Dr Andrew Clive Simpson is a British Computer Scientist

Computer scientist

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. He is Director of Studies, Software Engineering Programme

Software Engineering Programme

Software Engineering Programme is a centre for advanced education and applied research at the University of Oxford . It teaches the principles of modern software engineering, together with the tools, methods, and techniques that support their application...

 at University of Oxford

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...

. He is Governing Body Fellow of Kellogg College.

Biography

He obtained first class BSc

BSC

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 (Hons) in Computer Science

Computer science

Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...

 from University of Wales

University of Wales

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, Swansea

Swansea

Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...

 (1989–1992); followed by MSc

MSC

- Computers:* Mario Strikers Charged* Microsoft Common Console Document, file for the Microsoft Management Console* Microelectronics Support Centre* Microsoft Corporation* MIDI Show Control* Message Sequence Chart...

 in Computation (1992–1993) and DPhil in Computation (1993–1996) from University of Oxford

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...

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Career

Before his current post he was research officer in Oxford University Computing Laboratory

Oxford University Computing Laboratory

The Department of Computer Science, until 2011 named the Computing Laboratory , is a department of Oxford University in England...

 (1996–1999) and Principal Lecturer in Computing at Oxford Brookes University

Oxford Brookes University

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 (1999–2001).

Publications

Andrew Simpson's publications covers a wide range of topics covering Software Engineering

Software engineering

Software Engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches; that is, the application of engineering to software...

, Computational Biology

Computational biology

Computational biology involves the development and application of data-analytical and theoretical methods, mathematical modeling and computational simulation techniques to the study of biological, behavioral, and social systems...

, Security

Security

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, and Formal Methods

Formal methods

In computer science and software engineering, formal methods are a particular kind of mathematically-based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems...

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