Nicholas Race

Nicholas Race is Professor of Networked Systems at Lancaster University's School of Computing and Communications, where he also serves as Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Science & Technology. His academic career at Lancaster spans from Research Assistant (2000-2001) to his current position as Professor (2017-present).

His research focuses on developing future networking services built upon Software Defined Networks and Network Functions Virtualisation. Key areas include:

• Software Defined Networking for security applications and intrusion detection
• Network Functions Virtualisation for new networking services
• Quality of Experience enhancement for media streaming
• Network anomaly detection and remediation
• Wireless Mesh Networks security

Professor Race leads NG-CDI, an EPSRC/BT funded Prosperity Partnership developing autonomic networks. He has been principal investigator for numerous significant projects including AI4ME (EPSRC/BBC funded), MANY, 5GRIT, INITIATE, MPAT, and several EU projects (FI-CONTENT2, STEER, GN3plus, Fed4FIRE, OFELIA, P2P-Next).

His research output demonstrates a strong focus on applying SDN and NFV technologies to solve real-world networking challenges, particularly in security and media distribution. The TENNISON framework represents a significant contribution to scalable network security through distributed SDN approaches.

He serves on the editorial board of Computer Communications and has held leadership roles in major conferences including as Programme Co-Chair of DE2013: Open Digital and PC Member for ACM Multimedia and Multimedia Systems (MMSys).

Professor Race teaches SCC365: Advanced Networking and supervises 9 postgraduate research students working on various aspects of networked systems.