Dr. Russell received his primary degree in computer science from University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland. He then started his PhD in the Clarity research centre, as part of the school of Computer Science in University College Dublin. The focus of his PhD was intelligent transportation systems, machine learning and agent-oriented programming languages and was completed in 2014. Dr Russell worked as a part time lecturer in Griffith college Dublin between January 2011 and May 2014. Dr. Russell began working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science in University College Dublin after completion of his PhD. His research interests include intelligent transportation systems, wireless sensor networks, agent-oriented programming languages and computer science education.