John Morrison

Professor John Morrison is the founder and director of the Centre for Unified Computing and co-founder of the Boole Centre for Research in Informatics at University College Cork. With qualifications including BSc, MSc, PhD, and DipTLHE, his research focuses on parallel distributed computing, grid technologies, and cloud architectures.

His primary research explores:

• Self-organizing cloud management systems
• Heterogeneous computing environments
• Energy-efficient cloud infrastructure
• Grid computing middleware

Professor Morrison's publications demonstrate strong focus on cloud computing optimization, distributed systems, and virtual reality applications in healthcare and education. Recent work emphasizes scalable resource management and trust systems in cloud environments.

Honors include:

• Senior Member of ACM
• Senior Member of IEEE

He has secured significant research funding including:

• €883,226 from Horizon 2020 for CloudLightning Project
• €379,111 from Enterprise Ireland for Cloud Computing Centre
• €646,604 from Higher Education Authority for Biophotonics Platform

He leads the MAVRIC Research Lab focusing on immersive computing technologies and serves on editorial boards for multiple journals including Journal of SuperComputing.