Bill Buchanan (professor)

Bill Buchanan
Born 1961
Falkirk, Scotland
Residence Scotland
Nationality British
Fields Computer science/Computer Security
Institutions Edinburgh Napier University (1986- )

Professor Bill Buchanan is a Scottish computer scientist. He leads the Centre for Distributed Computing and Security at Edinburgh Napier University. He has published over 20 academic books, including The Handbook of the Internet,[1] the Handbook of Data Communications and Networks,[2] and a wide range of academic papers. His patents include Digital DNA.[3] Bill Buchanan has an academic web site related to the teaching of security.[4]. On 20 September 2011, he give evidence to the Justice Committee at the Scottish Parliament on the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Bill and he appeared on Newsnight Scotland as part of a debate on Cybercrime.

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Research work

At present his work involves the development of a new software architecture for information sharing. This has been applied within information sharing between the police and their community partners (funded by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research - SIPR), and in health care. A presentation in May 2011 was at Innovation at Health Care at the Barbican London.

Education and personal life

Bill Buchanan was born in Falkirk, Scotland in 1961. He is married and has three sons.

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References

  1. ^ Buchanan, W.J. (c2002). The complete handbook of the Internet. Boston, Mass.: Kluwer Academic Publisher. pp. 2 v. (xx, 1639 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.). ISBN 1402072902. LCCN 2002-038937. 
  2. ^ Buchanan, Bill (c1999). Handbook of data communications and networks. Boston ; London: Kluwer Academic. pp. xxii,1095p. : ill. ; 25cm.. ISBN 041284060X. 
  3. ^ "Digital DNA | News". The Engineer. 2008-11-06. http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/digital-dna/308691.article. Retrieved 2010-01-15. 
  4. ^ "This contains a wide range of security fundamentals, including MD5, SHA1, HMAC, RSA, RC2, Diffie-Hellman, and much more". Buchananweb.co.uk. http://buchananweb.co.uk/security00.aspx. Retrieved 2010-01-15.