Inspiring people

Professor Stephen Brewster

Stephen Brewster

Professor Stephen Brewster is one of the world's leading researchers on human-computer interaction. He has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council Advanced Grant to work on virtual reality and augmented reality for passengers.

Professor Muffy Calder

Muffy Calder

Professor Muffy Calder leads a project to develop the science of sensor system software. As well as being a computer science researcher, she is head of the College of Science and Engineering and was previously Chief Scientific Adviser to the Scottish government. She received a Suffrage Science award in recognition of her inspiring achievements.

Professor Quintin Cutts

Quintin Cutts

Professor Quintin Cutts is the Director of the Centre for Computing Science Education. He is a leading researcher on the teaching of computing science at all levels, from school through to university. He leads the PLAN-C project, creating a network for computing science school teachers throughout Scotland.

Dr Ornela Dardha

Ornela Dardha

Dr Ornela Dardha designs programming languages that make it easier to build communication-intensive software, such as internet applications. Her PhD won an award as the best Italian thesis in theoretical computer science. She is one of the leaders of Glasgow Women in Computer Science.

Dr Mary Ellen Foster

Mary Ellen Foster

Dr Mary Ellen Foster develops robots that interact with people in a natural way, through speech and gestures. She leads a European research project called MuMMER, which is developing a robot for use in shopping malls.

Professor Simon Gay

Simon Gay

Professor Simon Gay's research area is programming language theory, especially languages for developing the large-scale distributed software systems that enable the digital economy. From 2012 to 2016 he led a COST Action - a European network of more than 120 researchers in 22 countries - on this topic.