Simon Flower’s biography
- 2009: Skills leader
- 2003 – 2009: Head of engineering for geomagnetism and seismology
- 2000 – 2009: Senior manager for BGS geophysical data
- 1990 – 2003: Engineer for geomagnetism and seismology
- 1988 – 1990: Commercial research into autonomous mobile robots
- 1986 – 1988: Support programmer for NERC computer service
- 1982 – 1986: BSc in Electronic Physics, London University
Research interests
- Human interface design
- Remote sensing
- Resilient systems
- Web based data collection and delivery
Current projects and collaboration
- Career management and deployment to projects of IT staff
- Installation of a geomagnetic observatory on South Georgia (with British Antarctic Survey)
- Upgrade of INTERMAGNET’s data dissemination infrastructure
Key papers
Lesur, V, Clark, T, Turbitt, C, and Flower, S. 2004. A technique for estimating the vector magnetic field from a marine vessel. Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, volume 1, issue 2, pages 109 – 115
Flower, S M. 2008. Setting standards for global exchange of real-time data. Poster presentation at NERC Data Management Workshop
O’Mongain, A M, Baptie, B J, Booth, D C, Flower, S M, Ford, G D, Galloway, DD, Ottemãller, L, and Simpson, B A. Seismic activity in the region of Tristan da Cunha, October 2004 – February 2005 British Geological Survey COMMISSIONED REPORT CR/05/032
Riddick, J C, Rasson, J L, Turbitt, C W, and Flower, S M. INDIGO Digital Observatory Project, 2004 – 2008. Proceedings of the XIIIth Observatory Workshop, Golden, June 2008
Turbitt, C W, Flower, S M, and Riddick, J C. 2003. The United Kingdom geomagnetic observatory network disseminating one-second data in near real-time. Poster presentation at the 23rd General Assembly of the Internation Union of Geophysics and Geodesy
Reay, S, Turbitt, C W, Flower, S M, Riddick, J C, and Clarke, E. 2003. Results from the BGS south atlantic observatories: Ascension Island and the Falkland Islands. Poster presentation at the 23rd General Assembly of the Internation Union of Geophysics and Geodesy.
Skills
- Computer infrastructure design
- Geomagnetic operations
- Information management
- Management of international collaborations
- People and change management
- Real-time software development
Boards and committees
- Chair of the INTERMAGNET sub-committee on data exchange
Professional association
- Chartered Engineer
- Chartered Information Technology Practitioner
- Member of the British Computer Society
Accreditations
- 2003: Chartered Engineer