Dr Tristan Henderson

Associate Provost Students

Senior Lecturer

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 1637

Email

tnhh@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Biography

I am an interdisciplinary computer scientist with training in computer science (MSc and PhD, UCL), economics (MA, Cambridge) and law (LLM, Edinburgh). My current research interests include data protection, privacy and digital rights, and I co-lead our School's Responsible and Sustainable Computing research theme. Teaching interests include my popular module on data ethics. Prior to joining St Andrews in 2006, I worked at Dartmouth College (Department of Computer Science and the Institute for Security & Technology Studies) in the USA.

I welcome opportunities to work with organisations and policymakers around the responsible use of data. I currently sit on the Young Scot Data Advisory Group and am an Area Editor for Data & Policy.

I am less involved in the School of Computer Science at the moment, as I am currently serving as the Associate Provost (Students) in the University, as well as the Director of Teaching in the Graduate School. As such I am afraid that I am unable to supervise taught student projects, although I am happy to consider applications from qualified research students.

For more information see my personal home page at https://tnhh.org/

Teaching

Current teaching:

• CS5055 Data Ethics & Privacy, Candlemas Semester, 2025/26, 2024/25, 2023/24, 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020/21, 2019/20, 2018/19, 2017/18.
• CS2003 The Internet and the Web, Martinmas Semester, 2025/26, 2024/25, 2023/24, 2021/22, 2020/21.

Past teaching:

• CS5023 Mobile & Wireless Networks, Candlemas Semester, 2015/16, 2014/15, 2013/14, 2012/13.
• CS5023 Mobile & Multimedia Systems, Candlemas Semester, 2010/11, 2009/10.
• CS4303 Video Games, Martinmas Semester, 2017/18, 2015/16, 2014/15, 2013/14, 2012/13, 2011/12.
• CS4302 Multimedia, Martinmas Semester, 2010/11, 2009/10, 2008/09.
• CS3102 Data Communications and Networks, Candlemas Semester, 2018/19.
• CS2006 Advanced Programming Projects, Martinmas Semester, 2013/14, 2012/13, 2011/12.
• CS2003 Advanced Internet Programming, Candlemas Semester, 2008/09, 2007/08, 2006/07.
• CS1005 Computer Science in Everyday Life, Martinmas Semester, 2015/16, 2014/15, 2013/14, 2010/11, 2009/10, 2008/09.
• CS78 Computer Networks, Spring 2005 (at Dartmouth College).

Research areas

I am interested in understanding how people use networked systems, and using this information to build better systems. My research has involved measurements and testbeds for networked games, wireless networks, mobile sensors, smartphones, online social networks and opportunistic networks. More recently I have become interested in the privacy and ethical aspects of such research, which has in turn led to an interest in the law. I took a sabbatical to study for a law degree and am now focused on how technology, ethics and the law can be jointly used to regulate behaviour.

Selected publications

• The Changing Usage of a Mature Campus-wide Wireless Network

  Henderson, T., Kotz, D. & Abyzov, I., 9 Oct 2008, In: Computer Networks. 52, 14, p. 2690-2712 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Privacy in Location Aware Computing Environments

  Anthony, D., Henderson, T. N. H. & Kotz, D., Oct 2007, In: IEEE Pervasive Computing. 6, 4, p. 64-72 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Towards reproducibility in online social network research

  Hutton, L. & Henderson, T., Mar 2018, In: IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing. 6, 1, p. 156-167 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  "I didn't sign up for this!": informed consent in social network research

  Hutton, L. & Henderson, T., 26 May 2015, Proceedings of the 9th International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM). AAAI Press, p. 178-187 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Open access

  Human-data interaction

  Mortier, R., Haddadi, H., Henderson, T., McAuley, D., Crowcroft, J. & Crabtree, A., 2016, Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction. Interaction Design Foundation

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

• "Here I am, now pay me!": privacy concerns in incentivised location-sharing systems

  Hutton, L., Henderson, T. & Kapadia, A., 23 Jul 2014, Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (WiSec). ACM, p. 81 86 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Open access

  Facebook or Fakebook? The effects of simulated mobile applications on simulated mobile networks

  Parris, I. S., Ben Abdesslem, F. & Henderson, T., 2012, In: Ad Hoc Networks. 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Case Studies and Challenges in Reproducibility in the Computational Sciences

  Arabas, S., Bareford, M. R., Gent, I. P., Gorman, B. M., Hajiarabderkani, M., Henderson, T., Hutton, L., Konovalov, A., Kotthoff, L., McCreesh, C., Paul, R. R., Petrie, K. E. J., Razaq, A., Reijsbergen, D. & Takeda, K., 1 Sept 2014, (In preparation) arXiv.

  Research output: Other contribution

• Privacy-enhanced social-network routing

  Parris, I. S. & Henderson, T., 1 Jan 2012, In: Computer Communications. 35, 1, p. 62-74 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• IRONMAN: Using social networks to add incentives and reputation to opportunistic networks

  Bigwood, G. J. & Henderson, T., 9 Oct 2011, p. 65-72. 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

 

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