Short Bio
James Brown is a research associate in the Computing Department, Lancaster University, working in
the area of wireless sensor networks and embedded systems. He received an undergraduate degree with
1st class hons in Computer Science in 2002 from Lancaster University. He continued at Lancaster University
onto the PhD program and successfully received his Ph.D. in 2011. He has been involved in a number of research projects including, Mobile IPv6
Testbed, NEMO and is currently employed on the EU FP7 GINSENG Project. Alongside his research duties,
James has been involved in supporting the systems requirements of the computing department over 2007
and 2008 these included building a Virtual Machine Cluster for use in graduate courses, supporting
student laboratories and designing/ maintaining complex research network systems. James has also had
over 480 hours of contact time as a tutor and practical advisor to undergraduate students between 2002
and 2007. His research interests lay in the areas of ubiquitous computing, embedded systems, embedded
networking and distributed systems.
