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Professor Gordon Blair

Distinguished Professor, SCC Sustainability Lead

  1. 2024
  2. E-pub ahead of print

    Principled and automated system of systems composition using an ontological architecture

    Elhabbash, A., Elkhatib, Y., Nundloll, V., Sanz Marco, V. & Blair, G. S., 31/08/2024, In: Future Generation Computer Systems. 157, p. 499-515 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. E-pub ahead of print

    ICT Under Constraint: Exposing Tensions in Collaboratively Prioritising ICT Innovation for Climate Targets

    Widdicks, K., Knowles, B., Friday, A. & Blair, G. S., 11/03/2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: ACM Journal on Responsible Computing.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. 2023
  5. Forthcoming

    Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts: Exploring a systemic design inspired responsible innovation framework for addressing ICT carbon emissions

    Smith, M. T., Knowles, B., Widdicks, K., Blair, G., Samuel, G., Jirotka, M., Lucivero, F., Ten Holter, C. & Somavilla, L., 16/08/2023, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design, RSD12. Tønsberg, Norway: Systemic Design Association, 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  6. Published

    The role of data science in environmental digital twins: In praise of the arrows

    Blair, G. S. & Henrys, P. A., 31/03/2023, In: Environmetrics. 34, 2, 6 p., e2789.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Systems Thinking and Efficiency under Emissions Constraints: Addressing Rebound Effects in Digital Innovation and Policy

    Widdicks, K., Lucivero, F., Samuel, G., Somavilla Croxatto, L., Smith, M. T., Ten Holter, C., Berners-Lee, M., Blair, G., Jirotka, M., Knowles, B., Sorrell, S., Börjesson Rivera, M., Cook, C., Coroamă, V. C., Foxon, T. J., Hardy, J., Hilty, L. M., Hinterholzer, S. & Penzenstadler, B., 10/02/2023, In: Patterns. 4, 2, 10 p., 100679.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. 2022
  9. Published

    Automating the extraction of information from a historical text and building a linked data model for the domain of ecology and conservation science

    Nundloll, V., Smail, R., Stevens, C. & Blair, G., 10/10/2022, In: Heliyon. 8, 10, 16 p., e10710.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Transferable Knowledge for Low-cost Decision Making in Cloud Environments

    Samreen, F., Blair, G. & Elkhatib, Y., 31/08/2022, In: IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. 10, 3, p. 2190 - 2203 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Our house is on fire: The climate emergency and computing's responsibility

    Knowles, B., Widdicks, K., Blair, G., Berners-Lee, M. & Friday, A., 30/06/2022, In: Communications of the ACM. 65, 6, p. 38-40 3 p., 6.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    The Alchemy of Trust: The Creative Act of Designing Trustworthy Socio-Technical Systems

    Thornton, L., Knowles, B. & Blair, G., 21/06/2022, FAccT '22: ACM Fairness, Accountability and Transparency. New York: ACM, p. 1387-1398 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  13. Published

    The evolving role of weather types on rainfall chemistry under large reductions in pollutant emissions

    Tso, C-HM., Monteith, D., Scott, T., Watson, H., Dodd, B., Pereira, M. G., Henrys, P., Hollaway, M., Rennie, S., Lowther, A., Watkins, J., Killick, R. & Blair, G., 15/04/2022, In: Environmental Pollution. 299, 11 p., 118905.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    A meta-analysis of phosphatase activity in agricultural settings in response to phosphorus deficiency

    Janes-Bassett, V., Blackwell, M., Blair, G., Davies, J., Haygarth, P., Mezeli, M. & Stewart, G., 28/02/2022, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 165, 10 p., 108537.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. 2021
  16. Published

    Climate driven trends in London’s urban heat island intensity reconstructed over 70 years using a generalized additive model

    Bassett, R., Janes-Bassett, V., Phillipson, J., Young, P. & Blair, G., 31/12/2021, In: Urban Climate. 40, 12 p., 100990.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Digital Twins of the Natural Environment

    Blair, G., 8/10/2021, In: Patterns. 2, 10, 100359.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Mapping regional impacts of agricultural expansion on terrestrial carbon storage

    Janes-Bassett, V., Bassett, R., Yumashev, D., Blair, G. & Davies, J., 15/09/2021, In: Regional Studies, Regional Science. 8, 1, p. 336-340 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    The real climate and transformative impact of ICT: A critique of estimates, trends and regulations

    Freitag, C., Berners-Lee, M., Widdicks, K., Knowles, B., Blair, G. & Friday, A., 10/09/2021, In: Patterns. 2, 9, 100340.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Integrated species distribution models: A comparison of approaches under different data quality scenarios

    Suhaimi, S. S. A., Blair, G. & Jarvis, S. G., 30/06/2021, In: Diversity and Distributions. 27, 6, p. 1066-1075 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Anticipatory Governance in the Technology Sector: Processes, Critiques and Principles for Addressing Grand Challenges in Computing

    Widdicks, K., Knowles, B., Blair, G., Ten Holter, C., Jirotka, M., Lucivero, F., Samuel, G. & Webb, H., 13/05/2021, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI '21 Extended Abstracts). New York: ACM, 5 p. 116

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  22. Published

    A semantic approach to enable data integration for the domain of flood risk management

    Nundloll, V., Lamb, R., Hankin, B. & Blair, G., 30/04/2021, In: Environmental Challenges. 3, 14 p., 100064.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Fifty Shades of Grey: In Praise of a Nuanced Approach Towards Trustworthy Design

    Thornton, L., Knowles, B. & Blair, G., 1/03/2021, ACM FAccT’21: ACM Fairness, Accountability and Transparency. New York: ACM, p. 64-76 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  24. Published

    The Role of Digital Technologies in Responding to the Grand Challenges of the Natural Environment: The Windermere Accord

    Blair, G., Bassett, R., Bastin, L., Beevers, L., Borrajo Garcia, M., Brown, M., Dance, S., Dionescu, A., Edwards, L., Ferrario, M. A., Fraser, R., Fraser, H., Gardner, S., Henrys, P. A., Hey, T., Homann, S., Huijbers, C., Hutchison, J., Jonathan, P., Lamb, R., & 21 othersLaurie, S., Leeson, A., Leslie, D., McMillan, M., Nundloll, V., Oyebamiji, O., Phillipson, J., Pope, V., Prudden, R., Reis, S., Salama, M., Samreen, F., Sejdinovic, D., Simm, W., Street, R., Thornton, L., Towe, R., Vande Hey, J. D., Vieno, M., Waller, J. & Watkins, J., 8/01/2021, In: Patterns. 2, 1, 8 p., 100156.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. 2020
  26. Published

    Rethinking data-driven decision support in flood risk management for a big data age

    Towe, R., Dean, G., Edwards, E., Nundloll, V., Blair, G., Lamb, R., Hankin, B. & Manson, S., 1/12/2020, In: Journal of Flood Risk Management. 13, 4, 19 p., e12652.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Unpublished

    The climate impact of ICT: A review of estimates, trends and regulations

    Freitag, C., Berners-Lee, M., Widdicks, K., Knowles, B., Blair, G. & Friday, A., 1/12/2020, (Unpublished) 87 p.

    Research output: Other contribution

  28. Published

    The mega-city Lagos and three decades of urban heat island growth

    Bassett, R., Young, P., Blair, G., Samreen, F. & Simm, W., 1/12/2020, In: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 59, 12, p. 2041-2055 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Urbanisation’s contribution to climate warming in Great Britain

    Bassett, R., Young, P., Blair, G., Cai, X. & Chapman, L., 15/10/2020, In: Environmental Research Letters. 15, 11, 12 p., 114014.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Tackling the Challenges of 21st-Century Open Science and Beyond: A Data Science Lab Approach

    Hollaway, M. J., Dean, G., Blair, G., Brown, M., Henrys, P. A. & Watkins, J., 9/10/2020, In: Patterns. 1, 14 p., 100103.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    A Tale of Two Cities: Reflections on Digital Technology and the Natural Environment

    Blair, G., 14/08/2020, In: Patterns. 1, 5, 3 p., 100068.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  32. Published

    An Ontological Architecture for Principled and Automated System of Systems Composition

    Elhabbash, A., Nundloll, V., Elkhatib, Y., Blair, G. & Sanz Marco, V., 29/06/2020, 15th International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems. ACM, p. 85–95 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  33. Published

    Agility in Transdisciplinary Research: Lessons Learnt from a Research Sprint on Digital Technologies and Flood Risk Management

    Winter, E., Ferrario, M. A. & Blair, G., 21/06/2020, ICT4S2020: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on ICT for Sustainability. ACM, p. 147–157 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  34. Published

    An Ontological Framework for Opportunistic Composition of IoT Systems

    Nundloll, V., Elkhatib, Y., Elhabbash, A. & Blair, G. S., 11/05/2020, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies (ICIoT). IEEE, p. 614-621 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  35. Published

    A Large Ensemble Approach to Quantifying Internal Model Variability Within the WRF Numerical Model

    Bassett, R., Young, P., Blair, G., Samreen, F. & Simm, W., 16/04/2020, In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 125, 7, 14 p., e2019JD031286.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Quantifying Uncertainty for Estimates Derived from Error Matrices in Land Cover Mapping Applications: The Case for a Bayesian Approach

    Phillipson, J., Blair, G. & Henrys, P., 5/02/2020, Environmental Software Systems. Data Science in Action: 13th IFIP WG 5.11 International Symposium, ISESS 2020, Wageningen, The Netherlands, February 5–7, 2020, Proceedings. Athanasiadis, I. N., Frysinger, S. P., Schimak, G. & Knibbe, W. J. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 151-164 14 p. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; vol. 554).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  37. Published

    Models in the Cloud: Exploring Next Generation Environmental Software Systems

    Simm, W., Blair, G., Bassett, R., Samreen, F. & Young, P., 29/01/2020, Proceedings of ISESS 2020 13th International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems: Data Science in Action. Athanasiadis, I., Frysinger, S., Schimak, G. & Knibbe, W. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 216-227 12 p. ( IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; vol. 554).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  38. 2019
  39. Published

    Uncertainty quantification in classification problems: A Bayesian approach for predicting the effects of further test sampling

    Phillipson, J., Blair, G. & Henrys, P., 6/12/2019, Proceedings of MODSIM2019, 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Elsawah, S. (ed.). Canberra: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand (MSSANZ), p. 193-199 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  40. Published

    Uncertainty quantification in classification problems: A Bayesian approach for predicating the effects of further test sampling. 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Supporting Evidence-Based Decision Making: The Role of Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 2019

    Phillipson, J., Blair, G. S., Henrys, P., S., E. (ed.) & Office, CSIRO. CUBIC. EW. NSW. G., 6/12/2019, p. 193-199. 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  41. Published

    Envisioning SLO-driven Service Selection in Multi-cloud Applications

    Elhabbash, A., Elkhatib, Y., Blair, G., Lin, Y., Barker, A. & Thomson, J., 1/12/2019, Proceedings of IEEE/ACM 12th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing. IEEE/ACM, p. 9-14 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  42. Published

    IoTNetSim: A Modelling and Simulation Platform for End-to-End IoT Services and Networking

    Salama, M., Elkhatib, Y. & Blair, G., 1/12/2019, Proceedings of IEEE/ACM 12th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing. ACM, p. 251–261 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  43. Published

    Models of Everywhere Revisited: A Technological Perspective

    Blair, G., Beven, K., Lamb, R., Bassett, R., Cauwenberghs, K., Hankin, B., Dean, G., Hunter, N., Edwards, L., Nundloll, V., Samreen, F., Simm, W. & Towe, R., 1/12/2019, In: Environmental Modelling and Software. 122, 20 p., 104521.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  44. Published

    SLO-ML: A Language for Service Level Objective Modelling in Multi-cloud applications

    Elhabbash, A., Jumagaliyev, A., Blair, G. & Elkhatib, Y., 1/12/2019, Proceedings of IEEE/ACM 12th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing. IEEE/ACM, p. 241–250 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  45. Published

    Widening the Circle of Engagement Around Environmental Issues using Cloud-based Tools

    Elkhatib, Y., Gemmell, A., Vitolo, C., Wilkinson, M., Mackay, E., Percy, B. J., Blair, G. & Gurney, R., 31/10/2019, IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS). IEEE, p. 1404-1415 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  46. Published

    Data Science of the Natural Environment: A Research Roadmap

    Blair, G., Henrys, P. A., Leeson, A., Watkins, J., Eastoe, E., Jarvis, S. & Young, P., 14/08/2019, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 7, 14 p., 121.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    A Framework for SLO-driven Cloud Specification and Brokerage

    Elhabbash, A., Elkhatib, Y., Blair, G. S., Lin, Y. & Barker, A., 4/07/2019, 2019 19th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (CCGRID). IEEE, p. 666-667 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  48. Published

    Same Same, but Different: A Descriptive Intra-IaaS Differentiation

    Elkhatib, Y., Samreen, F. & Blair, G. S., 4/07/2019, 6th Workshop on CrossCloud Infrastructures & Platforms: 6th Workshop on CrossCloud Infrastructures & Platforms. IEEE, p. 690-695 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  49. Published

    The Design and Deployment of an End-To-End IoT Infrastructure for the Natural Environment

    Nundloll, V., Porter, B., Blair, G., Emmett, B., Jones, D., Chadwick, D., Winterbourn, B., Beattie, P., Dean, G., Shaw, R., Shelley, W., Brown, M. & Ullah, I., 7/06/2019, In: Future Internet. 11, 6, 27 p., 129.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  50. Published

    Trusted Brokers? Identifying the Challenges Facing Data Centres

    Thornton, L., Neumann, V., Blair, G., Davies, N. & Watkins, J., 13/05/2019.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  51. 2018
  52. Published

    Adaptive Service Deployment using In-Network Mediation

    Elhabbash, A., Blair, G. S., Tyson, G. & Elkhatib, Y., 24/12/2018, 2018 14th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). IEEE, p. 170-176 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  53. Published

    Complex Distributed Systems: The Need for Fresh Perspectives

    Blair, G. S., 2/07/2018, Proceedings of the 38th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems. IEEE, p. 1410-1421 12 p. (2018 IEEE 38th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS)).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  54. Published

    SE in ES: Opportunities for Software Engineering and Cloud Computing in Environmental Science

    Simm, W. A., Samreen, F., Bassett, R., Ferrario, M. A. F. C., Blair, G. S., Young, P. J. & Whittle, J. N. D., 3/06/2018, ICSE-SEIS '18 Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society. New York: ACM, p. 61-70 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  55. Published

    Same Same, but Different: A Descriptive Differentiation of Intra-cloud Iaas Services

    Elkhatib, Y., Samreen, F. & Blair, G. S., 10/02/2018, In: arXiv. 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  56. 2017
  57. Published
  58. Published

    Data-driven decisions for flood risk management

    Edwards, E. R., Mullagh, L., Towe, R. P., Nundloll, V., Dean, C., Dean, G., Simm, W. A., Samreen, F., Bassett, R. & Blair, G. S., 6/09/2017, Data for Policy 2017: Government by Algorithm?. Data for Policy, 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

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