Andrew Clive Simpson

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Andrew Clive Simpson is a British Computer Scientist. He is Director of Studies, Software Engineering Programme at University of Oxford. He is Governing Body Fellow of Kellogg College. [1]

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Biography

He obtained first class BSc (Hons) in Computer Science from University of Wales, Swansea (1989–1992); followed by MSc in Computation (1992–1993) and DPhil in Computation (1993–1996) from University of Oxford. [1] [2]

Career

Before his current post he was research officer in Oxford University Computing Laboratory (now the Oxford University Department of Computer Science)(1996–1999) and Principal Lecturer in Computing at Oxford Brookes University (1999–2001). [1] [2]

Publications

Andrew Simpson's publications covers a wide range of topics covering Software Engineering, Computational Biology, Security, and Formal Methods. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Andrew Simpson:Oxford University" . Retrieved 13 October 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Andrew Simpson:Software Engineering at Oxford University" . Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  3. "Publication of Dr Andrew Simpson:Oxford University" . Retrieved 7 October 2010.