Dr Andrew Duncan
Researcher/Lecturer in Data Science
My background is mathematics, gaining undergraduate and PhD qualifications from the University of Edinburgh along with TQFE (Distinction) from University of Stirling. Since graduating I have worked for UHI Inverness in both a teaching and research role, teaching across the entire tertiary spectrum from SCQF level 4 to PhD supervision. I am currently the Programme Leader for the MSc Applied Data Analytics. For the majority of my research time, I work in collaboration with Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) Centre for Epidemiology and Planetary Health (CEPH) based in Inverness. This work is mainly focused on data analysis and modelling disease spread, with a particular focus on movement networks. Other projects include reproducible reporting methods – including for quarterly stakeholder reports and KE through interactive online applications built with Shiny. Those that are publicly available can be found on the Epidemiology Resource Centre.
- PhD, 2009, On the estimation of the electromagnetic, elastodynamic and piezoelectric properties of homogenized composite materials
- BSc (Hons) 1st Class: Mathematics
Research interests:
- Network Analysis
- Disease Modelling
- Sentiment Analysis/Text Mining
Research project highlights:
- BVD Model. A UK platform for the control of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea: Application of a novel disease simulation model to guide programme development & policy design
Past projects:
2019 – 2022: Innovate UK, KTP. Trees to Timber Mill (£150,000). This project involved the creation of a Trees to Timber Mill interactive dashboard to assist with decision making in a large UK forestry company. My role was knowledge base supervisor including academic support for the KTP associate.
Publications:
Martí-Rosselló, T., Duncan, A., & Bowditch, E. Seeing the data for the trees: Assessing the data maturity and readiness of a UK forestry company. Business Strategy and the Environment, 1 – 13, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3483
Duncan, A., Eze, J. I., Brulisauer, F., Stirling, J. M., Jennings, A., & Tongue, S. C. Evaluations of the Disease Surveillance Centre Network in Scotland: What parts has it reached? Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 10, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1099057
Duncan, A, and Stephen, K. Targeted Design for a Specialist Working Population : How livestock veterinary surgeons inform the design of web-based interventions that support coping. Designing Interventions to Address Complex Societal Issues. 1st. ed. Routledge Press, New York., 2022.
Duncan, A, Reeves A, Gunn GJ, Humphry RW, Quantifying changes in the British cattle movement network, Preventative Veterinary Medicine, 198, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105524
Gomes C, Duncan, A, Ward A, Pearce M, Eppink L, Webster G, McGowan A, Thomson J, Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome seroprevalence in Scottish finishing pigs: 2006-2018, Vet Rec. 2021;e349. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.349