Peter Smith (computer scientist)

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Peter Smith
Born (1956-09-19) September 19, 1956 (age 67)
NationalityBritish
Scientific career
FieldsArtificial intelligence
Computer Science
Mathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Sunderland
University of Central Lancashire
University of Cumbria
University of Limerick
Thesis Numerical Modelling of Human Thermoregulation  (1981)

Peter Smith (born 19 September 1956) is Emeritus Professor of University of Sunderland. He is a Principal Fellow of The Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the British Computer Society, the Institute of Engineering and Technology, the Chartered Management Institute, the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, the Institute of Physics, the Institute of Leadership and Management, the Institution of Analysts and Programmers, the Royal Society of Arts and the Association for Project Management. He is best known for his contributions to Artificial Intelligence.[1][2] and Doctoral education.[3]

In 2022 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Technology by University of Sunderland

Career[edit]

University of Sunderland[edit]

In 1978, Smith graduated with a BSc in Computing and Mathematics from University of Sunderland. In 1981 he completed his PhD in Modelling and Computer Simulation, also at University of Sunderland. Smith then went on to hold a number of positions at the University. He spent 11 years as a lecturer before being made a professor in 1992. He went on to become Dean of Computing and Technology from 1999 until 2007. In 2012, Smith retired from the University and was made Emeritus Professor. In July 2022, University of Sunderland recognised and commemorated Smith's significant contribution to academia, awarding him with an Honorary Doctorate of Technology.[4]

Publications[edit]

Smith is a prolific writer and has published over 300 academic contributions including books, book chapters and academic papers. He has also spoken at conferences around the world, including presentations in many cities in the UK, Europe, United States and Hong Kong. Many of these have been invited papers.[5] He has written on a variety of topics including mathematics[6][7] and software engineering.[8]

Other professional roles[edit]

For many years, Smith was a visiting professor at the Dublin Institute of Technology. His involvement with the Dublin Institute of Technology began in 2000 with an invitation to join a staff development programme initiated by the Head of School. This involved bringing in Visiting Professors in Computer Science with proven records of supervising PhD candidates to supervise staff for PhDs. In 2018, Dublin Institute of Technology became one of Ireland's first Technological Universities, the Technological University Dublin.

Smith is a Visiting Professor with the University of Cumbria and an Adjunct Professor with the University of Limerick. He also supervises students at the University of Central Lancashire.

Smith is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Mathematician, Chartered Statistician, Chartered Manager and a Chartered IT Professional.

Smith is a professional reviewer and Membership assessor for the British Computer Society, interviewing candidates for Professional Membership and Chartered Engineer Status.

In 2020 Smith became one of the founding editors of the new Springer journal AI and Ethics.

Doctoral Education[edit]

Smith has supervised over 60 PhD and DProf candidates and has attended over 200 viva examinations in the UK. He has been an external examiner at over 30 universities around the world, including examinations in the UK, Ireland, Spain, India and Hong Kong. He has also chaired over 100 PhD examinations. In 2014 Smith wrote a text book for PhD students, specifically based on the viva examination.[9] From 2007 to 2012 Smith was programme leader for the professional doctorate programme at University of Sunderland.[10] In 2013, he, along with three colleagues, wrote one of the first text books for professional doctorate students.[11]

Projects[edit]

Smith has worked on a number of collaborative projects throughout his career. This included the European ESPRIT project CIM-REFLEX. The objective of CIM-REFLEX[12] was to facilitate the timely and flexible execution of small production batches in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It built on the data storage and acquisition capabilities provided by existing MRP and shopfloor data acquisition equipment, and provided support for high level decisions concerning product configuration, costing and scheduling. He also worked on a number of conditioning monitoring and machine maintenance projects with his colleague Professor John MacIntyre.[13] Smith worked with colleagues in International Paint to develop an early knowledge management system, which used semantic networks to model the knowledge within the organisation.[14] He also worked on a project with British Gas which build an early expert system to forecast gas demand.[15] Smith was also a coinvestigator on the £2 million+ SERC (now EPSRC) project the Engineering Design Centre, based at Newcastle University which was at the forefront of design methods in marine design and naval architecture.[16]

Digital Inclusion[edit]

Smith has been involved in a number of projects which promoted the use of computers to the residents of Sunderland. In 2007, Smith was part of a small team which bid for the national Digital Challenge competition, consisting of Age UK Sunderland, the University of Sunderland and Sunderland City Council. Sunderland was successful in winning the national competition. This programme brokered £5 million into the city, going to community groups and widening access to technology. The programme consisted of a suite of projects to provide computer facilities and support to the digitally excluded in the city.

Music[edit]

Since the late 1960s, Smith has attended thousands of popular music gigs all around the UK. In 2011 he began a blog, documenting the gigs he's attended and his many musical experiences. Over the past decade, Smith has published numerous papers and books relating to music.He has written about the development of rock venues, particularly arenas,[17] classic rock including book chapters on the Rolling Stones[18] and The Who[19] and punk rock, including a book chapter on the Clash[20] and a paper and book on the Sex Pistols.[21][22]

Personal life[edit]

Family[edit]

Peter Smith was born in 1956. He has always lived in Sunderland where he and his late wife Marie raised three children, two daughters and one son. He now has a granddaughter and grandson and greatly enjoys his family life.

Spinal injury[edit]

In 2016, Peter fell down the stairs at his family home, sustaining a spinal cord injury which left him paralysed from the neck down.[23] He now has 24 hour care at home and since his injury, he has worked closely with the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) who have supported him in regaining his independence.[24] Despite his injury, Smith still continues to work, having published several books an papers since his accident and continuing to lecture and coach students online. Peter continues to publish, and has begun to write articles about his disability, one of which[25] he co-authored with his younger daughter Laura, who is blind.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tan, T C, Smith P and Pegman, M (1990), RADA - A Research and Development Advisor Incorporating AI and Expert System Approaches, Expert Systems and Applications, 1". Expert Systems with Applications. 1 (2): 171–178. January 1990. doi:10.1016/0957-4174(90)90027-R. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. ^ Beard, Roderick J.; Smith, Peter (2 July 2013). "Beard, R. J., and Smith, P. (2013). Integrated electronic prescribing and robotic dispensing: a case study. SpringerPlus, pp. 1-7". SpringerPlus. 2 (1): 295. doi:10.1186/2193-1801-2-295. PMC 3724990. PMID 23961388.
  3. ^ Fulton, J.; Kuit, J.; Sanders, G.; Smith, P. (2012). "Fulton, J, Kuit, J, Sanders, G and Smith, P (2012), The Role of the Professional Doctorate in Developing Professional Practice, Journal of Nursing Management, 20(1), pp.130-139". Journal of Nursing Management. 20 (1): 130–139. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01345.x. PMID 22229909.
  4. ^ "University Honours Local Education Hero". University of Sunderland. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Smith P (1991b), Knowledge Elicitation, Invited Keynote lecture, ECAI, Advanced Course on AI, Bilbao, Spain". Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Caldwell, J., & Smith, P. (1982). Solution of Burgers' equation with a large Reynolds number. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 6(5), 381-385". Applied Mathematical Modelling. 6 (5): 381–385. October 1982. doi:10.1016/S0307-904X(82)80102-9.
  7. ^ "Smith, P., & Twizell, E. H. (1984). A transient model of thermoregulation in a clothed human. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 8(3), 211-216". Applied Mathematical Modelling. 8 (3): 211–216. June 1984. doi:10.1016/0307-904X(84)90092-1.
  8. ^ Roper, R. M. F.; Smith, P. (March 1987). "Roper, R. M. F., & Smith, P. (1987). A software tool for testing JSP designed programs. Software Engineering Journal, 2(2), 46-52". Software Engineering Journal. 2 (2): 46–52. doi:10.1049/sej.1987.0007. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Smith, P (2014), The PhD viva, Palgrave". Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Smith, P., Curtis, H., Sanders, G., Kuit, J., & Fulton, J. (2011). Student perceptions of the professional doctorate. Work Based Learning e-Journal, 2(1), 135-54". Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Fulton, J., Kuit, J., Sanders, G., & Smith, P. (2013). The professional doctorate: A practical guide. Macmillan International Higher Education". Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Walker, W., Maughan, K., Fletcher, E. J., & Smith, P. (1990, March). Knowledge based systems with embedded simulation components. In UK IT 1990 Conference (pp. 318-324). IET". March 1990. pp. 318–324. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  13. ^ MacIntyre, John; Smith, Peter (1995). "Condition Monitoring with National Power". Neural Networks: Artificial Intelligence and Industrial Applications. pp. 287–296. doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-3087-1_56. ISBN 9781447130871. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Tan, T. C., Smith, P., & Pegman, M. (1990). RADA—a research and development advisor incorporating artificial intelligence techniques and expert system approaches. Expert Systems with Applications, 1(2), 171-178". Expert Systems with Applications. 1 (2): 171–178. January 1990. doi:10.1016/0957-4174(90)90027-R. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Smith, P., Husein, S., & Leonard, D. T. (1996). Forecasting short term regional gas demand using an expert system. Expert Systems with Applications, 10(2), 265-273". Expert Systems with Applications. 10 (2): 265–273. January 1996. doi:10.1016/0957-4174(95)00052-6. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Chao, K. M., Guenov, M., Hills, B., Smith, P., Buxton, I., & Tsai, C. F. (1997). An expert system to generate associativity data for layout design. Artificial Intelligence in Engineering, 11(2), 191-196". Artificial Intelligence in Engineering. 11 (2): 191–196. April 1997. doi:10.1016/S0954-1810(96)00037-4. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Smith, P. (2016). A Personal History of UK Arena Concerts: Reflections on Gigs over the Past Forty Years, in Edgar, R., Fairclough-Isaacs, K., Halligan, B. and Spelman, N. (eds). The Arena Concert: Music, Media and Mass Entertainment, Bloomsbury". Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  18. ^ Smith P (2013) Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones in Concert, in The Rolling Stones: Sociological Perspectives, H Staubmann (ed), Lexington books, ISBN 978-0-7391-7671-9. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  19. ^ Smith, P. (2016). An analysis of The Who in concert: 1971 to 2014, in Gennaro, R and Harrison, C. The Who and philosophy, Lexington, pp 209 – 222. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  20. ^ "Smith, P. (2017). An Analysis of The Clash in Concert: 1977 to 1982. The Clash Takes on the World: Transnational Perspectives on The Only Band that Matters, 27". Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  21. ^ Smith, Peter (8 August 2015). "Smith, P. (2015). Holidays in the Sun: The Sex Pistols at the Seaside. Popular Music and Society, 1-13". Popular Music and Society. 38 (4): 487–499. doi:10.1080/03007766.2015.1034510. S2CID 192133079. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  22. ^ Smith, P (2018), The Sex Pistols: The Pride of Punk, Tempo Books, Rowman and Littlefield. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  23. ^ "Sunderland Academic Shows Support for Vital Charity After Accident Left him Paralysed". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  24. ^ "This is Peter's Story: My SCI". Youtube. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  25. ^ Smith, Peter; Smith, Laura (October 2020). "Artificial intelligence and disability: too much promise, yet too little substance?". AI and Ethics. 1 (1): 81–86. doi:10.1007/s43681-020-00004-5.
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