Professional Qualifications:
1998 BSc Physics聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 University of Dundee聽
1999 MSc (Distinction) Information Technology聽 聽University of Abertay Dundee
2006 PhD Ecological Modelling聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 University of Abertay Dundee
2010 PGCERT HET聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 University of Abertay Dundee聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽
Professional Employment History:
2017 - present聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Head of Division: Games Technology & Maths
2014 - 2017聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Senior Lecturer in Modelling and Visualisation
2006 - 2014聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Lecturer in Modelling and Visualisation
1999 - 2006聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Teaching Fellow, School of Computing and Creative Technologies
Professor Ruth Falconer Head of Division: Games Technology and Mathematics in the School of Design & Informatics.
I currently teach Data Structures and Parallel Programming (GPGPU) and have previously taught 3D graphics, statistics and programming to a range of cohorts. I hold a BSc in Physics and PhD in Ecological Modelling and my ongoing research interests are the development of modelling and visualisation frameworks to understand complex systems. My innovations include developing the first theoretical model and visualisation framework for indeterminate organisms. These modelling and visualisation skills have been applied across disciplines to develop interactive visual simulations of urban sustainability, heat loss and gain from built environment and precision agriculture. I am interested in applying games technology including games engines, graphics hardware and related infrastructure, to develop playable models of complex systems. Areas of application are the Water-Energy-Food-nexus, Microbial Ecology and Health and Social Care. I am interested in the broader applications of game technology to develop intuitive systems models. I am an editorial board member for International Journal of Games Technology & Scientific Reports. I聽 have over 70 peer reviewed articles and have secured significant research income. I am a Co-I and PI on several RCUK and charity-funded grants.
CMP201 Data Structures & Algorithms I
CMP202 Data Structures & Algorithms II
I also supervise Hons and MSc projects in the areas of: Procedural Content Generation, Complex Systems in Games, Parallel Programming and GPGPU applications.
I have a BSc in Physics, MSc in IT and my PhD developed a computational approach within theoretical ecology. My research is interdisciplinary and to date focuses mainly on environmental problems (e.g.using 聽sustainablity and nexus 聽approaches) that involve spatio-temporal and/or other multi-dimensional complexity. Numerical modelling, simulation, analysis and visualisation are critical components of this research that I implement using scripting, native programming, API鈥檚 and 鈥渆ngines鈥 (Matlab/R/C#/C/C++/DirectCompute/Unity) as appropriate to achieve project goals. My personal research interests include the application of games technology (using GPGPU, games engines and related infrastructure) for computation and visualisation聽to scientific problems 聽e.g. the Water, Energy, Food Nexus; Interactive visualisation of multicontaminants from atmospheric chemistry models; streaming and visualising AGRI-Data in the field on mobile devices and biophysical modelling of soil-microbial complex. I am also interested in computer games as complex systems and the translation of complex system approaches to games and game design to enhance the player experience.
2020 - 2022 Principal Investigator (Abertay) on SmARtview: SmARtview - An AI-powered Augmented Reality Tool for Animal Health and Productivity. Falconer, R., Sloan, R. J. S. & Szymkowiak, A.聽UK Research and Innovation: 拢75,000.00
2020 - 2022 Co-Investigator on My Cancer MAI Care (Phase 2) Kang, K. L., Bown, J. & Falconer, R.聽Macmillan Cancer Support: 拢204,033.19.
2017鈥 2019 Principal Investigator (Abertay) on Modelling the resilience of below-ground microbial communities. RCUK (NERC): 拢220K; Abertay share 拢25K. NE/P014208/1.
2016 鈥 2019 Principal Investigator (Abertay) on Modelling the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: STEPPING UP. RCUK: (EPSRC): 1.4M; Abertay share 拢178K. Work Package Leader. EP/N00583X/1.
2015 鈥 Present聽聽聽 Co-Investigator on Sustainable methods to supply clean water to Scotland鈥檚 rural communities. CREW: 拢35K.
2014 鈥 Present 聽聽聽 Principal Investigator on AGRI-AP: Applied Graphics and Rendering Innovation for Agricultural Precision. TSB 拢17K
2013 鈥 Present聽聽聽Falconer RE, Isaacs JP, Gilmour D & Blackwood D.聽聽聽聽Building Information Models (BIM) and Interactive Visualisation. SFC - (HEFC) 拢10,000
2013 鈥 Present聽聽聽Falconer RE, Isaacs JP, Gilmour D & Blackwood D.聽聽聽Investigating web based game technologies (webGL and openCL) for generating optimized fertilizer and lime maps. SAGES聽聽拢11,434
2013 - Present聽聽聽聽Falconer RE, Isaacs JP, Gilmour D & Blackwood D.聽聽聽聽聽3D visualization for TAYplan strategic landuse planning. TayPlan 拢8,000
2013 鈥 Present聽聽聽Blackwood D, Gilmour D, Isaacs J & Falconer R.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Scottish Water Sector Overview Map for CREW (Center of Expertise for Water. CREW聽聽拢60,000.
2013 鈥 2013聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Falconer RE, Isaacs JP, Gilmour D & Blackwood D聽聽聽聽Maximising passive solar gain: A physically based simulation and rendering approach. SFC - (HEFC) 拢10,000
2013 鈥 Present聽 Co-Investigator on Development of a potato breeding interactive decision-making聽 tool: combining sensory and consumer science data (INTERFACE-AGRICO 拢60,000)
2012 - Present聽聽聽聽聽 Principal Investigator on developing and testing geovisualisation approaches for understanding multiple benefits from Scottish agricultural systems. Scottish Government and UAD funded (拢74,000).
2012 - Present聽聽聽聽聽 Undergraduate Carnegie scholarship -聽 GPGPU implemenation of microbial dynamics model (拢1000)
2012 - Present聽 Nuffield scholarship - Promoting 3D quantification of microbial biomass with respect to physical 聽architecture. (拢1000)
2009 - Present 聽聽聽聽聽聽Co-Investigator, Multiscale Modelling and Emergent Properties of Microbial Degradation of Soil Organic Matter. ANR - France聽 (671,902 euro).聽
2009 - Present聽聽 聽聽聽Principal Investigator on developing an Agent based Model for the effect of land management decisions on the sustainability of urban/rural interface. Scottish Alliance of Geoscience, Environment and Society: SAGES (拢50,000).
2011 - Date聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Simulation and Visualisation of聽 St Andrews Sand Dunes, for Fife Countryside Trust (拢29,000) 聽 .
2011 - Date聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Sustainability Assessment and Visualisation of the Dunfermline Edge Development, for Fife Council. (拢10,000).
2009 - Present 聽聽聽聽聽Co-investigator, Sustainability Enhancement and Visualisation of Dundee Waterfront, for Dundee City Council (拢40,000).聽
2008 - Present 聽聽聽聽聽Co-investigator, DC Noise 鈥 Demographic Change: New opportunities in shrinking Europe, EU Interreg project (UAD share 拢102,000).聽
2008 - Present聽聽 聽聽聽Co-Investigator for developing an interactive simulation and visualisation tool for urban sustainability (UAD funded, 拢50,000)聽
2008 - 2011 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Co-Investigator, Phosphates Life Cycle Management, for UK Water Industry Research Limited.聽 Lead Researchers - Consultants Atkins Ltd. (UAD share, 拢15,000).聽聽
2007 -聽 2011 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Co-Investigator on the EPSRC project 鈥淏iological metaphors and crisis: building self healing, emergence and resilience into critical infrastructures鈥 (EP/E062865: 拢366,002).聽聽
2007 -聽 2008聽聽聽聽聽 聽聽聽Co-Investigator on investigation into fungal-inspired network protocols.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Norman Fraser Design Trust (拢9,000).
2004聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚nside Nature using Xray micro Computed tomography鈥. BBSRC: 拢2000
Editorial, Board, Committee & Reviewer Roles
鈥 Editor for International Journal of Computer Games Technology (Nov 2021 - present)
鈥 Women in Games Executive Board membership聽 (May 2018 - Present)
鈥 CPHC: Council of Professors and Heads of Computing in UK membership聽 (August 2017 - Present)
鈥 Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Business and IT, at Ontario Tech聽 聽 聽 聽University (Oct 2020 - Oct 2023)
鈥 Sicsa Committee: Abertay representative on SICSA committee (August 2018 - Present)
鈥 Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports聽 (Jan 2015 - Present)
鈥 Associate Editor for SSSAJ: Soil Physics (Jan 2014 鈥 Dec 2019)
鈥 Guest Editor Special Issue - Engineering Education on Geosciences in a Changing World - In Journal of Engineering Education (2013).
鈥 Expert reviewer for聽 European Commission: Marie Sklodowska -Curie Innovative Training Network Grants and Individual Fellowship Grants: Engineering and Informatics Panel (2016 鈥 present).
鈥 Annually review 12-16 manuscripts for peer reviewed journals, 2-3 RCUK proposals and book chapters.
Invited Talks & Panel Events
External Examinations
2017 PhD external examination. Guillermo Vidal Diez de Ulzurrun of Ghent University. "Fungal growth modelling and assessment: towards a three-dimensional spatially explicit fungal growth model"
2015 PhD external examination. Rory McMullan of Ulster University. The Computational Modelling of large Scale Predator-Prey Systems.
2011 PhD transfer external examination. Steven Hopkins of聽 Glamorgan University. A Hybrid Mathematical Model of Fungal Mycelia: Tropisms, Polarised Growth and Application to Colony Competition
2015 鈥 2018聽聽 Co-I (Abertay) on Water-Energy-Food Nexus: STEPPING UP. EPSRC. 1.4M Manchester University lead; Abertay share 拢178K
2015 鈥 Present聽聽聽 Co-Investigator on Sustainable methods to supply clean water to Scotland鈥檚 rural communities. CREW: 拢35K.
2014 鈥 Present 聽聽聽 Principal Investigator on AGRI-AP: Applied Graphics and Rendering Innovation for Agricultural Precision. TSB 拢17K
2013 鈥 Present聽聽聽Falconer RE, Isaacs JP, Gilmour D & Blackwood D.聽聽聽聽Building Information Models (BIM) and Interactive Visualisation. SFC - (HEFC) 拢10,000
2013 鈥 Present聽聽聽Falconer RE, Isaacs JP, Gilmour D & Blackwood D.聽聽聽Investigating web based game technologies (webGL and openCL) for generating optimized fertilizer and lime maps. SAGES聽聽拢11,434
2013 - Present聽聽聽聽Falconer RE, Isaacs JP, Gilmour D & Blackwood D.聽聽聽聽聽3D visualization for TAYplan strategic land use planning. TayPlan 拢8,000
2013 鈥 Present聽聽聽Blackwood D, Gilmour D, Isaacs J & Falconer R.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Scottish Water Sector Overview Map for CREW (Center of Expertise for Water. CREW聽聽拢60,000.
2013 鈥 2013聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Falconer RE, Isaacs JP, Gilmour D & Blackwood D聽聽聽聽Maximising passive solar gain: A physically based simulation and rendering approach. SFC - (HEFC) 拢10,000
2013 鈥 Present聽 Co-Investigator on Development of a potato breeding interactive decision-making聽 tool: combining sensory and consumer science data (INTERFACE-AGRICO 拢60,000)
2012 - Present聽聽聽聽聽 Principal Investigator on developing and testing geovisualisation approaches for understanding multiple benefits from Scottish agricultural systems. Scottish Government and UAD funded (拢74,000).
2012 - Present聽聽聽聽聽 Undergraduate Carnegie scholarship -聽 GPGPU implemenation of microbial dynamics model (拢1000)
2012 - Present聽 Nuffield scholarship - Promoting 3D quantification of microbial biomass with respect to physical 聽architecture. (拢1000)
2009 - Present 聽聽聽聽聽聽Co-Investigator, Multiscale Modelling and Emergent Properties of Microbial Degradation of Soil Organic Matter. ANR - France聽 (671,902 euro).聽
2009 - Present聽聽 聽聽聽Principal Investigator on developing an Agent based Model for the effect of land management decisions on the sustainability of urban/rural interface. Scottish Alliance of Geoscience, Environment and Society: SAGES (拢50,000).
2011 - Date聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Simulation and Visualisation of聽 St Andrews Sand Dunes, for Fife Countryside Trust (拢29,000) 聽 .
2011 - Date聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Sustainability Assessment and Visualisation of the Dunfermline Edge Development, for Fife Council. (拢10,000).
2009 - Present 聽聽聽聽聽Co-investigator, Sustainability Enhancement and Visualisation of Dundee Waterfront, for Dundee City Council (拢40,000).聽
2008 - Present 聽聽聽聽聽Co-investigator, DC Noise 鈥 Demographic Change: New opportunities in shrinking Europe, EU Interreg project (UAD share 拢102,000).聽
2008 - Present聽聽 聽聽聽Co-Investigator for developing an interactive simulation and visualisation tool for urban sustainability (UAD funded, 拢50,000)聽
2008 - 2011 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Co-Investigator, Phosphates Life Cycle Management, for UK Water Industry Research Limited.聽 Lead Researchers - Consultants Atkins Ltd. (UAD share, 拢15,000).聽聽
2007 -聽 2011 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Co-Investigator on the EPSRC project 鈥淏iological metaphors and crisis: building self healing, emergence and resilience into critical infrastructures鈥 (EP/E062865: 拢366,002).聽聽
2007 -聽 2008聽聽聽聽聽 聽聽聽Co-Investigator on investigation into fungal-inspired network protocols.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Norman Fraser Design Trust (拢9,000).
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 2004聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚nside Nature using Xray micro Computed tomography鈥. BBSRC: 拢2000
2013 鈥 Present聽聽聽Falconer RE, Isaacs JP, Gilmour D & Blackwood D.聽聽聽聽Building Information Models (BIM) and Interactive Visualisation. SFC - (HEFC) 拢10,000
2013 鈥 Present聽聽聽Falconer RE, Isaacs JP, Gilmour D & Blackwood D.聽聽聽Investigating web based game technologies (webGL and openCL) for generating optimized fertilizer and lime maps. SAGES聽聽拢11,434
2013 - Present聽聽聽聽Falconer RE, Isaacs JP, Gilmour D & Blackwood D.聽聽聽聽聽3D visualization for TAYplan strategic landuse planning. TayPlan 拢8,000
2013 鈥 Present聽聽聽Blackwood D, Gilmour D, Isaacs J & Falconer R.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Scottish Water Sector Overview Map for CREW (Center of Expertise for Water. CREW聽聽(拢60,000).
2013 鈥 2013聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Falconer RE, Isaacs JP, Gilmour D & Blackwood D聽聽聽聽Maximising passive solar gain: A physically based simulation and rendering approach. SFC - (HEFC) 拢10,000
2013 鈥 Present聽 Co-Investigator on Development of a potato breeding interactive decision-making聽 tool: combining sensory and consumer science data (INTERFACE-AGRICO 拢60,000)
2012 - Present聽聽聽聽聽 Principal Investigator on developing and testing geovisualisation approaches for understanding multiple benefits from Scottish agricultural systems. Scottish Government and UAD funded (拢74,000).
2012 - Present聽聽聽聽聽 Undergraduate Carnegie scholarship -聽 GPGPU implemenation of microbial dynamics model (拢1000)
2012 - Present聽 Nuffield scholarship - Promoting 3D quantification of microbial biomass with respect to physical 聽architecture. (拢1000)
2009 - Present 聽聽聽聽聽聽Co-Investigator, Multiscale Modelling and Emergent Properties of Microbial Degradation of Soil Organic Matter. ANR - France聽 (驴671,902).聽
2009 - Present聽聽 聽聽聽Principal Investigator on developing an Agent based Model for the effect of land management decisions on the sustainability of urban/rural interface. Scottish Alliance of Geoscience, Environment and Society: SAGES (拢50,000).
2011 - Date聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Simulation and Visualisation of聽 St Andrews Sand Dunes, for Fife Countryside Trust (拢29,000) 聽 .
2011 - Date聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Sustainability Assessment and Visualisation of the Dunfermline Edge Development, for Fife Council. (拢10,000).
2009 - Present 聽聽聽聽聽Co-investigator, Sustainability Enhancement and Visualisation of Dundee Waterfront, for Dundee City Council (拢40,000).聽
2008 - Present 聽聽聽聽聽Co-investigator, DC Noise 鈥 Demographic Change: New opportunities in shrinking Europe, EU Interreg project (UAD share 拢102,000).聽
2008 - Present聽聽 聽聽聽Co-Investigator for developing an interactive simulation and visualisation tool for urban sustainability (UAD funded, 拢50,000)聽
2008 - 2011 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Co-Investigator, Phosphates Life Cycle Management, for UK Water Industry Research Limited.聽 Lead Researchers - Consultants Atkins Ltd. (UAD share, 拢15,000).聽聽
2007 -聽 2011 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Co-Investigator on the EPSRC project 鈥淏iological metaphors and crisis: building self healing, emergence and resilience into critical infrastructures鈥 (EP/E062865: 拢366,002).聽聽
2007 -聽 2008聽聽聽聽聽 聽聽聽Co-Investigator on investigation into fungal-inspired network protocols.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Norman Fraser Design Trust (拢9,000).
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 2004聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚nside Nature using Xray micro Computed tomography鈥. BBSRC: 拢2000
Public understanding of science has always played a central role within my activities. This is illustrated in my involvement in activities during the UK Science week (funded by BBSRC), open days, and presentations to local schools, and caf茅 science events. For the last 5 years I have supervised Nuffield students during the summer period providing them with research experience. I also supervise Baccalaureate students. In the past I have received funding for and organised a Science week event: where 5 local schools visited Abertay University to participate in an interactive workshop on XRay CT. I have also proactively sought funding from BBSRC (local school coordinator capacity) and the Royal Institution and organised the content and speakers for two separate series of math masterclasses for secondary and primary schools.
n.moody@abertay.ac.uk
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