Prof William J. Knottenbelt

Professor of Applied Quantitative Analysis

Director of Industrial Liaison, Director of the Imperial College Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering and Director of Computer Science for the Brevan Howard Centre for Financial Analysis

Department of Computing, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ
phone: +44 (0) 20 7594 8331, email: wjk@doc.ic.ac.uk

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail Better” - Samuel Beckett


Background

  • I did my BSc (Computer Science and Statistics), BSc (Hons) (Computer Science) and MSc (Computer Science) degrees in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
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Research

Research

  • I'm now a Professor of Applied Quantitative Analysis in the Department of Computing at Imperial. My broad area of research interest is the application of mathematical modelling techniques to real life systems. Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to, modelling and optimisation in parallel queueing systems (especially split-merge and fork-join systems), modelling of storage systems, stochastic modelling of sport, stochastic modelling of healthcare systems, resource allocation and control in cloud-computing environments, numerical solution of (semi-)Markov models and specification techniques for SLA specification, compliance prediction and monitoring.
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Memoirs of the Memoryless
  • As Director of the Imperial College Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering, my research interests also encompass all aspects of cryptocurrencies, blockchains, distributed ledgers and smart contracts. I am especially interested in novel applications of these technologies. I also undertake expert witness work in the area of cryptocurrency and blockchain.
Imperial College Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering
Selected Publications

Professional Service

Performance Evaluation Journal
  • I serve on the editorial board of Ledger, the world's first academic journal dedicated to cryptocurrencies and distributed ledger technology. I also serve on the editorial board of the journals Frontiers in Blockchain and IET Blockchain.
Ledger Journal

Teaching

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MPI
Linux Introduction

Other Activities

  • I am Co-Convenor of the Imperial Blockchain Forum, a cross-College focal point for multidisciplinary activities related to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Imperial Bitcoin Forum
British Computer Society
  • From 2010 to 2014 I was an external MSc examiner in the School of Computing Science at Newcastle University. From 2018 to 2021 I was external MSc examiner at the University of Edinburgh.
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