Aston University

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Dr Alan Barnes

Postal Address:
Computer Science
Aston University
Aston Triangle
Birmingham B4 7ET
United Kingdom

Email: A.Barnes@aston.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)121 204 3446
Fax: +44 (0)121 204 3681
Room Number: MB273

Research Interests

My research interests are in Computer Algebra and its Applications and also in Classical General Relativity and Cosmology. Current projects include:

A Power Series Package for Reduce (TPS Source Code)
Applications of Computer Algebra to General Relativity
Perfect Fluid solutions of Einstein's Field Equations
Symmetries & Collineations in Spacetimes

Teaching and Administration

This year I assist in the teaching of:

CS1310 & CS1410: Java Programming Foundations and Program Development

I also supervise a number of final year individual projects.

In previous years I have also taught:

CS1260: Mathematics for Computer Science
CS3250: Distributed Systems
CS2130: Programming Language Concepts and Paradigms
CS1110: Introduction to Systematic Programming in Ada

List of CS Academic Programmes

Brief Biography

I was educated at the King's School, Grantham along with Isaac Newton (although he was in an higher year than me!).

I obtained a BSc in Pure and Applied Mathematics at Imperial College, London in 1968, and a PhD in Theoretical Physics (also at IC) in 1972, working on Classical General Relativity and Cosmology under the supervision of Professor GJ Whitrow. In 1973-4 I gained a Postgraduate Certificate of Education at Bingley College in West Yorkshire.

From 1971-3 I was a Turner & Newall Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne; this was followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Trinity College in Dublin from 1974-77. I took up a lectureship in Mathematics at Aston University in 1977, transferring to Computer Science in 1987.

In 2006 I retired from full-time work and am currently employed on a part-time basis (1 day per week) in Computer Science.

My leisure interests include bridge, hill-walking, volleyball and cycling. I am a member of Sikh Temple Volleyball Club and a former Treasurer of the Birmingham & District Volleyball Association and a former Secretary of the West Midlands Volleyball Association

Recent Publications

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