Alistair Lawson

Alistair Lawson is an Associate Professor at the School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University. He supervises

• Honours
• MSc
• PhD students

and serves as Programme Leader for MSc Data Sciences and School Academic Lead for Quality.

His research interests span

• Software Engineering
• Machine Learning
• eHealth
• Cyber-security
• Information Society
• Social Informatics

with a focus on digital solutions for healthcare, social media analysis, and cloud computing applications.

Recent publications highlight trends in

• AI-powered freelance advisory systems
• Digital readiness of care homes
• Deep learning for pathogen detection
• Reputation dynamics on social platforms
• Evolutionary design methodologies
• Healthcare data analytics

across interdisciplinary contexts.

He leads projects such as

• Freelance Advisor App (£9,998)
• FLYSWX AI Feasibility (£23,728)
• Next Generation Trust Architecture (£149,959)
• Recovery from SCAD (£184,716)
and participates in initiatives like the CyberAcademy and Data Science Special Interest Group.