PhD CITP FBCS FIET FRSA
Vice-Principal Regional Engagement
- About
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- Email Address
- p.edwards@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 273021
- School/Department
- Senior Vice Principals
Personal Assistant- Personal Assistant
- Suzanne Fleming
Biography
Having completed an undergraduate degree in Chemistry, I then shifted my academic allegiance and completed a PhD (Leeds) which explored cooperative reasoning in distributed blackboard systems. I joined the University of Aberdeen as a postdoc in Computing Science in October 1988, before moving into an academic position as a Lecturer in 1991. I was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2002 and Professor in 2009.
As a researcher I have been fortunate to lead a number of major interdisciplinary efforts, first as Director of the ESRC funded PolicyGrid eSocial Science Research Node (2006-2012) and later as Director of the RCUK dot.rural Digital Economy Research Hub (2009-2015). To date, I have secured over £20M in external research funding, the majority of it from UKRI (formerly RCUK) sources.
I am currently Vice-Principal for Regional Engagement.
I have also held numerous offices at the University of Aberdeen, most notably Head of Computing Science (2002-2005), Head of Graduate School for the College of Physical Sciences (2005-2011) and Head of the School of Natural & Computing Sciences (2018-2021). In addition, I was the founding Director of the Northern Research Partnership Graduate School (involving Aberdeen, Dundee and Robert Gordon universities) between 2007 and 2009. I was a member of the University Senate from 2002 to 2014 (and again 2018- ), and a Senate Assessor to the University Court between 2007 and 2014; in addition, I served on the Operating Board of the University Court for six years (2008-2014).
Regional Engagement
As Vice-Principal I am responsible for leading the development and implementation of a strategy for the University to make an effective contribution to the economic, social and cultural activity of the region. My remit also encompasses innovation strategy and work to enhance institutional performance around entrepreneurship, startups/spinouts, consultancy and commercialisation. Wider responsibilities include digital strategy, and oversight of several strategic estates and digital projects.
Qualifications
- PhD Computational Chemistry1990 - University of Leeds
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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- Digital Strategy Committee - Convenor
- Enterprise & Innovation Committee - Convenor
- Regional Engagement Committee - Convenor
- Startup & Spin-out Panel - Convenor
- University Promotion Committee I - Convenor
- Gaelic Language Plan Advisory Group - Convenor
- Advisory Group on Collections Deaccessioning and Repatriation - Convenor
- Campus Re-imagination Project Board - Project Sponsor/Convenor
- Sustainable Heating Programme Board - Project Sponsor/Convenor
- Science Teaching Hub Project Board - Project Sponsor/Convenor
- Engagement CRM Project Board - Project Sponsor/Convenor
- Rowett Research Institute (RRI) Ltd - Chair & Director
- Campaign Management Board - Member
- Estates Committee - Member
- Honorary Degrees Committee - Member
- Information Governance Committee - Member
- Risk Management Committee - Member
- TRAC Steering Committee - Member
- Partnership and Negotiating Consultative Committee (PNCC) - Member
- University Management Group (UMG) - Member
- Senate - Ex Officio Member
- University of Aberdeen Superannuation & Life Assurance Scheme - Trustee
- External Memberships
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- EPSRC Peer Review College - Member
- ESRC Peer Review College - Member
- Carnegie Trust Research Assessor
- Community Planning Aberdeen Board - Member
- Regional Inward Investment Forum - Member
- University of Aberdeen - NHS Grampian Liaison Group - Member
- North East Scotland Investment Zone Working Group - Member
- Aberdeen (Tertiary) Education Liaison Group, Aberdeen City Council - Member
Latest Publications
Embedding AI-Enabled Data Infrastructures for Sustainability in Agri-Food: Soft-Fruit and Brewery Use Case Perspectives
Sensors, vol. 24, no. 2024, 7327Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s24227327
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/24638/1/sensors-24-07327.pdf
Farm Explorer: A Tool for Calculating Transparent Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsModel pruning enables localized and efficient federated learning for yield forecasting and data sharing
Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 242, pp. 1-12Contributions to Journals: ArticlesModel Pruning Enables Localized and Efficient Federated Learning for Yield Forecasting and Data Sharing
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] http://arxiv.org/abs/2304.09876v1
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2304.09876
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21211/1/2304.09876v1.pdf
Using Knowledge Graphs to Unlock Practical Collection, Integration, and Audit of AI Accountability Information
IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 74383 - 74411Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Research
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Research Overview
Intelligent information infrastructures built upon the semantic web stack. My interests span models of provenance, trust, information quality, transparency and accountability and the realisation of these in the context of the web, the internet of things, and autonomous systems. My work has a strong applications focus in areas as diverse as food safety, transport, smart cities, logistics and healthcare.
Research Areas
Research Specialisms
- Knowledge and Information Systems
- Information Management
- Internet Technologies
- Artificial Intelligence
- Intelligent Systems
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
Enhancing Agri-Food Transparent Sustainability - EATS
(Aberdeen, Dundee, SRUC, Nottingham)
EPSRC: EP/V042270/1, 2022-2024Funding and Grants
Enhancing Agri-Food Transparent Sustainability - EATS
EPSRC, 2022-2024PROoFD IT!: Provenance of Food Delivery through IoT
EPSRC Internet of Food Things Network+, 2019Realising Accountable Intelligent Systems - RAInS
EPSRC: EP/R033846/1, 2019-2022Trusted Things & Communities: Understanding & Enabling a Trusted IoT Ecosystem
EPSRC: EP/N028074/1, 2016-2019Trust & Privacy in Smart City IoT Solutions
Royal Society of Edinburgh - Taiwan Ministry of Science & Technology, 2017-2019The Food Sentiment Observatory: Exploiting New Forms of Data to Help Inform
Policy on Food Safety & Food Crime Risks (with Food Standards Scotland)
ESRC: ES/P011004/1, 2017-2018Smart Routing
Innovate UK, 2016-2017Food Safety Assurance: Combining Provenance & The Internet of Things
IT as a Utility Network+ & Food Standards Agency, 2015-2016Social Media: Developing Understanding, Infrastructure & Engagement
ESRC: ES/M001628/1, 2014-2016dot.rural Digital Economy Research Hub
EPSRC (with AHRC, ESRC, MRC): EP/G066051/1, 2009-2015Trusted Tiny Things
EPSRC IT as a Utility Network+, 2013-2014Creativity @ Home Award
EPSRC, 2012-2014A Trusted Mobile Platform for Self-Management of Chronic Illness in Rural Areas - TRUMP
EPSRC - India DST: EP/J00068X/1, 2011-2014SmartTourism
SFC Horizon Fund, 2011-2014PolicyGrid II: Supporting Interdisciplinary Evidence Bases for Scientific
Collaboration and Policy Making
ESRC: ES/F029713/1, 2009-2012BEhaviour for Well-being, Environment and Life - BE-WEL
ESRC (with BBSRC, MRC), 2009-2010
eInfrastructure for Social Sciences
ESRC: RES-149-25-1063, 2006-2009
SwarmCloud
JISC, 2008-2009PolicyGrid: Semantic Grid Tools for Rural Policy Development & Appraisal
ESRC: RES-149-25-1027, 2006-2009Access Grid Node Competition - Equipment Award`
ESRC, 2006Pilot Semantic Grid Service for Environmental Modelling
ESRC: RES-149-25-0011, 2003-2005 - Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
I am not currently involved in teaching activity, other than PhD supervision.
- Publications
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Embedding AI-Enabled Data Infrastructures for Sustainability in Agri-Food: Soft-Fruit and Brewery Use Case Perspectives
Sensors, vol. 24, no. 2024, 7327Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s24227327
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/24638/1/sensors-24-07327.pdf
Farm Explorer: A Tool for Calculating Transparent Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsModel pruning enables localized and efficient federated learning for yield forecasting and data sharing
Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 242, pp. 1-12Contributions to Journals: ArticlesModel Pruning Enables Localized and Efficient Federated Learning for Yield Forecasting and Data Sharing
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] http://arxiv.org/abs/2304.09876v1
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2304.09876
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21211/1/2304.09876v1.pdf
Using Knowledge Graphs to Unlock Practical Collection, Integration, and Audit of AI Accountability Information
IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 74383 - 74411Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPrototyping an IoT Transparency Toolkit to support Communication, Governance and Policy in the Smart City
The Design Journal, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 459-480Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFrom transparency to accountability of intelligent systems: Moving beyond aspirations
Data & Policy, vol. 4, e7Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFlyTrap: A Blockchain-based Proxy for Authorisation and Audit of MQTT Connections
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsThe Accountability Fabric: A Suite of Semantic Tools For Managing AI System Accountability and Audit
Contributions to Journals: Conference ArticlesOn Evidence Capture for Accountable AI Systems
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsTowards Accountability Driven Development for Machine Learning Systems
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsA Semantic Framework to Support AI System Accountability and Audit
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77385-4_10
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16643/1/NajaEtAlESWC2021.pdf
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16643/2/Naja_etal_ESWC_A_Semantic_Framework_AAM.pdf
- [ONLINE] https://openreview.net/forum?id=bvMbdK8JW1k
- [ONLINE] https://2021.eswc-conferences.org/
Sensing the City: Designing for Privacy and Trust in the Internet of Things
Sustainable Cities and Society, vol. 63, 102453Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIntegrating Internet of Things, Provenance and Blockchain to Enhance Trust in Last Mile Food Deliveries
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, vol. 4, 563424Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGovernance and Accountability in Internet of Things (IoT) Networks
The Oxford Handbook of Digital Technology and Society. Yates, S. J., Rice, R. E. (eds.). Oxford HandbooksChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190932596.013.22
Who Trusts in the Smart City? Transparency, Governance and the Internet of Things
Data & Policy, vol. 2, e11Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUser Privacy Risk Analysis For The Internet of Things
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsMade-up Rubbish: Design Fiction as a Tool for Participatory Internet of Things Research
The Design Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 419-440Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSemantic Modelling of Plans and Execution Traces for Enhancing Transparency of IoT Systems
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsEnhancing Transparency of MQTT Brokers For IoT Applications Through Provenance Streams
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsTravelBot: Utilising social media dialogue to provide journey disruption alerts
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, vol. 3, 100062Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLinking Abstract Plans of Scientific Experiments to their Corresponding Execution Traces
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsUnderstanding factors influencing public transport passengers' pre-travel information seeking behaviour
Public Transport, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 135-158Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPublic Sector Internet of Things Deployments: Value, Transparency, Risks and Challenges: Data for Policy 2019
Contributions to Conferences: PapersRecording Provenance of Food Delivery Using IoT, Semantics and Business Blockchain Networks
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
