Dr Ruaridh Clark

Research Fellow

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

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Personal statement

Ruaridh is an engineer studying systems, networks and patterns. His work often exists at the boundary between disciplines, and has led to publications on Alzheimer’s disease, bird flocks, disease spread, satellite Earth observation, robotic and satellite systems. This diverse portfolio informs his role as an interdisciplinary research lead in the Future Hospital Initiative, connecting across faculties to build collaborative research proposals and enhance the research environment. His current work includes developing design tools for the next generation of satellite constellations with AAC Clyde Space, mapping tidal channels on a European Space Agency (ESA) funded project, monitoring child neurodevelopment through tablet gameplay – with a focus on Autism, and redesigning patient pathways in the NHS. 

Ruaridh has a background in the development of space technology and research into its applications. This includes delivering a three-year horizon scanning activity for the UK Space Agency, which assessed the potential of future space technology, and leading the development of a sounding rocket experiment for four years as part of ESA's REXUS programme.  

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Publications

Brain clocks capture diversity and disparities in aging and dementia across geographically diverse populations
Moguilner Sebastian, Baez Sandra, Hernandez Hernan, Migeot Joaquín, Legaz Agustina, Gonzalez-Gomez Raul, Farina Francesca R, Prado Pavel, Cuadros Jhosmary, Tagliazucchi Enzo, Altschuler Florencia, Maito Marcelo Adrián, Godoy María E, Cruzat Josephine, Valdes-Sosa Pedro A, Lopera Francisco, Ochoa-Gómez John Fredy, Hernandez Alfredis Gonzalez, Bonilla-Santos Jasmin, Gonzalez-Montealegre Rodrigo A, Anghinah Renato, d’Almeida Manfrinati Luís E, Fittipaldi Sol, Medel Vicente, Olivares Daniela, Yener Görsev G, Escudero Javier, Babiloni Claudio, Whelan Robert, Güntekin Bahar, Yırıkoğulları Harun, Santamaria-Garcia Hernando, Lucas Alberto Fernández, Huepe David, Di Caterina Gaetano, Soto-Añari Marcio, Birba Agustina, Sainz-Ballesteros Agustin, Coronel-Oliveros Carlos, Yigezu Amanuel, Herrera Eduar, Abasolo Daniel, Kilborn Kerry, Rubido Nicolás, Clark Ruaridh A, Herzog Ruben, Yerlikaya Deniz, Hu Kun, Parra Mario A, Reyes Pablo, García Adolfo M, Matallana Diana L, Avila-Funes José Alberto, Slachevsky Andrea, Behrens María I, Custodio Nilton, Cardona Juan F, Barttfeld Pablo, Brusco Ignacio L, Bruno Martín A, Sosa Ortiz Ana L, Pina-Escudero Stefanie D, Takada Leonel T, Resende Elisa, Possin Katherine L, de Oliveira Maira Okada, Lopez-Valdes Alejandro, Lawlor Brian, Robertson Ian H, Kosik Kenneth S, Duran-Aniotz Claudia, Valcour Victor, Yokoyama Jennifer S, Miller Bruce, Ibanez Agustin
Nature Medicine Vol 30, pp. 3646-3657 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-03209-x
Space and time!
Bouis Agathe, Clark Ruaridh, Macdonald Malcolm
Doctoral School Multidisciplinary Symposium (DSMS) 2024 (2024)
Time to agree
Bouis Agathe, Clark Ruaridh, Macdonald Malcolm
CENSIS Technology Summit 2024 (2024)
An autonomous distributed timing signal in-space as alternative to GNSS time synchronisation
Bouis Agathe, Clark Ruaridh A, Macdonald Malcolm
75th International Astronautical Congress (2024)
Delay tolerant network protocols applied to proliferated satellite constellations
Gribben Joshua, Clark Ruaridh, Macdonald Malcolm
75th International Astronautical Congress (2024)
Delay tolerant networking protocols applied to proliferated satellite constellations
Gribben Joshua, Clark Ruaridh, Macdonald Malcolm
IAF Space Systems Symposium 2024, pp. 381-387 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.52202/078372-0039

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Professional Activities

Health and Care Futures: thematic areas workshop
Organiser
30/5/2024
StrathWide 2024: The University of Strathclyde Researcher conference
Chair
23/4/2024
Path detection and tidal channel mapping using NNR graphs
Speaker
23/4/2024
Remote Sensing of the Ocean, Sea Ice, Coastal Waters, and Large Water Regions 2023
Participant
4/9/2023
StrathWide 2023: The University of Strathclyde Researcher conference
Chair
28/4/2023
Alignments in functional connectivity networks
Speaker
8/11/2022

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Projects

Mobilising Scotland’s assets in equitable ways for epidemic control (MOSAEC)
Flowers, Paul (Principal Investigator) Clark, Ruaridh (Co-investigator) Egan, Kieren (Co-investigator) MacIntyre, Gillian (Co-investigator) Robertson, Donald (Co-investigator) Robertson, Chris (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
Decentralised Autonomous Community in Space
Macdonald, Malcolm (Principal Investigator) Clark, Ruaridh (Research Co-investigator) Probert, Beth (Researcher)
The space industry is currently at an inflection point, transitioning from a state where access to space was limited to a select few nations to a state of mass-participation and data availability. The NewSpace era, characterised by the proliferation of access to space and the focus on lowering barriers to entry, is driving this change. The number of spacecraft in low-Earth orbit, and the data and services they provide, is growing exponentially and will continue to do so over the coming decade. However, our current methods for conceiving and operating space systems have remained largely unchanged since the dawn of the space age. This not only limits our ability to fully exploit space-based data and services, but also poses a risk to the safety and sustainability of the space environment.

The lack of meaningful legislation in place to sustain space for future generations highlights the urgent need for action. Much like the urgent action needed to address the climate crisis, we must act now to ensure the sustainability of space for future generations.

As spacecraft become increasingly connected, they will transition into an Internet of Things, IoT, sensor node, forming an Earth-encompassing, pervasive and ubiquitous network of distributed, taskable computing systems and sensors with high Byzantine fault tolerance. This project aims to accelerate and exploit this transformation, ensuring a sustainable space environment through an incentivised and voluntary system of coordinated movements to ensure situational awareness and self-separation. This will instigate a fundamental transformation in how we conceive and operate spacecraft, allowing for machine-to-machine, M2M, tasking and enabling the shift towards large networks of cooperative, self-organising satellites in a sustainable space environment. This will deliver radically new space services and businesses.

The project will lay the foundations for transforming space operations into a Decentralised Autonomous Community (DAC). A DAC is controlled by its members through a distributed digital ledger, such as Blockchain, rather than being influenced by government(s), international treaties, or large corporate interests. The rules-based order is maintained on the ledger and participation is motivated through collective self-interests. The DAC provides a platform for community decisions reached through consensus, such as a sequence of required orbital manoeuvres to ensure self-separation, while ensuring immutability of data and immunity to censorship.

The project will develop both the concept and methods for Decentralised Autonomous Community in Space, DACS, addressing the sustainability of our space environment while also enabling M2M tasking through smart contracts. Ultimately, this project aims to transform how we perceive, design, operate, and exploit space systems, ensuring a sustainable future for space exploration and utilisation.
01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2027
SAfe Passage through Shifting Sands
Macdonald, Malcolm (Principal Investigator) Clemente, Carmine (Co-investigator) McKee, David (Co-investigator) Tachtatzis, Christos (Co-investigator) Clark, Ruaridh (Research Co-investigator) Werkmeister, Astrid (Researcher)
01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
An aUtonomous DistrIbuted Time signal in-Space (AUDITS)
Macdonald, Malcolm (Principal Investigator) Clark, Ruaridh (Research Co-investigator) Lowe, Christopher (Research Co-investigator) BOUIS, Agathe (Researcher)
01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2025
Matryoshka Orbital Networks (MatrON)
Macdonald, Malcolm (Principal Investigator) Clark, Ruaridh (Research Co-investigator) Lowe, Christopher (Research Co-investigator) Gribben, Joshua (Researcher)
01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2025
EPSRC IAA: Engineering System Design of Unscheduled Care in NHS Lanarkshire
Clark, Ruaridh (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2026

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Contact

Dr Ruaridh Clark
Research Fellow
Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Email: ruaridh.clark@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 574 5175