Short Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Peter Rodgers

Email: P.J.Rodgers@kent.ac.uk
WWW: http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/pjr/

Employment History

October 2018 to Present. School of Computing, University of Kent, UK. Professor of Visual Computing.
October 2012 to October 2018. School of Computing, University of Kent, UK. Reader in Computer Science.
October 2005 to October 2012. School of Computing, University of Kent, UK. Senior Lecturer in Computer Science.
November 1997 to October 2005. Computing Laboratory, University of Kent, UK. Lecturer in Computer Science.
April 1996 to November 1997. Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, UK. Research Associate.
September 1991 to December 1992. MTA, Surrey, UK. Software Engineer.

Higher Education

January 1993 to December 1995. Computer Science Department, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. PhD in Computer Science. Thesis title: "A Visual Language for Database Programming using Graph Rewriting". Submitted June 1996. Awarded May 1997.
September 1988 to July 1991. Department of Computer Science, King's College, University of London, UK. BSc in Computing and Mathematics. First Class Honours. 1991.

Research Grants and Enterprise Income

November 2017 for 6 months. Graph Similarity for Data Mining. Dstl Data Analytics. £59,803.
October 2016 for 6 months. Scaling Subgraph Isomorphism. Dstl Data Analytics. £72,654 (£27,004 of this to subcontractors).
August 2010 for 3 years. Real-Time Schematics. Royal Society Industrial Fellowship in collaboration with INRIX Media. £117,272.
April 2007 for 3 years. Visualization With Euler Diagrams. Peter Rodgers (PI). EPSRC £246,000.
September 2004 for 1 year. Visiting Researcher and Travel for Euler Diagram Research. Peter Rodgers (PI), John Howse and Jean Flower. EPSRC £6,000.
October 2002 for 3 years. SegraVis: Syntactic and Semantic Integration of Visual Modelling Techniques. Peter Rodgers (Site Coordinator) and David Akehurst. EU FP5 Research Training Network £81,000.
October 2002 for 1 year. Travel for Framework 6 Consortium Building. Peter Rodgers (PI). EPSRC £5,600.
July 2002 for 3 years. Reasoning with Diagrams. Peter Rodgers (PI) and Simon Thompson. EPSRC £189,000.
February 2002 for 3 years. Coordinated Views in Exploratory Visualization. Jonathan Roberts (PI) and Peter Rodgers. EPSRC £64,000.
October 1998 for 1 year. Graph Drawing by Graph Rewriting. Peter Rodgers (PI). EPSRC £42,800.

Professional Research Activities

Programme Committees:
Diagrams Conference: 2008 onwards
IEEE Information Visualization Conference: 2010 onwards
IEEE Visual Languages and Human Centric Computing Conference: 2012, 2013, 2015 onwards
VISUAL 2017 onwards
IEEE EuroVis 2014, 2017 (Short Papers) onwards
Visual Languages and Computing Workshop: 2013 onwards
International Workshop on Set Visualization and Reasoning: 2014 onwards
International Symposium on Visual Computing: 2018 onwards
International Workshop on Set Visualization and Analytics: 2019
Diagram Logic and Computation Workshop: 2013
Euler Diagrams Workshop: 2005 to 2014
UKVAC Workshop on Visual Analytics: 2011
Coordinated and Multiple Views Conference: 2003 to 2007
Layout of Software Engineering Diagrams Workshop: 2008, 2010
IEEE Eurographics: 2010

Journal Reviewing:
IEEE: Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Springer: Journal of Logic, Language and Information, Journal of Visualization, Software and Systems Modeling Journal, Artificial Intelligence Review
Routledge: Computer Science Education
World Scientific International: Journal on Computational Geometry and Applications
Elsevier: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Journal of Discrete Algorithms, Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Journal of Systems and Software
Palgrave: Information Visualization Journal
Oxford Journals: The Computer Journal
Journal of Computational Geometry

Grant Reviewing:
EPSRC (College Member from 2016)
BBSRC
Royal Society - Industrial Fellows Scheme
British Council - Newton Scheme
Czech Science Foundation
Food Standards Agency

Joint Program Chair: Visual Languages and Human Centric Computing 2017
Finance Chair: Visual Languages and Human Centric Computing 2016
Co-chair: Set Visualization and Reasoning Workshop 2016
Co-chair: Schematic Mapping Workshop 2014
Guest editor: Diagram Aesthetics and Layout. Special issue of JVLC, 2014
General Chair: Diagrams Conference 2012
Co-chair: Euler Diagrams Workshop 2004

Steering Committee Chair: Diagrams Conference Series 2016 to 2020
Steering Committee: Diagrams Conference Series 2012 to 2022
Steering Committee: Set Visualization and Reasoning Workshop Series 2014 onwards

Teaching

Modules taught: 1st Year Web Design, 2nd Year Algorithms, 2nd year Database Technology, Final Year Graphs, Final Year Games Programming with C++, Final Year Graphics Programming with C++, Computing for Business and Accounting, MSc Graph Theory, MSc Web Development.

Management


Head of School (March 2020 to May 2022).
Previous School management roles: Postgraduate Research Admissions, Head of Publicity, Head of the Computational Intelligence Research Group, Director of Enterprise, Director of Research, Member of the School Core Management Group (September 2014 - July 2022), Deputy Head of School (January 2017-March 2020).

Publications

http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/pjr/pubs.html

Google Scholar Page

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4100-3596