Tamas Kiss

Professor Tamas Kiss is a distinguished academic at the University of Westminster, serving as Professor of Distributed Computing at the School of Computer Science and Engineering. He holds dual leadership roles as Director of the Research Centre for Parallel Computing and Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange at his School. Since 2020, he has been Editor in Chief of the Journal of Grid Computing published by Springer Nature.

His research focuses on cloud orchestration at the application level, cloud native application development, and edge-fog-cloud systems management. He has developed significant solutions including the MiCADO cloud orchestrator for microservices-based applications, the CloudSME and CloudiFacturing platforms for manufacturing companies, and the PITHIA e-Science Centre for space physics research. These innovations have been adopted by over 100 companies, generating substantial economic impact.

Professor Kiss has secured over £65 million in research funding and led more than 20 European and UK-funded projects. His publication record includes over 150 scientific papers in top journals and conferences. Current major projects include STEP-UP (UKRI EPSRC), Swarmchestrate, ARCAFF, HARPOCRATES, and PITHIA-NRF.

His research outputs demonstrate a clear progression from foundational grid computing work to current focus on cloud-edge continuum orchestration and industry 4.0 applications. The most recent publications (2023-2025) emphasize decentralized application frameworks, privacy-preserving machine learning at the edge, and interoperable data analytics for digital twin manufacturing.

Professor Kiss actively supervises doctoral researchers working on cutting-edge topics including swarm-based orchestration, federated learning in resource-constrained environments, and NFC implementation in industrial IoT systems. His leadership extends to directing the Centre for Parallel Computing, which focuses on cloud computing, distributed computing, high performance computing, and cloud-based simulation for manufacturing.