School of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

David Parish is Professor of Communication Networks in the School of Electronic, Electrical & Systems Engineering, Loughborough University and Head of the High Speed Networks Group. He is Associate Dean (Research) for the School having recently served as Head of the Communications Research Division and Research Co-ordinator in his Department. He has been active in the area of communication network research for over 25 years having published over 100 papers and held in excess of £2.5M of research funding. He has extensive experience in the performance measurement and abuse detection for such networks. He is a member of the EPSRC College of Peers and has recently been a member of the ICT SAT and an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Communication Systems. He is currently Treasurer of UKRI IEEE COMSOC Chapter.

Expertise
Autonomous systems
Communication and Computer Networks: Architecture
Management
and Applications
Communications
Fixed and mobile communication systems
Grid computing
Modelling and Simulation (including virtual/synthetic environments)
Modelling Complex Adaptive Systems
Network Enablement of Capabilities
Performance Management of Wide Area Networks and Applications
particularly SMDS and ATM ATM Telemetry
Sensors
System of systems engineering
Systems Engineering
Wireless Communications

Keywords
Communication Networks
Network Security
Detection of emergence
Automated design of Wireless Sensor Networks
Network abuse detection

SHORT CURRICULUM VITAE (See main cv for full details).

 

NAME:                  Professor David John PARISH                   DATE OF BIRTH:  22 May 1958

SCHOOL:   Electronic, Electrical & Systems Engineering,          

                               Loughborough University,

                               Ashby Road,

                               Loughborough,

                               LE11 3TU

                               Tel: 01509 227078

                               Fax: 01509 227091

                               Email: D.J.Parish@lboro.ac.uk

JOB TITLE:          Professor of Communication Networks; Associate Dean (Research) 

 

DATE OF APPOINTMENT:  1 August 1983 (as Lecturer; Professor from October 2002) 

 

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:

 

                               1969-1974                  Ashton-on-Ribble High School
                               1974-1976                  W.R. Tusan College, Preston
                               1976-1982                  Liverpool University
                               1979                           B.Sc. (Class I Honours) in Physics with  Electronics  (Univ.
                                                                 of Liverpool)
                               1980                           AMIEE (now MIEE)
                               1983                           Ph.D. Electronics (Univ. of Liverpool)

                               2002                           MIEEE

EXPERIENCE:

                               1979-1980                  Scientific Officer, UKAEA, Culham Laboratory
                               1980-1982                  Research Student,  Department  of  Electronics,  Liverpool
                                                                 University
                               1982-1983                  Demonstrator,   Department   of   Electronics,   Liverpool
                                                                 University
                               1983-1991                  Lecturer,  Department     of   Electronic   &   Electrical
                                                                 Engineering, Loughborough University of Technology
                               1991-1997                  Senior Lecturer, Department  of  Electronic  &  Electrical
                                                                 Engineering, Loughborough  University of Technology

1997-2002                                     Reader in Multiservice Networks, Department  of  Electronic  &  Electrical
Engineering, Loughborough University

2002 to date                Professor of Communication Networks, Department  of  Electronic  &  Electrical
Engineering, Loughborough University

2008 to date                Associate Dean (Research) Faculty of Engineering

2011 to date                Associate Dean (Research) School of Electronic, Electrical & Systems Engineering

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:

 

I conduct research in the general area of Communication Network Management, Architecture and Applications .  This area is seen as critical to the current and future success of the UK, and I have been active in this area for over 25 years.

 

I lead a group currently comprising 1 Lecturer, 2 Research Assistants and 8 Research Students whose activities cover a wide range of research associated with High Speed Networks and their use.  My role is Group Leader, and I am responsible for selecting the direction of the Group’s work, obtaining funding for it, and ensuring that the work is completed to the satisfaction of the customers. Selected areas of work include:

 

Network Performance Monitoring (with financial support from EPSRC and industry including BT). This activity has led to the development of two distributed, adaptive monitoring system for high performance networks.  A system was operartional on the BT SMDS network which could identify and characterise important changes in network performance. Current research is directing these ideas towards very high data rate networks including UKLIGHT.

 

Performance measurement of mixed wired/wireless networks (EPSRC). This work is aimed at improving the understanding of future high performance networks which include both wired and wireless elements. It will use our Internet Testbed and link with other wireless test facilities in the the School.

 

Internet Fraud and Abuse Detection (EPSRC, NTL/VirginMedia and CESG). This work is concerned with the detection of Fraudulent use of the Internet. It uses, amongst other techniques, a novel application prediction mechanism based on the packet size distribution, to predict which applications are in use on a network segment. This approach is robust in the face of encryption and, when combined with Case Based Reasoning tools, allows fraudulent use to be detected.

 

 

In the recent past, I have  undertaken the role of Head of Communications Research Division within my Department. As such, I led a group of 8 academics and their associated research groups. I gave up this role in 2006 following the death of the then current Head of Department in order to become Research Co-ordinator and played a leading role in preparing the Department’s submission to the RAE2008 research assessment exercise.

 

From June 2008 I have assumed the role of Associate Dean (Research) for the Facutly of Engineering.

 

I have an extensive history of research collaboration with industry, other academic and research institutions in the UK, India and the USA.

 

My research cross-disciplinary collaboration in Loughborough University is also strong.  I have held collaborative research funding with colleagues in my own Department; in the Department of Civil Engineering and the Research School of Informatics..

 

 

 

 

RESEARCH MONEY OBTAINED (PI unless otherwise stated):

 

Feb 1985 - Jan 1989                  £286,482 SERC Research Grant "High Speed Networks and their applications” (Jointly with Professor J W R Griffiths)

 

Nov 1985 - March 1989             £100,000 from BT "Orwell Rings" (Jointly with Professor J W R Griffiths)

 

Dec 1989 - Nov 1992                £30,500 from BT "High Speed Computer Networks"

 

Nov 1992 - Oct 1994                 £70,000 FROM SERC "Call Charging for ATM Networks”

 

May 1993 - Apr 1996                £123,000 from SERC/DTI "Remote Positioning of Steerable

                                                Moles (with Dr C Rodgers and Dr J Vardaxoglou),

 

Also during 1992 Dr Parish took over the responsibility for the following two grants from Professor J W R Griffiths:-

 

Oct 1990 - Sep 1993                  Approx. £75,000 "Master" Networking Project from SERC.

 

Jan 1992 - Dec 1994                  Approx. £300,000 "Charisma" Networking Project from EEC (RACE)

 

Oct 1994 - Sep 1995                  £48k from COE Ltd "Networks for Security Purposes".

 

Nov 1994 - Oct 1996                 £70k from EPSRC "Generic Modelling of Network Scenarios".

 

Oct 1994 - Sept 1999                 £250k from BT "URI into Management of Multi Service Networks by using SuperJanet"

June 1996 - May 1997               £50k  from BT "Monitoring the SMDS Network".

 

Feb 1997 - Jan 1999                  £90k from EPSRC and BT “Monitoring Application Quality of            Service”.

 

Jan 1997 - Jan 1999                   £90k from  Teaching  Company  Directorate  and  Hytec Ltd “ ATM telemetry”

 

Aug 1997 - July 1999                 £140k  (£70 pa) from BT “ SMDS Monitoring”

 

Aug 1999 – March 2000            £50k from BT “SMDS Monitoring”

 

April 2000 – March 2001           £70k from BT “SMDS Monitoring”

 

Aug 2000 – July 2003                £8k from EPSRC (via Kingston Univ.) “Networked video for surveillance systems”.

 

Nov  2000 – Nov 2002               £88k from EPSRC “Internet Fraud Detection”

 

April 2001- March 2002 £60k from BT “SMDS Monitoring”

 

October 2001- October 2003      £180k from EPSRC “Hardware support for Programmable Network Elements”.

 

April 2002 – March 2003           £70k from BT “SMDS Monitoring”

 

April 2003 – March 2004           £62k from BT “SMDS Monitoring”

 

December 2003 – Aug 2007      £170k from EPSRC “Maximising the End-to-End quality of the MPEG-4 & the H26L video coding standards over wired networks” (Dr. C.Grecos was PI).

 

April 2004 – March 2007           £240k from EPSRC “Detecting and preventing Criminal Activities on the Internet”

 

December 2004 - May 2008       £341k from EPSRC “MASTS” monitoring at many scales

 

August 2005 – Nov 2007           £96k from EPSRC and CESG “Understanding Internet Attacks”

 

Nov 2008 – March 2009            £28k from BAeSYSTEMS “Modelling Appraoches to Capability Provision”

 

Oct 2006 – September 2010       £32k from BT for EngDoc “Network security”

 

June 2007 – November 2010      £520k from EPSRC “Platfrom Grant in Communications”

 

October 2009 – Sept 2012          £72k from EPSRC NECTISE DTA “Understanding structure in complex systems”

 

July 2009 – Oct 2009                 $25k from GE “Optical powering and communication for pressure sensors”

 

Oct 2009- Sept 2012                  £177k from EPSRC “Cross Layer Techniques for Intrusion Tolerant Networks”

 

 

 

 

SUMMARY OF TEACHING DUTIES

Computer Networks                                                           25 hrs                  )
Quality Aware Networks                                                    15 hrs                  ) Digital Comm. Systems MSc
Network Security                                                               25 hrs                  )
 
Introduction to Communication Networks                            22 hrs                  Undergraduate

 
DIS visits                                                                           40  hrs
Projects                                                                             80  hrs
Tutorials                                                                            20  hrs                

 

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

 

In the past I have acted as Course Director for the Systems Engineering (SE) Degree Programme, having initially developed the course in conjunction with BAESYSTEMS. I am still involved with the management of this course and other SE research activities via an advisory role. The course was instrumental in the University's successful first bid for a Queen's Anniversary Prize.  It contributes significantly to University Resources, involves considerable inter-departmental co-ordination whilst the industrial element requires considerable administrative effort and new ways of working.

 

I have also developed an M.Eng Programme in  Communication Network and Internet Engineering (CNIE) and am currently Course Director for M.Sc programmes in Digital Communication Systems, Networked Communications and Mobile Communications.

 

I have served on various committees for my Department, including at present the Operations Sub-Committee and various committees associated with Research Co-ordination.