I'm a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow and the current chair of the Internet Research Task Force.
My research interests are on network transport protocols, with a particular focus on transport protocols for real-time and interactive multimedia, and on network protocol design, implementation, and specification. My current research is into post-Sockets APIs and transport services, the implications of QUIC on real-time applications and network operations, and improving the way we specify network protocol standards.
I'm a long-time participant in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). I co-chair the RTP Media Congestion Avoidance Techniques working group, and was previously co-chair of the Audio/Video Transport and Multiparty Multimedia Session Control working groups. I played a key role in helping to develop globally deployed standard multimedia transport and signalling protocols such as RTP, SDP, and the WebRTC media transport layer.
I received my BEng in Electronic Engineering in 1992, and my DPhil in 1996, both from the Department of Electronics at the University of York. I'm a fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a senior member of the IEEE, and a member of the ACM and IET.
Recent Updates:
- 26 May 2019 photos Photos: Iceland - IAB Retreat
- 3 May 2019 standards Submitted internet-draft: draft-ietf-mmusic-rfc4566bis-35
- 28 April 2019 research CFP: ACM/IRTF Applied Networking Research Workshop 2019
- 27 April 2019 photos Photos: Dinosaur Day
- 17 April 2019 research FRμIT at the HiPEAC Systems Week
- 31 March 2019 standards Appointed IRTF chair
- 31 March 2019 photos Photos: Prague morning - IETF 104
- 27 March 2019 standards Presentation at IETF 104: IRTF Plenary Report
- 27 March 2019 standards Presentation at IETF 104: Real-time Transport for QUIC
- 26 March 2019 standards Presentation at IETF 104: RTP Congestion Control Feedback (AVTCORE)
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