Dr Nigel Houlden

Visiting Lecturer
School of Computing and Engineering Sciences
nigelhoulden@chester.ac.uk
Dr Nigel Houlden

Nigel is a Senior Lecturer, specialising in Cyber security, and teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the University. He has been working in higher education for 15 years in a variety of academic, research, and leadership roles. Nigel joined the University of Chester in 2023 and prior to this held posts at Wrexham Glyndwr University and Liverpool John Moores University.

Nigel has worked in the Computing industry for over 30 years, holding posts with the NHS, local government and numerous private companies. Since 2008 he has held academic posts apart from a short break with the ICO. He has taught a variety of subjects in cyber security and computer science, both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and has been involved in the design and delivery of degree apprenticeships for cyber security and software engineering.

He is author of research articles, book chapters, and blogs reflecting his broad range of interdisciplinary interests when it comes to research and external collaboration. Nigel is a Member (MBCS) and Chartered IT Professional (CITP) of the British Computer Society (BCS) and a member of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) Technology Advisory Panel (TAP).

Nigel’s teaching focus is primarily relating to cyber security, legal aspects of cyber security and data privacy across undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the University of Chester. In addition, he supervises final year and dissertation project students in these areas.

Nigel’s research interests cover a range of cyber security and data privacy related topics from the technology to the legal and ethical implications of cyber and data privacy. 

Nigel has supervised several PhD students to successful completion and has also acted as examiner for doctoral candidates.

BCS Publication – Cyber security trinity (shorter) 2022 – Dr Nigel Houlden, Dr Victoria Jackson, Dr Moustafa Haj Youssef.

BCS Publication – We all need to cut back on the Cookies 2022 – Dr Nigel Houlden.

Houlden, N., Royce, M., Al Khateeb, A., & Melis, C. (2022). Don’t be a sage, get off the stage: the evolving role of the business educator. Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS). 

Ahmed, W., Hasan, S. U., Shoaib, S., Houlden, N., & Nestiurkina, M. (2020). A Writing Aid for Dysgraphia Affected People. In Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Conference of Russian Young Researchers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, EIConRus 2020 (pp. 2456-2459). doi:10.1109/EIConRus49466.2020.9039211.

Ubrurhe, O., Houlden, N., & Excell, P. S. (2020). A review of energy efficiency in wireless body area/sensor networks, with emphasis on MAC protocol. Annals of Emerging Technologies in Computing, 4(1), 1-7. doi:10.33166/AETiC.2020.01.001.

Fedosenko, Y. S., Miroshina, A. S., Pudov, A. S., Plekhov, A. S., Chakirov, R., & Houlden, N. (2017). Synthesis of serving policies for objects flow in the system with refillable storage component. In 2017 Internet Technologies and Applications, ITA 2017 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference (pp. 185-188). doi:10.1109/ITECHA.2017.8101935.

Fedosenko, Y. S., Reznikov, M. B., Plekhov, A. S., Chakirov, R., & Houlden, N. (2017). Scaling analysis of solving algorithms for canonical problem of dispatching in the context of dynamic programming. In 2017 Internet Technologies and Applications, ITA 2017 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference (pp. 181-184). doi:10.1109/ITECHA.2017.8101934.

Kozhaeva, T., Zhestkov, S., Bulakh, D., & Houlden, N. (2017). Programmable gesture manipulator for hand injuries rehabilitation. In 2017 Internet Technologies and Applications, ITA 2017 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference (pp. 134-136). doi:10.1109/ITECHA.2017.8101924.

Picking, R., Cunningham, S., Houlden, N., Grout, V., Oram, D., & Mayers, J. (2017). Foreword. In 2017 Internet Technologies and Applications, ITA 2017 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference (pp. i-ii). doi:10.1109/ITECHA.2017.8101577.

Anisimov, D., Zhelbakov, I., & Houlden, N. (2017, September 12). A Review of Energy Efficiency in Wireless Body Area/Sensor Networks, With Emphasis on MAC Protocol. In 7th IEEE Int. Conference on Internet Technologies and Applications ITA-17. Wrexham. doi:10.1109/ITECHA.2017.8101933.

2017 Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA) (2017). In 2017 Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA). IEEE. doi:10.1109/ita40612.2017.

Cunningham, S., Houlden, N., Davies, J., Picking, R., & Grout, V. (2016, July 19). Investigating Environmental Causes of TCP Retransmission and Flags in Wireless Networks.. In 11th International Network Conference (INC 2016). Frankfurt, Germany. 

Ye, K. Z., Portnov, E. M., Lin, K. Z., Than, B. H., Tun, H., & Houlden, N. (2015). Hierarchical dataflow control systems using a cloud computing network. In 2015 Internet Technologies and Applications, ITA 2015 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference (pp. 298-302). doi:10.1109/ITechA.2015.7317413.

2015 Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA) (2015). In 2015 Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA). IEEE. doi:10.1109/ita35412.2015. 

Oram, D., & Houlden, N. (2014). Entertainment Vs evolution: Cyber love and relationships, should we draw the line?. In ACM International Conference Proceeding Series Vol. 11-14-November-2014. doi:10.1145/2693787.2693791.

Houlden, N., & Grout, V. (2014, August 25). Taking Computer Science and Programming into Schools: The Glyndŵr/BCS Turing Project. In Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences Vol. 141 (pp. 680-685). Elsevier. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.05.119.

Houlden, N., Ehmann, E., & Grout, V. (2012, July 11). Using complex adaptive systems and technology to analyse the strength of processes and cultural indicators: a method to improve sustained competitive advantage. 

Grout, V., & Houlden, N. (2010, July 6). Some Notes and Results on Bandwidth-based Routing and Implicit Load Balancing. In Eighth International Network Conference (INC 2010). Heidelberg, Germany. 

Houlden, N., Grout, V., & Picking, R. (2008, November 6). The Evolution of Internet Routing Metrics and Cost Calculations. In SEIN 2008: Proceedings of the Fourth Collaborative Research Symposium on Security, E-Learning, Internet and Networking. Wrexham. 

Houlden, N. (2007). Shortest path routing. In Optimising the Internet Key Topics in Modern Network Algorithms. 

Houlden, N., Grout, V., McGinn, J., & Davies, J. (2006, July 11). Extended End-to-End Cost Metrics for Improved Dynamic Route Calculation. In Proceedings of the 6th International Network Conference (INC 2006) (pp. 89-96). 

Grout, V., & Houlden, N. (2005, September 7). Principles of Optimal Interior Routing. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA 05). 

Grout, V., Houlden, N., Davies, J., McGinn, J., & Cunningham, S. (2004, November 8). A Unified Framework for Optimal Routing. In Proceedings of CSSI International Conference System Integration in Integrated Europe (ISIE). Liberec, Czech Republic.

  • PhD - The Practical Implementation of Optimal and Pseudo-Optimal Routing Algorithms, University of Wales
  • BSc Business Information Technology, University of Wales
  • National Certificate Computing & Electronics 
  • City & Guilds 224 parts 1,2,3 Microelectronics 
  • Stage 1 Certificate in Education (Further Education)