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Staff Profile

Dr Mark Little

Visiting Professor

Background

Prof. Mark Little was previously a Visiting Research Fellow at the School and was very successful in providing masters project placements at . As a visiting Professor he now has a very senior and influential role within Red Hat (CTO of middleware division). Prof. Little is also responsible for expanding Red Hat's R&D work on Cloud Computing at Â鶹´«Ã½. He has recently hired two staff (Â鶹´«Ã½ Postgraduates) to work full-time on collaborative research projects proposed by  and . This activity is expected to expand, with the creation of Red Hal's first R&D centre outside the USA.

As a result of academic study and industrial experience Prof. Little has become an expert on Web Services, Distributed Transaction Technology and Reliable Middleware as well as how to produce world-class products. A sound commercial background and strategic focus gives clear direction and definitive guidelines for developing, releasing and supporting new products beyond a working concept. As a director of two start-up companies, he was actively involved in their success: his first company, Arjuna Solutions, was acquired by Bluestone Software, whilst his second company, Arjuna Technologies, remains independent and has continued to grow. Prof. Little has been involved in the business development side of both companies and provided the technological lead throughout.

Prof. Little carried out a research PhD in the area of "Object Replication in Distributed Systems" at the Â鶹´«Ã½. This involved categorising the various types of replication protocol, and differentiating between data and object replication. The result was the design and implementation of a suite of replication protocols, each of which could tolerate a different class of failure conditions, offering trade-offs between fault-tolerance and performance. This work was fully integrated into the Arjuna system to provide its high-availability characteristics. He also attained a BSc First Class Joint Honours degree in Physics and Computing Science from Â鶹´«Ã½.

Publications
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK, Wheater SM. . Journal of Internet Services and Applications 2012, 3(1), 95-105.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . In: Jones, C.B., Lloyd, J.L, ed. Dependable and Historic Computing. Berlin; New York: Springer-Verlag, 2011, pp.323-343.
  • Machulak M, Little MC, Halliday JJ. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 2009. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1158.
  • Kistijantoro AI, Morgan G, Shrivastava SK, Little MC. . IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 2008, 34(4), 531-545.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . In: 11th Biennial High Performance Transaction Systems Workshop (HPTS2005). 2005, Pacific Grove, California: The Standish Group.
  • Kistijantoro AI, Morgan G, Shrivastava SK, Little MC. . In: 22nd International Symposium On Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS). 2003, Florence, Italy: IEEE Computer Society Press.
  • Houston I, Little MC, Robinson I, Shrivastava SK, Wheater SM. . Software - Practice and Experience 2003, 33(4), 351-373.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . In: 2nd USENIX Workshop on Industrial Experiences with Systems Software (WIESS '02). 2002, Boston, MA, USA: USENIX Association.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK, Speirs NA. . Computer Journal 2002, 45(6), 645-652.
  • Ezhilchelvan PD, Shrivastava SK, Little MC. . In: 4th IEEE International Symposium on Object Oriented Real-Time Distributed Computing (ISORC 2001). 2001, Magdeburg, Germany: IEEE Computer Society Press.
  • Ezhilchelvan PD, Shrivastava SK, Little MC. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Department of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 2001. Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series 723.
  • Webber J, Corrales V, Little MC, Parastatidis S. . Application Development Advisor 2001, 5(9), 68-71.
  • Houston I, Little MC, Robinson I et al. . In: 2001 IFIP/ACM International Conference on Distributed Systems Platforms (Middleware 2001). 2001, Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK, Wheater SM. . In: 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Objects and Applications (DOA '01). 2001, Rome, Italy: IEEE Computer Society Press.
  • Snow CR, Little MC, Wheater SM, Ingham DB. . In: Advances in Distributed Systems: Advanced Distributed Computing - from Algorithms to Systems. Springer-Verlag, 2000, pp.453-471.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . In: 1999 IEEE Workshop on Reliable Middleware (WREMI '99), part of the 18th IEEE Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS '99). 1999, Lausanne, Switzerland: IEEE Computer Society Press.
  • Morgan G, Shrivastava SK, Ezhilchelvan PD, Little MC. . In: Distributed applications and interoperable systems II : IFIP TC6 WG6.1 second International Working Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems (DAIS'99). 1999, Helsinki, Finland: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . In: 1st IEEE Workshop on Internet Applications (WIAPP '99). 1999, San Jose, CA, USA: IEEE Computer Society Press.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . In: Krakowiak, S. and Shrivastava, S.K, ed. Advances in Distributed Systems. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1999, pp.238-253.
  • Little MC. . In: 8th High Performance Transaction Processing Workshop (HPTS99). 1999, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California, USA.
  • Arief LB, Little MC, Shrivastava SK, Speirs NA, Wheater SM. . BT Technology Journal 1999, 17(2), 126-136.
  • Little MC, Wheater SM, Ingham DB, Snow CR, Whitfield H, Shrivastava SK. . In: Krakowiak, S. and Shrivastava, S.K, ed. Advances in Distributed Systems. Springer-Verlag, 1999, pp.453-471.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . In: 8th International Workshop on Persistent Object Systems: Design, Implementation and Use (POS8), Advances in Persistent Object Systems. 1999, Tiburon, California, USA: Morgan Kaufmann.
  • Little MC, Wheater SM. . In: 4th IEEE International Conference on Configurable Distributed Systems (ICCDS '98). 1998, Annapolis, Maryland, USA: IEEE Computer Society.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Department of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 1998. Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series 653.
  • Caughey SJ, Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . In: 1st IEEE International Symposium on Object-Oriented Real-time Distributed Computing (ISORC '98). 1998, Kyoto, Japan: IEEE Computer Society Press.
  • Caughey SJ, Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Department of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 1998. Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series 655.
  • Little MC, Speirs NA. . British Telecom, 1998.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Department of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 1998. Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series 651.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . In: 2nd IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Workshop (EDOC '98). 1998, La Jolla, California, USA: IEEE Computer Society Press.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Department of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 1998. Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series 656.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . IEE Distributed Systems Engineering 1998, 5(4), 156-167.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . In: 4th USENIX Conference on Object-Oriented Technologies and Systems (COOTS IV). 1998, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA: USENIX Association.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . Department of Computing Science, The University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 1998. Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series 652.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . OMG Success Story 1998.
  • Little MC. . Computer Networks 1997, 29(8-13), 1281-1290.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK, Caughey SJ, Ingham DB. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Department of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 1997. Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series 601.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . In: 7th High Performance Transaction Systems Workshop (HPTS 1997). 1997, Pacific Grove, California, USA.
  • Ingham DB, Caughey SJ, Little MC. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Department of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 1997. Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series 591.
  • Caughey SJ, Ingham DB, Little MC. . In: 6th International World Wide Web Conference. 1997, Santa Clara, California, USA: Elsevier Science.
  • Ingham DB, Caughey SJ, Little MC. . In: 6th International World Wide Web Conference. 1997, Santa Clara, California, USA: Elsevier Science Publishers.
  • Ingham DB, Caughey SJ, Little MC. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Department of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 1997. Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series 592.
  • Wheater SM, Little MC. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Department of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 1997. Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series 578.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Department of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 1997. Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series 579.
  • Ingham DB, Little MC, Caughey SJ, Shrivastava SK. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Department of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 1997. Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series 590.
  • Ingham DB, Little MC, Caughey SJ, Shrivastava SK. . Dr. Dobb's Sourcebook: Distributed Objects 1997, 22(13), 19-25.
  • Ingham DB, Caughey SJ, Little MC. . Computer Networks and ISDN Systems 1996, 28(7-11), 1255-1268.
  • Wheater SM, Little MC. . In: 3rd IEEE International Conference on Configurable Distributed Systems (ICCDS '96). 1996, Maryland, USA: IEEE Computer Society Press.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . In: 3rd IEEE International Conference on Configurable Distributed Systems (ICCDS '96). 1996, Maryland, USA: IEEE Computer Society Press.
  • Wheater SM, Little MC. . BROADCAST ESPRIT Basic Research Project 6360, 1995. 6360.
  • Parrington GD, Shrivastava SK, Wheater SM, Little MC. . Computing Systems 1995, 8(3), 255-308.
  • Parrington GD, Shrivastava SK, Wheater SM, Little MC. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Department of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 1995. Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series 509.
  • Ingham DB, Little MC, Caughey SJ, Shrivastava SK. . In: 4th International World Wide Web Conference. 1995, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: O'Reilly & Associates.
  • Little MC, McCue DL. . C User's Journal 1994, 12(3).
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . BROADCAST Project, 1994. 50.
  • Parrington GD, Shrivastava SK, Wheater SM, Little MC. . BROADCAST Project, 1994. 65.
  • Little MC, McCue DL. . In: 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Configurable Distributed Systems (IWCDS-2). 1994, Pittsburgh, USA: IEEE Computer Society Press.
  • Little MC, McCue DL. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Department of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 1994. Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series 472.
  • Little MC, McCue DL. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Department of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 1993. Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series 437.
  • Little MC, McCue DL, Shrivastava SK. . In: 13th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS '93). 1993, Pittsburgh, PA, USA: IEEE Computer Society Press.
  • Little MC, McCue DL, Shrivastava SK. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Department of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 1993. Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series 422.
  • Little MC, McCue DL, Shrivastava SK. . BROADCAST Project, 1993.
  • McCue DL, Little MC. . In: 2nd IEEE Workshop on the Management of Replicated Data. 1992, Monterey, California, USA: IEEE Computer Society Press.
  • McCue DL, Little MC. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Department of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 1992. Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series 392.
  • Little MC. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Computing Laboratory, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 1992. Computing Laboratory Technical Report Series 376.
  • Little MC. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Computing Laboratory, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 1991.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: Computing Laboratory, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 1991. Computing Laboratory Technical Report Series 319.
  • Little MC, Shrivastava SK. . In: 1st IEEE Workshop on the Management of Replicated Data. 1990, Houston, Texas, USA: IEEE Computer Society Press.
  • Shrivastava SK, Ezhilchelvan PD, Little MC. . ISA, 1990. UNT/TR1.
  • Shrivastava S, Little M. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 2015. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1457.
  • Shrivastava S, Little M. . In: IEEE 17th Conference on Business Informatics (CBI). 2015, Lisbon, Portugal: IEEE.
  • Watson P, Little M. . In: IEEE 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom), 2014. 2015, Singapore: IEEE Computer Society.
  • Watson P, Little M. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 2014. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1430.