Alastair Beresford

I am an RCUK Academic Fellow and faculty member at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. I'm also a Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge.

My research interests include privacy, ubiquitous computing & distributed systems, programming languages and image processing. I have published some of my research work in various conferences, journals and books. A complete list of my publications are available in my curriculum vitae.

I'm currently working on the TIME-EACM project, which is exploring how sensor networks and distributed systems can be used to improve traffic and transport in the 21st century. In particular, I am working on the development and deployment of sensor hardware as well as examining related privacy and security issues.

Teaching

This year I am teaching Programming in Java to first year undergraduate students. I developed this course from scratch with Andrew Rice; students are taught the material in a hands-on practical class format.

For the last three years I have lectured a second year undergraduate course in "Programming in C and C++". My lecture slides, errata and the assessed course exercise are available from the lecture course home page. Note: I'm not teaching this course this year, so queries about this course should go to the current lecturer, Andrew Moore.

Conferences

I'm on the programme committee for the following conferences. I encourage you to submit work to those conferences for which the deadline has not yet passed.

Conference	Submit By	Conference Date
Geosensor Networks (GSN) 2009	--	13-14th July 2009
Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS) 2009	--	5-7th August 2009

Contact Details

My preferred method of initial contact is via email. Email and other daytime contact details are shown below; more information is available on request.

arb33 [at] cam.ac.uk (university)    
alastair [at] beresford.me.uk (personal)

15 JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge,
United Kingdom.
CB3 0FD

+44 1223 763597 (direct line)
+44 1223 763500 (reception)