International Conference on Grid and Distributed Computing, Springer (Lecture Notes), 10th-12th December 2009, Jegu Island, Korea (Best Paper).

BESSIS, N., ASIMAKOPOULOU, E. and VARAGANTI, R. (2009). The Implementation of a Personalised Forest Fire Evacuation Data Grid Push Service, International Conference Applied Computing 2009, IADIS, 19th-21st November, Rome.

SHUKLA, M., BESSIS, N., CONRAD, M. and MAPLE, C. (2009). A Dynamically Adaptive Dimensionalised Experience Feedback Mechanism within Second Life, International Conference Applied Computing 2009, IADIS, 19th-21st November, Rome.

LAI, Z., BESSIS, N., KUONEN, P., De La ROCHE, G., ZHANG, J. and CLAPWORTHY, G. (2009). A New Approach to Solve Angular Dispersion of Discrete Ray Launching for Urban Scenarios Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC) 2009, November 16th-17th, Loughborough, UK.

PASANAJANO, P., BESSIS, N., YUE, Y. CONRAD, M. and BROWN A. (2009). A Peer-to-Peer Trust Modelling Analysis for Decreasing B2B Monitoring Costs, 15th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC’09), September 19th, Luton, ISBN: 978-0-9555293-4-4, p.p.: 104-108.

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).

LAI, Z., BESSIS, N., KUONEN, P., De La ROCHE, G., ZHANG, J. and CLAPWORTHY, G. (2009). A Performance Evaluation of a Grid-enabled Object-Oriented Parallel Outdoor Ray Launching for Wireless Network Coverage Prediction, ICWMC 2009 (sponsored by IEEE), The Fifth International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications, 23rd-29th August, Cannes, ISBN: 978-0-7695-3750-4, p.p.: 38-43.

BESSIS, N., SHUKLA, M. and LAI, Z. (2009). Sharing Experiences with using Web 2.0 and Knowledge Portals for Advancing Web Communities, Proc. International Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, Web Based Communities 2009, IADIS, 21st-23rd June, Algarve, ISBN: 978-972-8924-82-9, p.p.: 43-50.

SHUKLA, M., BESSIS, N., CONRAD, M. and CLAPWORTHY, G. (2009). Development of a Customer Satisfaction Model for Enabling e-Collaboration in Second Life, Proc. International Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, Web Based Communities 2009, IADIS, 21st-23rd June, Algarve, ISBN: 978-972-8924-82-9, p.p.: 119- 124.

SHUKLA, M., BESSIS, N. and GAITAN, A. (2009). Experiencing Change Through the Adoption of New Digital Technology, Proc. International Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, Web Based Communities 2009, IADIS, 21st-23rd June, Algarve. ISBN: 978-972-8924-82-9, p.p: 91- 95.

BESSIS, N., ASIMAKOPOULOU, E. and CONRAD, M. (2009). A Mathematical Analysis of a Data-Grid Push Service for Disaster Management Response Scenarios. The International Conference of Computing in Engineering, Science and Informatics (ICC2009, sponsored by ACM and IEEE), 2nd-4th April, Fullerton, California.

LAI, Z., BESSIS, N., De La ROCHE, G., SONG, H., ZHANG, J. and CLAPWORTHY, G. (2009). An Intelligent Ray Launching for Urban Propagation Prediction, 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP, sponsored by IEEE), 23rd-27th March 2009, Berlin, ISBN:978-3-8007-3152-7, p.p.: 2867-2871.

BESSIS, N. and ASIMAKOPOULOU, E. (2009). Using Data-Push for the Design of a Personalized Forest Fire Evacuation Grid Service, Proc. IADIS International Conference, e-Society, 25th-28th February, Barcelona, ISBN: 978-972-8924-78-2, p.p.: 59-68.

AHMED, E., BESSIS, N., YUE, Y. and SARFRAZ, M. (2008). Matching Multiple Elements in Grid Databases: A Practical Approach, Proc. 3rd International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM, sponsored by IEEE), 13th-16th November 2008, London ISBN: 978-1-4244-2917-2, p.p.: 757-762, (Best Paper).

BESSIS, N. and ASIMAKOPOULOU, E. (2008). Towards a Grid Aware Forest Fire Evacuation Warning System, Proc. International Disaster and Risk Conference, IDRC, 25th – 29th August, Davos, p.p.: 102-105.

BURAKOVA-LORGNIER, M. and BESSIS, N. (2008). Control Towards Trust Evolution in Grid-based Communities, 8th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organizations (Communications, Collaborative Cultures, Teams), 5th-8th August 2008, Cambridge.

BESSIS, N., GAITAN, A., SHUKLA, M. and STEPHENS, J. (2008). Using Next Generation Service Oriented Technologies to Assess Cultural Handling of Information Communication Technology, Proc. International Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, Web Based Communities 2008, IADIS, 24th-26th July, Amsterdam, ISBN: 978-972-8924-65-2, p.p.: 261-266.

BESSIS, N. and ASIMAKOPOULOU, E. (2008). The Development of a Personalised and Dynamic Driven RSS Specification for the Built Environment, Proc. International Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, Web Based Communities 2008, IADIS, 24th-26th July, Amsterdam, ISBN: 978-972-8924-65-2, p.p.: 212-217.

SHUKLA, M., BESSIS, N., CONRAD, M., CLAPWORTHY, G. and YUE, Y. (2008). Predicting Group Size in Second Life, Proc. International Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, Web Based Communities 2008, IADIS, 24th-26th July, Amsterdam, ISBN: 978-972-8924-65-2, p.p.: 202-206.

BESSIS, N. (2008). Data Push Model Architecture to support B2B and B2C Transactions in OGSA-DAI, International Conference in Computer Science, ATINER, 21st-24th July 2008, Athens.

AHMED, E., BESSIS, N., YUE, Y. and STEPHENS, D. (2008). Data Loading and Mapping using Staging DBMS in the Grid, 21st IEEE Annual Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Symposium on Computer Systems and Applications, CCECE 2008, 4th-7th May, Ontario, Canada, ISBN: 978-1-4244-1643-1, p.p.: 1887-1891.

BESSIS, N., WELLS, J. and LAM, K. (2008). The Design and Implementation of a Grid-enabled Web Search Engine to support B2C and B2B Transactions, The Scope of Information Systems: Perspectives from Academia and Practice, UKAIS 2008: 13th International Conference in Information Systems, 10th-11th April, Bournemouth.

BESSIS, N. and CHAUHAN, J. (2008). The Design and Implementation of a Database Consistency Service in OGSA-DAI, Proc. International Conference on Information Systems 2008, IADIS, 9th-11th April, Algarve, ISBN: 978-972-8924-57-7, p.p.: 291-296.

BESSIS, N. and NORRINGTON, P. (2008). Assessing the Acceptability of a Distributed Learning Resources Repository Catalogue for Computer Based Assessments, International Conference on Web-Based Education 2008, IASTED, 17th-19th March, Innsbruck, ISBN: 978-0-88986-723-9, p.p.: 160-165.

LAI, Z., BESSIS, N., ZHANG, J. and CLAPWORTHY, G. (2007). Some Thoughts on Adaptive Grid-enabled Optimisation Algorithms for Wireless Network Simulation and Planning, Proc. UK e-Science, All Hands Meeting (AHM2007), 10th-13th September 2007, Nottingham, ISBN: 978-0-9553988-3-4, p.p.: 615-620.

BESSIS, N., FRENCH, T. and LAI, Z. (2007). Using Grid Technologies to support Intelligence by Providing a Higher Level of Accuracy in Financial Decision Making, Proc. International Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, e-Society, IADIS, 3rd-6th July 2007, Lisbon, ISBN: 978-972-8924-35-5, p.p.: 89-96.

BESSIS, N. and NORRINGTON, P. (2007). Developing the University of Bedfordshire Educational Resource Network, Teaching and Learning Workshop, 19th June, Luton.

FRENCH, T., BESSIS, N., and HUANG, W. (2007). Grid Enabled Computing: A Semiotic Approach to Virtual Organisational Trust, Proc. 21st century IS: do organisations matter? UKAIS 2007: 12th International Conference in Information Systems, 11th-12th April, Manchester.

VENTURI, G. and BESSIS, N. (2006). User-centred Evaluation of an e-Learning Repository, Proc. The Fourth Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Changing Roles (in association with ACM), Oslo, Norway 14th-18th October 2006, ISBN: 1-59593-325-5, p.p.: 203-211.

HUANG, W., FRENCH, T., MAPLE, C. and BESSIS, N. (2006). Can Intelligent Optimisation Techniques Improve Computing Job Scheduling In A Grid Environment? Review, Problem and Proposal, Proc. UK e-Science, All Hands Meeting (AHM2006), Achievements, Challenges and New Opportunities, 18th-21st September 2006, Nottingham.

BENFELL, A., BESSIS, N. and NIBLETT, M. (2006). Teaching and Assessing Generalist Masters Students Using A Multi and Inter-disciplinary Approach, Proc. Fourth International Workshop on Teaching Learning and Assessment of Databases, 17th July 2006, Queen's University Belfast, ISBN: 0-9552005-4-7.

BESSIS, N. and WELLS, J. (2005). Grid Technologies Revive the Basic IT Infrastructure. Information Systems Unplugged: Developing Relevant Research, Proc. UKAIS 2005: 10th International Conference in Information Systems, 22nd-24th of March, Newcastle, ISBN: 1-86135-331-6.

BESSIS, N. and AZAD, A. (2004). Proposing a J2EE Based Middleware System for the Communication of Design Research Work. Reflecting on the Past, Making Sense of Today, Predicting the Future in Information Systems, Proc. UKAIS 2004: 9th International Conference in Information Systems, 5th-7th of May, Glasgow, UK, ISBN: 1-903661-56-0.

BESSIS, N. (2003). Proposing an Automated Method for Refereeing Research Work. Proc. The 9th Annual Conference of Chinese Automation and Computing Society in the UK, 20th September 2003, Luton, ISBN: 0 9533890 6 5, p.p.: 79-84.

BESSIS, N. and ONLEY, P. (2003). Amalgamising Traditional and Virtual Learning Environments Techniques for Teaching Databases in the Higher Education, Proc. 2003 LTSN-ICS Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Databases (TLAD) Workshop, BCS, 14th-18th July, Coventry, ISBN: 0-9541927-3-7, p.p.: 94-99.

BESSIS, N. (2003). Towards a Homogeneous Status of Communicated Research, Proc. The Sixth International Conference on: the Next Steps – Electronic Theses and Dissertations Worldwide, ETD 2003, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, 21st-24th, May, Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), p.p: 209-214.

BESSIS, N. and ROBERTSON, A. (1995). Connecting Value Through Documentation of the Design Process, Proc. 7th International Forum on Design Management Research and Education, Stanford University, Boston, USA, 9th-12th July, The Design Management Institute (DMI).

Internal Activities

• Member of the IRAC: Institute for Research in Applicable Computing
• Member of the CREDIT: Centre for Research in Distributed Technologies
• Member of CWIND: Centre for Wireless Network Design
• Member of CST steering group
• PhD Research Supervisor and Examiner
• University Space Group Management Member (2009-)
• University Extended Degrees, return to Learning Course Manager (2009-)
• MSc Project Coordinator (2009-)
• MSc Programme Manager (2004-2008)
• BSc (Hons) Information Systems Pathway Leader (2003-)
• Commercial KEEP's Supervisor for BlackBox Analytics & EuropSupervision
• Research Informed Teaching and Senior Teaching Fellow (2008-2009, 2006)

External Activities

• (2009) Validation Panel Member for the Approval of UG/PG Courses, University of Northampton
• (2008) Validation Panel Member for the Approval of PG Courses, Staffordshire University
• (2008) Validation Panel Member for the Approval of PG courses, University of Derby
• (2007) Validation Panel Member for the Approval of PG courses, NEWI, University of Wales
• (2009-2013) External Examiner for the BSc Computing at Derby
• (2007-2011) External Examiner for the PG Computing at Greenwich
• (2006-2010) External Examiner for the UG Computing at UCLAN
• (2010) Programme/Scientific Committee Member for the INTERNET, IARIA
• (2010) Programme/Scientific Committee Member for the Internet Computing and Web Applications, AINA
• (2010) Programme/Scientific Committee Member for the Grid, P2P Networks and Application, Networked-Based Information Systems, NBiS
• (2009, 2010) Programme/Scientific Committee Member for the Information Systems, IADIS
• (2009, 2010) Programme/Scientific Committee Member for the ICDIM
• (2009) Founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies (IJDST), IGI
• (2009) Co-editor (with Asimakopoulou, E.) of the: Advanced ICTs for Disaster Management and Threat Detection: Collaborative and Distributed Frameworks, IGI
• (2009) Editor of the: Grid Technology for Maximizing Collaborative Decision Management and Support: Advancing Effective Virtual Organizations, IGI (May 2009)
• (2009) Marie Currie Knowledge Transfer Fellowship, UASWS, Switzerland (Fribourg)
• (2010) Towards an Integrated Vision across Inter-Cooperative Grid Virtual Organizations, CoreGrid Workshop Meeting, WP6, February 8th-9th, Fribourg
• (2008, 2009, 2010) Associate Editor for the European Conference of Information Systems (ECIS)
• (2009) Associate Editor for the: International Journal of Green Computing (IJGC), International Journal of Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering (IJSSOE), Journal of Grid and High Performance Computing (IJGHPC), International Journal of E-Collaboration (IJeC), International Journal of E-Government Studies and Best Practices (JEGSBP), Editorial Advisory Board for the Electronic Business Interoperability: Concepts, Opportunities and Challenges
• (2008) Reviewer for the ‘Call for JISC Funding’ in the area of ‘Emerging Issues Studies’
• (2008) Member of the IGI Global Editorial Advisory Review Board
• (2007, 2008, 2009) Session Chair for IADIS
• (2007) Session Chair for ECIS
• (2006-) Member of the Editorial Review Board for the: Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (Elsevier)
 Identity Management in Grid and SOA (Francis and Taylor) International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction (IGI)
Journal of Information Systems Education (AITP)
Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management (ISI)
Journal of Information, Information Technology, and Organizations (ISI)
The Chinese Automation and Computer Society in UK
Computer-Human Interaction (CHI)
European Conference of Information Systems (ECIS) Information Systems (IADIS) International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM) etc…

Contact Details

Dr Nik BessisT: +44(0)1582 743476