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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1994 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Malcolm Atkinson is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields including Decision Sciences, Computer Science, and Medicine. Within these, subfields such as Information Systems and Management, Computer Networks and Communications, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging feature prominently.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to data and computational systems. These include Scientific Computing and Data Management, Research Data Management Practices, Data Quality and Management, Retinal Imaging and Analysis, Retinal and Optic Conditions, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, and Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems.

Malcolm Atkinson has published multiple papers in well-established academic venues. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Optometrists' Perspectives Regarding Artificial Intelligence Aids and Contributing Retinal Images to a Repository: Web-Based Interview Study," 2023, JMIR Human Factors
  • "DARE Platform: a Developer-Friendly and Self-Optimising Workflows-as-a-Service Framework for e-Science on the Cloud," 2020, The Journal of Open Source Software
  • "Scottish Optometry Pilot Study," 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "Additional supplementary materials for "Dr.Aid" CSCW 2021 paper," 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Malcolm Atkinson include Zhiming Zhao, Aurora Constantin, Miguel O. Bernabéu, Fiona Buckmaster, and Alice McTrusty.

Regarding publication outlets, most works have appeared in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), JMIR Human Factors, and The Journal of Open Source Software.

Malcolm Atkinson was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1994.

Best Publications

  • The Object-Oriented Database System Manifesto.

    Malcolm P. Atkinson;François Bancilhon;David J. DeWitt;Klaus R. Dittrich

  • EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts

    Andy Bell;Ian Main;Malcolm Atkinson;Rosa Filgueira Vicente

  • An approach to persistent programming

    M. P. Atkinson;P. J. Bailey;K. J. Chisholm;P. W. Cockshott

  • The object-oriented database system manifesto

    Malcolm Atkinson;David Dewitt;David Maier;Francois Bancilhon

  • Types and persistence in database programming languages

    Malcolm P. Atkinson;O. Peter Buneman

  • The Design and Implementation of Grid Database Services in OGSA-DAI

    Mario Antonioletti;Malcolm P Atkinson;Robert M Baxter;Andrew Borley

  • Orthogonally persistent object systems

    Malcolm Atkinson;Ronald Morrison

  • Issues raised by three years of developing PJama : An orthogonally persistent platform for Java

    M. Atkinson;M. Jordan

  • An orthogonally persistent Java

    M. P. Atkinson;L. Daynès;M. J. Jordan;T. Printezis

  • PS-algol: an algol with a persistent heap

    Malcolm Atkinson;Ken Chisholm;Paul Cockshott

  • Comparison of evaluation methods using structured usability problem reports

    Darryn Lavery;Gilbert Cockton;Malcolm P. Atkinson

  • A Database Index to Large Biological Sequences

    Ela Hunt;Malcolm P. Atkinson;Robert W. Irving

  • Scientific Workflows: Past, Present and Future

    Malcolm P. Atkinson;Sandra Gesing;Johan Montagnat;Ian J. Taylor;Ian J. Taylor

  • Persistent object management system

    P. W. Cockshott;M. P. Atkinson;K. J. Chisholm;P. J. Bailey

  • Web Service Grids: an evolutionary approach

    Malcolm Atkinson;David DeRoure;Alistair Dunlop;Geoffrey Fox

  • Procedures as persistent data objects

    Malcolm P. Atkinson;Ronald Morrison

  • Introduction to OGSA-DAI services

    Konstantinos Karasavvas;Mario Antonioletti;Malcolm Atkinson;Neil Chue Hong

  • Grid-based metadata services

    E. Deelman;G. Singh;M.P. Atkinson;A. Chervenak

  • Scientific Workflows: Moving Across Paradigms

    Chee Sun Liew;Malcolm P. Atkinson;Michelle Galea;Tan Fong Ang

  • The design and implementation of Grid database services in OGSA-DAI: Research Articles

    Mario Antonioletti;Malcolm Atkinson;Rob Baxter;Andrew Borley

  • The Grid 2: Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure (2nd edition),

    Malcolm Atkinson;Ann L. Chervenak;Peter Kunszt;Inderpal Narang

  • Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases

    Malcolm P. Atkinson;Maria E. Orlowska;Patrick Valduriez;Stanley B. Zdonik

Frequent Co-Authors

Oscar Corcho
Oscar Corcho Technical University of Madrid
Norman W. Paton
Norman W. Paton University of Manchester
Ewa Deelman
Ewa Deelman University of Southern California
Peter Buneman
Peter Buneman University of Edinburgh
Dag I. K. Sjøberg
Dag I. K. Sjøberg University of Oslo
Rob Procter
Rob Procter University of Warwick
Andreas Rietbrock
Andreas Rietbrock Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Ian Main
Ian Main University of Edinburgh
David Maier
David Maier Portland State University
Joanna M. Wardlaw
Joanna M. Wardlaw University of Edinburgh

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