Adam Barker, PhD

Lecturer, School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews

As of September 2010 I am a SICSA appointed Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Computer Science, at the University of St Andrews. Prior to obtaining a faculty position I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Melbourne, the University of Oxford and the National e-Science Centre (NeSC), University of Edinburgh.

I hold a PhD in Informatics from the University of Edinburgh. The focus of my PhD was Web service choreography, primarily supervised by David Robertson. Complementing my academic experience, I have completed internships at Hewlett Packard and BAE Systems.

My research interests concentrate on the theoretical foundations and effective engineering of Enterprise Systems: large-scale, distributed, business critical systems that extend across and between organisations. I have published with leading systems researchers including: Jon Weissman, Rajkumar Buyya, Malcolm Atkinson, Jano van Hemert, and David Robertson.