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Professor Gordon Blair

Distinguished Professor, SCC Sustainability Lead

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    System support for multimedia applications: an assessment of the state of the art

    Blair, G., COULSON, G. & DAVIES, N., 04/1994, In: Information and Software Technology. 36, 4, p. 203-212 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    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

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    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

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    The (Social) Practices of DIYbio

    Dean, G., Blair, G. & Büscher, M., 2012. 2 p.

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

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    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

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    The Case for Reflective Middleware.

    Blair, G. S., Campbell, R. H., Costa, F. & Kon, F., 1/06/2002, In: Communications of the ACM. 45, 6, p. 33-38 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    The case for reflective middleware: building middleware that is flexible, reconfigurable, and yet simple to use

    Blair, G. S., Kon, F., Costa, F. & Campbell, R., 06/2002, (Unpublished)

    Research output: Other contribution

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    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

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    The CONNECT Architecture

    Grace, P., Georgantas, N., Bennaceur, A., Blair, G., Chauvel, F., Issarny, V., Paolucci, M., Saadi, R., Souville, B. & Sykes, D., 2011, Formal Methods for Eternal Networked Software Systems: 11th International School on Formal Methods for the Design of Computer, Communication and Software Systems, SFM 2011, Bertinoro, Italy, June 13-18, 2011. Advanced Lectures. Bernardo, M. & Issarny, V. (eds.). Berlin: Springer Verlag, p. 27-52 26 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 6659).

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

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    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

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    The Design and Implementation of Open ORB V2

    Blair, G. S., Blair, L., Coulson, G., Andersen, A., Clarke, M., Costas, F., Duran-Limon, H., Fitzpatrick, T., Johnston, L., Moreira, R., Parlavantzas, N. & Saikoski, K., 2001, In: IEEE Distributed Systems Online. 2, 6

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    The Design and Implementation of OpenORB 2

    Blair, G. S., Coulson, G., Andersen, A., Blair, L., Clarke, M., Costa, F., Duran-Limon, H., Fitzpatrick, T., Johnston, L., Moreira, R., Parlavantzas, N. & Saikoski, K., 1/10/2001, In: IEEE Distributed Systems Online. 2, 6

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    The Design and Implementation of OpenORB v2

    Andersen, A., Blair, G. S. & Coulson, G., 02/2001, (Unpublished) p. n/a.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Other

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    The design of a configurable and reconfigurable middleware platform

    Coulson, G., Blair, G., Clarke, M. & Parlavantzas, N., 04/2002, In: Distributed Computing. 15, 2, p. 109-126 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    The design of a generalised approach to the programming of systems of systems

    Coulson, G., Blair, G., Elkhatib, Y. & Mauthe, A., 06/2015, World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM), 2015 IEEE 16th International Symposium on a . IEEE, p. 1-6 6 p.

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

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    The Design of a Resource Aware Reflective Middleware Architecture

    Blair, G. S., Coulson, G., Duran, H., Parlavantzas, N., Delpiano, F., Dumant, B., Horn, F. & Stefani, J. B., 01/1999, (Unpublished)

    Research output: Other contribution

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    The environmental virtual observatory: a new vision for catchment science

    Gurney, R., Emmett, B., McDonald, A., Blair, G., Buytaert, W., Freer, J., Haygarth, P., Rees, G. & Teztlaff, D., 2011.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Poster

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    The Evolution of the GridStix Wireless Sensor Network Platform

    Coulson, G., Hughes, D., Blair, G. S. & Grace, P., 06/2008. 0 p.

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

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    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

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    The Gridkit distributed resource management framework

    Cai, W., Coulson, G., Grace, P., Blair, G., Mathy, L. & Yeung, W. K., 2005, Advances in Grid Computing - EGC 2005. Sloot, P. M. A., Hoekstra, A. G., Priol, T., Reinefeld, A. & Bubak, M. (eds.). Berlin: Springer Verlag, p. 341-342 2 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 3470).

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

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    The gridkit resource management framework

    Coulson, G., Cai, W., Grace, P., Blair, G. S., Mathy, L. & Yeung, W., 10/2004.

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

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    The Impact of Aspect-Oriented Programming on Formal Methods

    Blair, L. & Blair, G. S., 01/1998. 6 p.

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

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    The impact of distribution on support for object-oriented software development

    Blair, G. S. & Lea, R., 1992, In: Software Engineering Journal. 7, 2, p. 130-138 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Unpublished

    The Importance of Resource Management in Engineering Distributed Objects

    Blair, G. S. & Duran, H., 11/2000, (Unpublished)

    Research output: Other contribution

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    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

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    The Open Overlays Collaborative Workspace

    Cooper, C., Duce, D., Younas, M., Li, W., Sagar, M., Blair, G. S., Coulson, G. & Grace, P., 08/2005. 0 p.

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

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    The provision of site specific flood warnings using wireless sensor networks.

    Smith, P. J., Beven, K. J., Tych, W., Hughes, D., Coulson, G. & Blair, G., 2009, Flood risk management : research and practice. Samuels, P., Huntingdon, S., Allsop, W. & Harrop, J. (eds.). London: CRC Press, 309 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

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    The provision of site specific flood warnings using wireless sensor networks.

    Smith, P. J., Beven, K. J., Tych, W., Hughes, D., Coulson, G. & Blair, G., 2008, Proceedings of FLOODRisk 2008.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    The Role of Meta-Information Management in Reflective Middleware

    Blair, G. S., 06/2000, (Unpublished)

    Research output: Other contribution

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    The role of models@run.time in supporting on-the-fly interoperability

    Bencomo, N., Bennaceur, A., Grace, P., Blair, G. & Issarny, V., 2012, In: Computing. 95, 3, p. 167-190 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    The Role of Ontologies in Emergent Middleware: Supporting Interoperability in Complex Distributed Systems

    Blair, G., Bennaceur, A., Georgantas, N., Grace, P., Issarny, V., Nundloll-Ramdhany, V. & Paolucci, M., 12/2011, Proceedings of ACM/IFIP/USENIX 12th International Middleware Conference (Middleware 2011). Kon, F. & Kermarrec, A-M. (eds.). Berlin: Springer Verlag, p. 410-430 21 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 7049).

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

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    The role of ontologies in enabling dynamic interoperability

    Nundloll, V., Grace, P. & Blair, G. S., 06/2011, Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems: 11th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, DAIS 2011, Reykjavik, Iceland, June 6-9, 2011. Proceedings. Felber, P. & Rouvoy, R. (eds.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, p. 179-193 15 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 6723).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

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    The role of reflection in supporting dynamic QoS management functions

    Blair, G., Andersen, A., Blair, L. & Coulson, G., 1999, IWQOS '99: 1999 7th International Workshop on Quality of Service. New York: IEEE, p. 49-51 3 p.

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

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    The Role of Reflective Middleware in Supporting Flexible Security Policies

    Xu, N., Blair, G. S., Myrvang, P. H., Stabell-Kulø, T. & Grace, P., 09/2006, p. 97-112. 16 p.

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

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    The Role of Reflective Middleware in Supporting the Engineering of Complex Applications

    Parlavantzas, N., Saikoski, K., Blair, G. S., Coulson, G. & Duran, H., 11/1999, (Unpublished)

    Research output: Other contribution

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    The role of reflective middleware in supporting the engineering of dynamic applications

    Costa, F. M., Duran, H. A., Parlavantzas, N., Saikoski, K. B., Blair, G. & Coulson, G., 2000, Reflection and Software Engineering. Cazzola, W., Stroud, R. J. & Tisato, F. (eds.). Berlin: Springer Verlag, p. 79-98 20 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 1826).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

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    The role of software architecture in constraining adaptation in component-based middleware platforms

    Blair, G. S., Blair, L., Issarny, V., Tuma, P. & Zarras, A., 1/01/2000, Middleware 2000 - IFIP/ACM International Conference on Distributed Systems Platforms and Open Distributed Processing, Proceedings. Sventek, J. & Coulson, G. (eds.). Springer-Verlag, p. 164-184 21 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 1795).

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

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    The Role of Structural Reflection in Distributed Virtual Reality

    Okanda, P. & Blair, G. S., 01/2003, Proceeding VRST '03 Proceedings of the ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology. p. 140-149 10 p.

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

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    The Social Practice of Flow: design from a practice lens

    Dean, G., Blair, G. & Buscher, M., 20/10/2012.

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

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    The Support of Mobile-Awareness in Collaborative Groupware

    Cheverst, K., Blair, G. S., Davies, N. & Friday, A., 03/1999, In: Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. 3, 1 & 2, p. 33-42 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    The Tuple Space: An Old Solution to a New Problem?

    Friday, A., Wade, S. P., Davies, N. & Blair, G. S., 17/09/1997.

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

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    The world is going MAD: Models for Adaptation

    Bencomo, N., Blair, G. S. & Grace, P., 10/2006.

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

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    Time versus abstraction in formal description.

    Bowman, H., Blair, G. S., Blair, L. & Chetwynd, A. G., 1994, In: IFIP Transactions C. 22, p. 407-482 76 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

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    Time versus abstraction in formal descriptions.

    Bowman, H., Blair, L., Blair, G. S. & Chetwynd, A. G., 1994, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Formal Description Techniques (Forte '93). Tenney, R. L., Amer, P. D. & Uyar, U. (eds.). North Holland: Elsevier

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

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    Towards a component-based middleware framework for configurable and reconfigurable grid computing

    Coulson, G., Grace, P., Blair, G., Mathy, L., Duce, D., Cooper, C., Yeung, W. K. & Cai, W., 2004, 13th IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies : Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, Proceedings. Los Alamitos: IEEE COMPUTER SOC, p. 291-296 6 p.

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

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