Professional Activities
Member of the Steering Group for the Marconi Electronics and Communications Technologies (ECT) Project 2000 - 2002
Member of the Steering Group for the Electronics in Schools Project 2003
Member of the Industrial Advisory Board of the Department of Computer Science of the University of York 2000 - date; Chairman 2005 - date
Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee for the Communications Engineering Doctorate (EngD) at University College London (UCL) 2000 - 2009
Visiting Professor to the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde 2001
Member of the Board of Intellect (the UK Information Technology, Telecommunications & Electronics Association) 2001 - 2006
Member of the Operations Board of Intellect 2003 - 2006
Member of the Board of EICTA (the European Industry Association for Information Systems, Communications Technologies and Consumer Electronics - now Digital Europe) 2001 - 2005
Member of the Executive of the Broadband Stockholder Group 2003 - 2006
Member of the ComReg (Commission for Communications Regulation - the statutory body responsible for the regulation of electronic communications in the Republic of Ireland) Forward Looking Steering Panel 2003 - 2008
Member of the Independent Review Body overseeing the work of the UCL Postgraduate Research Facility at AdAstral park 2003 - 2009
Member of the Sectors and Regions Working Group of the Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI's) Electronics and Innovation Growth team (eIGT) 2004
Member of the Five-Year Assessment Expert Panel set up by the European Commission to evaluate the implementation, effectiveness, achievements and impacts of Information Society Technology (IST) Research and Technology Development (RTD) investment during the years 1999-2003
Member of the Industrial Advisory Board of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University College London (UCL) 2004 - 2008
Member of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Technology and Innovation Committee 2004 - 2006
Member of the British Computer Society (BCS) Engineering & Technology Strategic Panel 2005 - 2010; Chairman 2007 - 2010
Member of the British Computer Society (BCS) Engineering and Science Board 2010 - 2013
Member of the Industrial Advisory Group to the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Manchester 2005 - 2014
Member of the Edinburgh Research Partnership (ERP) Advisory Group for the Signal & Image Processing Joint Venture between the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University 2009 - 2011
Member of the University of Surrey Knowledge Transfer Account (KTA) Communications & Signal Processing Platform Advisory Group 2010 - 2013
Member of the University of Lancaster InfoLab21 Advisory Group 2010 - 2014
Member of the Advisory Board to the EPSRC Community Organisation of Events in Communications, Mobile Computing & Networking 2010 - 2014
Member of the Industrial Advisory Board to the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering at the University of Essex 2011- date