Gordon Blair (computer scientist)

Gordon Blair is a Distinguished Professor of Distributed Systems in the School of Computing and Communications at Lancaster University. ^[1] He is also the co-director of the Centre of Excellence in Environmental Data Science (CEEDS). ^[2]

Gordon Blair is co-author of Distributed systems: concepts and design, a popular textbooks on distributed systems. His research focuses on reflective and adaptive middleware, and model-driven engineering. ^{[1] [3]} His research, with over 300 papers published, has been cited over 19,000 times. ^[4] He is joint Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Internet Services and Applications. ^[5]

Education

Gordon Blair received a BSc and PhD in Computer Science, in 1980 and 1983, respectively, and both from Strathclyde University. ^[1]

Selected works

• Blair, G. S.; Coulson, G.; Robin, P.; Papathomas, M. (1998). "An Architecture for Next Generation Middleware". Middleware'98. pp. 191–206. doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-1283-9_12. ISBN   978-1-4471-1285-3.
• Kon, Fabio; Costa, Fabio; Blair, Gordon; Campbell, Roy H. (2002). "The case for reflective middleware". Communications of the ACM. 45 (6): 33–38. doi:10.1145/508448.508470. S2CID   6841562.
• Blair, Gordon; Bencomo, Nelly; France, Robert B. (2009). "Models@ run.time". Computer. 42 (10): 22–27. Bibcode:2009Compr..42j..22B. doi:10.1109/MC.2009.326. S2CID   17647617.
• Blair, Gordon S.; Henrys, Peter; Leeson, Amber; Watkins, John; Eastoe, Emma; Jarvis, Susan; Young, Paul J. (2019). "Data Science of the Natural Environment: A Research Roadmap". Frontiers in Environmental Science. 7 121. Bibcode:2019FrEnS...7..121B. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2019.00121 .
• Coulouris, George F.; Dollimore, Jean; Kindberg, Tim; Blair, Gordon (2012). Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design. Addison-Wesley. ISBN   978-0132143011.

References

1. "Official Website".
2. "Centre of Excellence in Environmental Data Science".
3. Coulouris, George F.; Dollimore, Jean; Kindberg, Tim; Blair, Gordon; Bhattacharjee, Arup Kumar; Mukherjee, Soumen (2012). Distributed systems : concepts and design (5th edition, International ed.). Boston, MA. ISBN   978-0-273-76059-7. OCLC   749131307.
4. "Gordon Blair". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
5. "Journal of Internet Services and Applications". Journal of Internet Services and Applications. Retrieved 17 May 2021.