Anthony Finkelstein is a British software engineer

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...

. He is Professor of Software Systems Engineering

Systems engineering

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 at University College London

University College London

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 (UCL) and Dean of the UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences

UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences

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. He is a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London

Imperial College London

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 and at the National Institute of Informatics

National Institute of Informatics

The is a Japanese research institute created in April 2000 for the purpose of advancing the study of informatics. This institute is also devoted to creating a system to facilitate the spread of scientific information to the general public. The NII is the only comprehensive research institute in...

, Tokyo, Japan. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology

Institution of Engineering and Technology

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 (IET) and the British Computer Society

British Computer Society

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 (BCS). In 2009 he received the Oliver Lodge Medal of the IET for achievement in Information Technology.

His scientific work is in the broad area of software development tools and processes. He has also worked on applications of systems modelling in the life sciences. He has served on numerous editorial boards including that of ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology and IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

The IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed, scientific journal published by the IEEE Computer Society. It was first published in March of 1975....

, and was founder editor of Automated Software Engineering.

He is a grandson of Alfred Wiener

Alfred Wiener

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, founder of the Wiener Library

Wiener Library

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, brother of Daniel Finkelstein

Daniel Finkelstein

Daniel Finkelstein OBE is a British journalist and former politician. He is the Executive Editor of The Times, where he's also Chief Leader Writer and a weekly political columnist.-Background:...

 OBE, Executive Editor of The Times

The Times

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. His father Ludwik Finkelstein OBE is a Professor Emeritus of Measurement and Instrumentation. He is married to Judith Fishman and has two sons.