Following a number of years within the video games industry, in roles including lead programmer and managing director, increasing research interests led to a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Glasgow University. My research interests concern topics such as high-performance parallel computing systems; compilers for GPGPU and heterogeneous multicore architectures; low-power computing; edge computing; secure programming; and functional programming. While with Codeplay Software of Edinburgh I have had research and managerial responsibility on EU FP7 projects including Peppher, LPGPU and CARP.

My research involves static program analysis involving compile-time programming, metaprogramming and reflection. I also investigate the implementation of parallel programming models for GPGPU programming, including Khronos SYCL. I am co-PI on an Innovate UK KTP project with HF Group, and contribute to many open source projects including GCC, LLVM and Boost. I am also an ISO Individual Expert and member of the BSI C++ Panel, and of the Khronos advisory panels for both SYCL and OpenCL.

My current research students include:

• 2025 – Present: Mr David Johnston (M.Phil./Ph.D.), Enhancing NPC Interactions in Video Games through Generative AI (Funded by the University of the West of Scotland)

Previous Ph.D. students:

• Completed March 2024 Mr Raymond Holder (M.Phil./Ph.D.), Analysis of the application of immersive technologies and gamification to computer science education (Funded by the University of the West of Scotland)
• Completed Aug 2022: Mr Andrew Gozillon (M.Phil./Ph.D.), Metaprogramming for Heterogeneous Parallelism (Funded by the University of the West of Scotland)

A key structural change in modern computing is the move towards highly parallel, low-power, and heterogeneous hardware architectures. My research aims to tackle challenges integrated with such developments, including the need to manage the complexity of software development through novel parallel programming models; the reduction in computing's carbon footprint through the use of related frameworks; the application of functional programming and advanced type checking mechanisms to provide reassurance of software correctness; and the improvement of performance portability in computational science. I am also interested in the long-term improvements to human-computer interaction (HCI) facilitated by the novel integration of eye tracking, along with augmented and virtual reality in ubiquitous computing; and the relevance of such opportunities for future smart cities.

• Software Tools
• Semiconductors
• Gaming and Interactive Graphics

• High Performance Computing
• Functional Programming
• Compiler Technology

• Functional Programming
• Secure Programming in C++ and Mozilla Rust
• Parallel and GPGPU Programming
• Parsing, Translation and Compiler Technology
• Message Passing Interface Programming
• Embedded, Games Console, and Interactive 3D Graphics Development