John A. McDermid

John A McDermid
Born United Kingdom
Nationality British
Alma mater Cambridge University
University of Birmingham
Known for Software Engineering
Awards BCS Fellow
FREng (2002)
OBE (2010)
Scientific career
Fields Software engineering
Institutions University of York, UK

John A. McDermid, OBE FREng is a computer scientist and professor[1] at the University of York, UK and Chairman of Rapita Systems Ltd. UK.

Education

McDermid received his undergraduate education at Cambridge University and later his Ph.D. at the University of Birmingham, UK in 1981.[2]

Career

McDermid was with the UK Ministry of Defence as a research scientist and spent five years in the software industry. He then moved to take up the position of Chair in Software Engineering[3] at the University of York since 1987. He became Head of Department of Computer Science for the years 2006-2012 and 2016-2017. He is author or editor of six books and has published over 370 papers.[4] He was a Vice President of the BCS from 2000 to 2003 and a founding member of the United Kingdom Computing Research Committee (UK CRC). He is a member of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council and the Rolls-Royce Electrical and Controls Advisory Board. He became Chairman of Rapita Systems in January 2014. He is regarded as a world-leading authorities in the area of safety-critical and real-time software.[5]

Awards

He was made an OBE and elected to Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He is a fellow of the British Computer Society.

References

  1. ↑ "John A. McDermid, Department of Computer Science, University of York".
  2. ↑ "Mathematics Genealogy Project: John Alexander McDermid".
  3. ↑ "John A. McDermid Home page".
  4. ↑ "Research publications of John A. McDermid".
  5. ↑ "Safety Expert Professor John McDermid OBE appointed Rapita Systems Chairman, 2014".
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