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Research output per year
Personal profile
Personal profile
I am lecturer in Applied Mathematics within the Department of Games Technology and Maths in the Faculty of Design, Informatics and Business.
Teaching
I am the module leader for the following modules:
MAT101 - Applied Mathematics 1
MAT102 - Mathematics for Application Development 1
MAT401 - Advanced Applied Mathematics
I also teach on the module MAT311 - Mathematics for Cybersecurity
Research interests
My research interests lie at the intersection of computational astrophysics and applied mathematics. I perform large-scale numerical simulations of the Sun's atmosphere and investigate physical processes including Magnetohydrodynamic waves, magnetic reconnection and plasma heating in the Sun's atmosphere.
I am also interested in the Mathematics of real-time skill assessment in Games and how this can be used to build effective balancing mechanisms for mismatched players.
Education/Academic qualification
Mathematics, PhD, Three dimensional MHD simulations of the dynamics and energetics of coronal flux tubes, University of St Andrews
1 Sept 2015 → 30 Sept 2018
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Modelling magnetohydrodynamic waves in a helmet streamer: first comparison with Metis observations
Kumar, A., Daley-Yates, S., Howson, T. A., Pagano, P., De Moortel, I. & Andretta, V., 1 Jul 2026, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 549, 3, 18 p., stag930.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Towards handicapping for online competitive video games: a taxonomical review of intervention studies
Gordon, P., Kavanagh, W., Howson, T. & Lavallee, D., 31 Mar 2026, In: Games: Research and Practice. 4, 1, 30 p., 5.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Alfvén wave propagation, reflection and trapping in the solar wind
Kumar, A., Howson, T. A., Pagano, P. & De Moortel, I., 1 Aug 2025, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 541, 4, p. 2843-2852 10 p., staf1189.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Coronal heating driven by random foot point motions: the effects of magnetic field topology
Howson, T. A., De Moortel, I. & Priest, E. R., 1 May 2025, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 539, 2, p. 1820-1833 14 p., staf548.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing player performance in tactical FPS games: a proposal for an xGoals-inspired model
Gordon, P., Kavanagh, W., Howson, T. & Lavallee, D., 28 Aug 2024, Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG). IEEE , 4 p. (2024 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG)).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Datasets
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Alfvén wave propagation, reflection and trapping in the solar wind (dataset)
Kumar, A. (Creator), Howson, T. (Creator), De Moortel, I. (Creator) & Pagano, P. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 19 Sept 2025
DOI: 10.17630/94256642-0367-42e4-ab09-d7806dce7bdf
Dataset
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National soil dataset of Scotland: Field measurements and spatial covariates (2022–2024)
Khan, A. (Creator), Jorat, M. E. (Supervisor), Aitkenhead, M. (Supervisor) & Howson, T. (Supervisor), Abertay University, 13 Mar 2026
DOI: 10.57995/54cj-3798
Dataset