Senior Lecturer in Computer Science

Antony was made a Senior Lecture in 2016 and has been a full time Lecturer in the School of Computer Science and Technology since 2011, previous he had worked as a Visiting Lecturer for the department. He gained his PhD in Statistical and Mathematical Modelling in 2008 from the University of Bedfordshire.

Antony is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). He is also a Research Fellow of National Centre for Cyberstalking Research (NCCR).

Teaching

Antony is currently the Unit Co-Ordinator for:

• CIS020-2 System Development and Modern Database Practise
• CIS018-2 Computer Security and Operating Systems
• February start Undergraduate cohort

Summary of teaching areas

• Database development
• Programming (Java)
• System Modelling (UML)
• System Development
• Web design (html, PHP, ASP, Javascript etc..)
• Project Management
• IT Skills
• Mathematics and logic

Research

Current Research interests

• Analysis of the effects of Cyberstalking
• Use of Authentication Systems by users with disabilities
• Trust in computing
• Mathematical modeling of relationships within networks
• Grid computing with a special focus on communities

Publications

• Maple, C., Short, E., Brown, A., Bryden, C., & Salter, M. (2012). Cyberstalking in the UK: Analysis and Recommendations. International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies (IJDST), 3(4), 34-51. doi:10.4018/jdst.2012100104
• BROWN A. AND SHORT E. (2011) Cyberstalking: Fear of physical confrontation and its effects on trauma, TUCS Workshop: IADIS International Conference on Collaborative Technologies 2011, 23rd July, Rome, ISBN: 978-972-8939-40-3, p.p.: 285-290
• 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, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, Elsevier. 19 p.p.: 5–16
• BROWN, A., SANT, P., BESSIS, B., FRENCH, T. AND MAPLE, C. (2010) Modelling Self-Led Trust Value Management in Grid and Service Oriented Infrastructures: A Graph Theoretic Social Network Mediated Approach, International Journal of Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering 1 (4), p.p.: 1-18
• 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 1 (3), p.p.: 56-70
• 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.