Bill Buchanan

Who is Bill Buchanan?

Bill Buchanan is a Scottish computer scientist. He leads the Centre for Distributed Computing and Security at Edinburgh Napier University. He has published 27 academic books, including The Handbook of the Internet, the Handbook of Data Communications and Networks, and a wide range of academic papers

His patents include Digital DNA. Bill Buchanan has an academic web site related to the teaching of security. 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. Bill is a Professor in the School of Computing and the Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation at Edinburgh Napier University, and a Fellow of the British Computer Society and the Institution of Engineering and Technology. He currently leads the Centre for Distributed Computing, Networks, and Security, and works in the areas of security, next generation user interfaces, Web-based infrastructures, e-Crime, intrusion detection systems, digital forensics, e-Health, mobile computing, agent-based systems, and simulation.

He was named on one of the Top 100 people for Technology in Scotland for 2012 and 2013. On Sept 2013, Bill ran a course for Police Scotland on Digital Investigations, which was covered by a range of media outlets, including STV.TV and BBC Scotland GMS. On 25 November 2013 he gave an interview live on BBC News related to the SNP White Paper on Scottish Independence. His work within education includes being the Web architecture and implementer of the Bright Red Publishing Digital Zone, which covers the Scottish N5 Curriculum related to the Curriculum for Excellence