University of Glasgow
Department of Computing Science
17 Lilybank Gardens
Glasgow G12 8QQ
United Kingdom
Email: csp@csperkins.org
Dr. Perkins has been a lecturer in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow since 2003. Previously, he was a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, and a Research Fellow in the Department of Computer Science, University College London. He received a BEng degree in Electronic Engineering in 1992, and a DPhil in 1996, both from the Department of Electronics at the University of York. He is a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Association for Computing Machinery, and a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
I'm responsible for teaching a range of courses, and supervising individual and team projects, for the undergraduate and taught MSc degrees at the University of Glasgow. In addition, I'm an external examiner for the MSc in Data Communications, Networks and Distributed Systems at University College London.
My research and publications have been in several areas relating to robust, scalable, multimedia teleconferencing over IP networks. I supervise students studying for MSc by Research and PhD degrees in the area of real-time networked multimedia and communications. Undergraduate and MSc students at the University of Glasgow who are interested in studying for a PhD in these areas are encouraged to make an appointment to discuss this with me. Students from other universities should contact me by email to discuss potential research topics, after reviewing the departmental guidelines for PhD applicants. Funding for PhD students is available through various departmental and university grants and scholarships, subject to eligibility constraints.
The first SCONE (SCOttish Networking Event) meeting will be held at St Andrews on 11 September - please consider coming!
I was previously co-chair of the Audio/Video Transport (AVT) and Multiparty Multimedia Session Control (MMUSIC) working groups of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). I'm also active in several other working groups in the IETF, serve on the IETF Transport Area Directorate, and have contributed to the Moving Picture Experts Group of the International Standards Organisation.
I'm author of “RTP: Audio and Video for the Internet ” (Addison-Wesley, 2003). This book describes protocols and algorithms for real-time multimedia over IP networks, combining standards and research experience to give a practical guide for those implementing telephony, conferencing and streaming media applications.
Copyright © 1994-2008 Colin Perkins.