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Dr Matthew Forshaw

Reader in Data Science

  • Email: matthew.forshaw@ncl.ac.uk
  • Telephone: 0191 208 4142
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  • Address: School of Computing,
    Urban Sciences Building,
    Â鶹´«Ã½,
    1 Science Square,
    Â鶹´«Ã½ Helix,
    Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne,
    NE4 5TG
Background

Dr Matthew Forshaw is Reader in Data Science at Â鶹´«Ã½ and Senior Advisor for Skills to The Alan Turing Institute.


His work in data and AI skills includes working with the Government on the skills pillar of the UK's National Data Strategy and National AI Strategy and leading the development of AI Skills for Business Competency Framework with Innovate UK BridgeAI.


He is currently seconded to the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) as their Head of Skills for AI Assurance, working on policy commitments from the Third-Party AI Assurance Roadmap (2024).


His work on professionalisation of the data science occupation with the Alliance of Data Science Professionals is having a significant impact on public and professional policy and practice, setting professional values and ethical standards for the use of data science and AI for the UK's accreditation and certification processes across several major professional bodies.


He is passionate about democratising access to, and widening participation into, data and AI skills training at all levels.



In 2018, Matthew was a visiting researcher at Systems Group, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich).



Area of expertise: data science, stream processing, energy efficiency, distributed computing


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Research

Funding Awards

2026   EPSRC (Specialist / Co-I) EPSRC Turing AI Fellowships Cohort Management (£950,000 @ 100%FEC)

2026   EPSRC DLA for AI outreach, £50,000

2024   Innovate UK(PI), Understanding Skill Supply-Demand Gaps and Recruitment Trends for AI Roles in the UK Labour Market. £20,000.

2024   Innovate UK(PI), AI Skills for Business Competency Framework. £149,575.

2024   Innovate UK(PI), Data-driven approaches to understand AI competencies. £20,000.

2024   DSIT(Consultant), AI Upskilling Fund Evaluation. £418,192

2023   DSIT(Consultant), AI Skills for Work and Life. £583,800.

2023   EPSRC (Co-I) NortHFutures, £2,065,979.03

2021   Nework Rail (Co-I) “Predictability of UK Rail Network Performance Using Co-simulation and FMI-based Strategies”, £300,000

2021   Department for Education and Office for Students (PI), “Higher education short course trial: Digital Healthcare (Health informatics)” £201,617

2021   EPSRC (Joint PI), “Pedagogic innovation in (non-)cognate Data/AI Education through industry-academic co-creation.” £260,493

2021   EPSRC (PI), “Data/AI Educators Programme - Pedagogic ‘train-the-trainer’ for national capacity building in skills.” £96,000

2021   EPSRC (PI), “Grow the convening initiatives of the Data Skills Taskforce” £199,600

2021   DCMS (PI), “Foundational Data Skills for non-cognate learners”. £146,464

2021   Dept. for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (PI), “Organisational data readiness”. £80,000

2020   Office for Students (OfS), DCMS and UK Government Office for AI (PI) “Widening access to postgraduate training in data science and AI.” £1,518,090.00

2020   UEDF (CoI) “Supporting students in Software Sustainability and Open Research.” £5,141

2019   EPSRC Industrial Cooperative Awards in Science & Technology (CASE) £87,696

2018   HEFCE Catalyst Fund (PI) “Addressing the national data analytics skills shortage: co-creation of an industry-led Data Science programme.” £250,997.86

2016   HEFCE (PI) “Improving Student Engagement and Retention through `Human in the Loop' Learning Analytics.” £102,528.77

2016   ULTSEC Innovation Fund (PI) “Promoting Student Engagement and Retention through Learning Analytics.” £13,450

Publications

  • Articles

    • Bhattacharyya A, Forshaw M, Golightly D, Merricks S, Palacin R, Pierce K, Da Silva PP. . Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management 2025, 33, 100505.
    • Yao F, Zhao W, Forshaw M, Zhou W. . Knowledge-based systems 2025, 325, 113844.
    • Yao F, Zhao W, Forshaw M, Song Y. . Applied Soft Computing 2025, 177, 113221.
    • Yao F, Zhao W, Forshaw M, Song Y. . Neurocomputing 2025, 654, 131375.
    • Akbulut O, Cavus M, Cengiz M, Allahham A, Giaouris D, Forshaw M. . Energies 2024, 17(10), 2260.
    • Oakley JL, Forshaw M, Philipson P, Wilson KJ. . Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry 2024, 40(3), 684-709.
    • Akbulut O, McLaughlin L, Xin T, Forshaw M, Holliman NS. . Visual Informatics 2023, 7(3), 22-36.
    • Sivakumar J, Forshaw MJ, Lam S, Peters CJ, Allum WH, Whibley J, Sinclair RCF, Snowden CP, Hii MW, Sivakumar H, Read M. . Diseases of the Esophagus 2022, 35(11), doac005.
    • Kell AJM, McGough AS, Forshaw M. . Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems 2021, 30, 100532.
    • Alrajeh O, Forshaw M, Thomas N. . Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems 2020, 29(B), 100468.
    • McGough AS, Forshaw M. . Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems 2018, 18, 135-136.
    • Cattermole A, Forshaw M. . Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science 2018, 340, 23-39.
    • Forshaw M, McGough AS, Thomas N. . Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience 2016, 28(12), 3260-3290.
    • Bradley J, Forshaw M, Stefanek A, Thomas N. . Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science 2015, 318, 5-17.
    • Nguyen TH, Forshaw M, Thomas N. . Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science 2015, 318, 159-177.
    • Forshaw M, McGough AS, Thomas N. . Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science 2015, 310, 65-90.
    • McGough AS, Forshaw M. . Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems 2014, 4(4), 262-275.
    • Satvat K, Forshaw M, Hao F, Toreini E. . Journal of Information Security and Applications 2014, 19(1), 88-100.
    • McGough AS, Forshaw M, Gerrard C, Wheater S, Allen B, Robinson P. . Future Generation Computer Systems 2014, 41, 65-78.
    • McGough AS, Forshaw M, Gerrard C, Robinson P, Wheater S. . Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience 2013, 25(18), 2501-2522.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Dixon I, Forshaw M, Matthews J. . In: Companion of the 17th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE Companion '26). 2026, Florence, Italy: ACM.
    • Forshaw M, Alexandru C, Bentley C, González-Zelaya V, Ajanovski V, Bikanga Ada M, Brooks J, Burridge J, Chao A, Engineer R, Glebova O, Islam T, Kiyohara M, Ko S, Kristbergsson E, Peltsverger S, Russell S, Samary M, Steenbergen M, Wortmann C. . In: Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE-WGR 2025). 2025, Nijmegen, Netherlands: ACM.
    • Forshaw M, Gray R, von Holdt B, Ochoa A, Miller J, Brzeski K, Caccone A, Jensen E. . In: 39th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 2025, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI).
    • Almajyul A, Archambault D, Forshaw M. . In: 29th International Conference on Information Visualisation (IV '25). 2025, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany: IEEE.
    • Laghbi H, Thomas N, Forshaw M. . In: 40th Annual UK Performance Engineering Workshop (UKPEW 2024). 2024, University of Leeds.
    • Alsufyani S, Forshaw M, Del Din S, Yarnall A, Rochester L, Johansson Fernstad S. . In: EG UK Computer Graphics & Visual Computing. 2024, University of London, UK: The Eurographics Association.
    • Geada R, Towers D, Forshaw M, Atapour-Abarghouei A, McGough AS. . In: 2024 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). 2024, Seattle, WA, USA: IEEE.
    • Yao F, Zhao W, Forshaw M. . In: 2024 9th International Conference on Renewable Energy and Conservation (ICREC 2024). 2024, Rome, Italy: Springer.
    • Cengiz M, Forshaw M, Atapour-Abarghouei A, McGough AS. . In: ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering. 2023, Coimbra, Portugal: Association for Computing Machinery.
    • Jamieson S, Forshaw M. . In: 17th ACM International Conference on Distributed and Event-based Systems (DEBS '23). 2023, Neuchâtel, Switzerland: ACM.
    • Omoregbee P, Forshaw M, Thomas N. . In: Computer Performance Engineering and Stochastic Modelling: 19th European Performance Engineering Workshop (EPEW 2023). 2023, Florence, Italy: Springer.
    • Kell AJM, McGough AS, Forshaw M. . In: The Eleventh ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy’20). 2020, Virtual, Melbourne, Australia: ACM.
    • Kell AJM, Forshaw M, McGough AS. . In: The Eleventh ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy’20). 2020, Virtual, Melbourne, Australia: ACM.
    • Kell AJM, Salas P, Mercure JF, Forshaw M, McGough AS. . In: Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning workshop at NeurIPS 2020. 2020, Climate Change AI.
    • Alrajeh O, Forshaw M, McGough AS, Thomas N. . In: IEEE/ACM 22nd International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT). 2019, Madrid: IEEE.
    • Kell AJM, Forshaw M, McGough AS. . In: The Tenth International Green and Sustainable Computing Conference (IGSC). 2019, Alexandria, VA, U.S.A: IEEE.
    • Kell AJM, Forshaw M, McGough AS. . In: Tenth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy '19). 2019, Phoenix, AZ, USA: ACM.
    • Kell AJM, Forshaw M, McGough AS. . In: Tenth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy). 2019, Phoenix, AZ: ACM.
    • McGough AS, Forshaw M, Brennan J, Al Moubayed N, Bonner S. . In: 9th International Green and Sustainable Computing Conference (IGSC 2018). 2018, Pittsburg, PA, USA: IGSC.
    • Kalavri V, Liagouris J, Hoffmann M, Dimitrova D, Forshaw M, Roscoe M. . In: 13th USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI '18). 2018, Carlsbad, CA, USA: USENIX.
    • Kell A, McGough AS, Forshaw M. . In: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy '18). 2018, Karlsruhe, Germany: ACM.
    • McGough AS, Forshaw M. . In: 4th International Workshop on Energy-aware Simulation (ENERGY-SIM’18). 2018, Berlin: ACM.
    • Silva PMP, Forshaw M, McGough AS. . In: 1st International Workshop on Big Traffic Data Analytics (BigTraffic 2018). 2018, San Diego, California, USA.
    • McGough AS, Moubayed NA, Forshaw M. . In: ICPE 2017 Companion: Proceedings of the 8th ACM/SPEC on International Conference on Performance Engineering. 2017, L'Aquila, Italy: ACM.
    • Allen J, Forshaw M, Thomas N. . In: 3rd International Workshop on Energy-aware Simulation (ENERGY-SIM’17). 2017, L'Aquila, Italy: ACM.
    • Mohamed S, Forshaw M, Thomas N, Dinn A. . In: ICPE '17: Proceedings of the 8th ACM/SPEC on International Conference on Performance Engineering. 2017, L'Aquila, Italy: ACM.
    • Alrajeh O, Forshaw M, Thomas N. . In: 14th European Workshop on Performance Engineering (EPEW). 2017, Berlin, Germany: Springer Verlag.
    • Alrajeh O, Forshaw M, Thomas N. . In: Computer Performance Engineering: 14th European Workshop (EPEW 2017). 2017, Berlin: Springer.
    • van-Moorsel A, Forshaw M, Rocha F. . In: 28th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE). 2017, Toulouse, France: IEEE.
    • Mohamed S, Forshaw M, Thomas N. . In: International Workshop on Engineering IoT Systems: Architectures, Services, Applications and Platforms. 2017, Gothenburg, Sweden.
    • Forshaw M, McGough AS, Thomas N. . In: 2nd International Workshop on Energy-Aware Simulation. 2016, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: ACM Digital Library.
    • Alrajeh O, Forshaw M, Thomas N. . In: 32nd UK Performance Engineering Workshop. 2016, University of Bradford.
    • McGee O, Forshaw M, Hodgson B, Caughey S. . In: ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science. 2016, Arequipa, Peru: ACM.
    • McGee O, Forshaw M, Hodgson B, Caughey S. . In: ITiCSE '16 Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE. 2016, Arequipa, Peru: ACM.
    • Forshaw M, Solaiman E, McGee O, Robinson P, Emerson R. . In: ACM SIGCSE '16. 2016, Memphis, TN, USA: ACM.
    • Forshaw M, McGough AS. . In: ENERGY-SIM 2015. 2015, Athens, Greece.
    • McGough AS, Forshaw M. . In: 19th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT). 2015, Chengdu, China: IEEE/ACM.
    • Forshaw M, Thomas N, McGough AS. . In: IEEE/ACM 18th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications. 2014, Toulouse, France: IEEE.
    • Ciancia V, Martinelli F, Ilaria M, Morisset C. . In: 6th International Symposium on Foundations and Practice of Security (FPS 2013). 2014, La Rochelle, France: Springer.
    • Nguyen T, Forshaw M, Thomas N. . In: 30th Annual UK Performance Engineering Workshop (UKPEW 2014). 2014, Â鶹´«Ã½, Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, UK.
    • Satvat K, Forshaw M, Hao F, Toreini E. . In: European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS) 2013, 8th DPM International Workshop on Data Privacy Management. 2014, Egham, UK.
    • Satvat K, Forshaw M, Hao F, Toreini E. . In: 8th International Workshop on Data Privacy Management and Autonomous Spontaneous Security (DPM 2013). 2014, Egham, UK: Springer.
    • Forshaw M, McGough AS, Thomas N. . In: 3rd International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems (SMARTGREENS) 2014. 2014, Barcelona.
    • Forshaw M, McGough AS, Thomas N. . In: SMARTGREENS 2014 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems. 2014, Barcelona, Spain: SciTePress.
    • Forshaw M, McGough AS, Thomas N. . In: Seventh International Workshop on Practical Applications of Stochastic Modelling (PASM). 2014, Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, UK: Elsevier BV.
    • Bradley JT, Forshaw M, Stefanek A, Thomas N. Time-inhomogeneous Population Models of a Cycle-Stealing Distributed System. In: UK Performance Engineering Workshop. 2013, Loughborough, UK.
    • McGough AS, Forshaw M, Gerrard C, Wheater S. . In: Second International Conference on Cloud and Green Computing (CGC). 2012, Xiangtan: IEEE.
    • Forshaw M, Thomas N. . In: Computer Performance Engineering: EPEW/UKPEW. 2012, Edinburgh, UK: Springer.

  • Edited Book

    • Thomas N, Forshaw M, ed. . Springer, 2017.

  • Reports

    • Forshaw M, Thomas N, McGough AS. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 2015. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1450.
    • Forshaw M, McGough AS. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 2015. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1451.
    • McGough S, Forshaw M, Gerrard C, Wheater S, Allen B, Robinson P. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 2015. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1452.
    • Satvat K, Forshaw M, Hao F, Toreini E. . Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: School of Computing Science, University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, 2013. School of Computing Science Technical Report Series 1397.