Dr Nigel Houlden

Liverpool Business School

Nigel has been lecturing in Higher Education since 2008, apart from a year out working for the Information Commissioner’s Office as Head of Technology Policy.
In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Nigel is also research active in the areas of Cyber security and data privacy in business, and the use of technology for competitive advantage. He has been a member of the executive committee for several successful international Conferences ( Internet Technologies and Applications series).

He is a member of the British Computing Society (BCS) and Chartered IT Professional (CITP), and has over 30 years experience in computing.

Nigel is Chair of Governors for a local Junior School and is a member of the steering committee for Cyber Wales and was co-founder for the North Wales Cyber Security Cluster.

Degrees

University of Wales, United Kingdom, PhD The Practical Implementation of Optimal and Pseudo-Optimal Routing Algorithms
University of Wales, United Kingdom, BSc Information Technology

Academic appointments

Senior Lecturer, Business, Liverpool John Moores University, 2022 - present
Reader Cyber Security and Data Privacy, Computing, Glyndwr University, 2018 - 2021
Senior Lecturer, Computing, Glyndwr University, 2008 - 2017

Internet publication

Houlden N. 2022. We all need to cut back on the cookies Publisher Url

Houlden N, Jackson V, Haj Youssef M. 2022. Is cyber security being taught correctly? Publisher Url Public Url

Other

Houlden N, Royce M, Al Khateeb A, Melis C. 2022. Don’t be a sage, get off the stage: the evolving role of the business educator Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Journal article

Ubrurhe O, Houlden N, Excell PS. 2020. A review of energy efficiency in wireless body area/sensor networks, with emphasis on MAC protocol Annals of Emerging Technologies in Computing, 4 :1-7 DOI Publisher Url

Conference publication

Ahmed W, Hasan SU, Shoaib S, Houlden N, Nestiurkina M. 2020. A Writing Aid for Dysgraphia Affected People Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Conference of Russian Young Researchers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, EIConRus 2020, :2456-2459 DOI Publisher Url

Fedosenko YS, Miroshina AS, Pudov AS, Plekhov AS, Chakirov R, Houlden N. 2017. Synthesis of serving policies for objects flow in the system with refillable storage component 2017 Internet Technologies and Applications, ITA 2017 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference, :185-188 DOI Publisher Url

Fedosenko YS, Reznikov MB, Plekhov AS, Chakirov R, Houlden N. 2017. Scaling analysis of solving algorithms for canonical problem of dispatching in the context of dynamic programming 2017 Internet Technologies and Applications, ITA 2017 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference, :181-184 DOI Publisher Url

Kozhaeva T, Zhestkov S, Bulakh D, Houlden N. 2017. Programmable gesture manipulator for hand injuries rehabilitation 2017 Internet Technologies and Applications, ITA 2017 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference, :134-136 DOI Publisher Url

Picking R, Cunningham S, Houlden N, Grout V, Oram D, Mayers J. 2017. Foreword 2017 Internet Technologies and Applications, ITA 2017 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference, :i-ii DOI Publisher Url

Ye KZ, Portnov EM, Lin KZ, Than BH, Tun H, Houlden N. 2015. Hierarchical dataflow control systems using a cloud computing network 2015 Internet Technologies and Applications, ITA 2015 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference, :298-302 DOI Publisher Url

Oram D, Houlden N. 2014. Entertainment Vs evolution: Cyber love and relationships, should we draw the line? ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 11-14-November-2014 DOI Publisher Url

Houlden N, Grout V. Taking Computer Science and Programming into Schools: The Glyndŵr/BCS Turing Project Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 4th World Conference on Learning Teaching and Educational Leadership (WCLTA-2013) 141 :680-685 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Anisimov D, Zhelbakov I, Houlden N. A Review of Energy Efficiency in Wireless Body Area/Sensor Networks, With Emphasis on MAC Protocol 7th IEEE Int. Conference on Internet Technologies and Applications ITA-17 DOI Publisher Url

Cunningham S, Houlden N, Davies J, Picking R, Grout V. Investigating Environmental Causes of TCP Retransmission and Flags in Wireless Networks. 11th International Network Conference (INC 2016) Author Url

Houlden N, Ehmann E, Grout V. Using complex adaptive systems and technology to analyse the strength of processes and cultural indicators: a method to improve sustained competitive advantage

Grout V, Houlden N. Some Notes and Results on Bandwidth-based Routing and Implicit Load Balancing Eighth International Network Conference (INC 2010)

Houlden N, Grout V, Picking R. The Evolution of Internet Routing Metrics and Cost Calculations SEIN 2008: Proceedings of the Fourth Collaborative Research Symposium on Security, E-Learning, Internet and Networking

Houlden N, Grout V, McGinn J, Davies J. Extended End-to-End Cost Metrics for Improved Dynamic Route Calculation Proceedings of the 6th International Network Conference (INC 2006) :89-96

Grout V, Houlden N. Principles of Optimal Interior Routing Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA 05)

Grout V, Houlden N, Davies J, McGinn J, Cunningham S. A Unified Framework for Optimal Routing Proceedings of CSSI International Conference System Integration in Integrated Europe (ISIE)

Chapters

Houlden N. 2007. Shortest path routing Optimising the Internet Key Topics in Modern Network Algorithms 9780946881550

External committees:

ICO Technology Panel, Information Commissioner’s Office, Advisor. 2022

Industrial connections:

Information Commissioner’s Office, Information Commissioner’s Office Technology Advisory Panel (TAP). 2022

Cyber Wales, Steering Committee, https://cyberwales.net/. 2015

Membership of professional bodies:

Certified Management & Business Educator (CMBE), Chartered Association of Business Schools. 2022

Chartered IT Professional (CITP) and MBCS, British Computing Society (BCS).

Editorial boards:

Special Issue "Advanced Machine Learning and Data Mining: A New Frontier in Artificial Intelligence Research", Guest Editor, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/BDCC/special_issues/artificial_intelligence_research#published. 2021

2017 Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA), Author/Editor, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/8094204/proceeding. 2017

2015 Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA), Author/Editor, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7317357/metrics#metrics. 2015

Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA 11), Editor. 2011

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