Ian Sommerville
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Ian F. Sommerville, (1951 –) is a British academic. He is currently (2006) a full professor of software engineering at the University of St Andrews in Scotland and is the author of a popular student textbook on software engineering, as well as a number of other books and papers. He is a prominent researcher in the field of systems engineering, system dependability and social informatics, being an early advocate of an interdisciplinary approach to system dependability.
Born | 1951 Glasgow, Scotland |
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Residence | Scotland |
Nationality | British |
Field | Computer science/Systems engineering |
Institution | University of St Andrews (2006- ) Lancaster University, (1986-2006) University of Strathclyde (1978-1986) Heriot-Watt University (1975-1978) |
Alma mater | University of St Andrews; University of Strathclyde |
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[edit] Education and personal life
Ian Sommerville was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1951. He studied Physics at Strathclyde University and Computer Science at the University of St Andrews. He is married and has two daughters. As an amateur gourmet, he has written a number of restaurant reviews.
[edit] Academic career
Ian Sommerville was a lecturer in Computer Science at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland from 1975 to 1978 and at Strathclyde University, Glasgow from 1978-86. From 1986 to 2006, he was Professor of Software Engineering in the Computing Department at the University of Lancaster, and in April 2006 he joined the School of Computer Science at St Andrews University, where he teaches courses in advanced software engineering and critical systems engineering.
[edit] Academic interests and projects
Ian Sommerville's research work has included system requirements engineering and system evolution. A major focus has been system dependability, including the use of social analysis techniques such as ethnography to better understand how people and computers deliver dependability. He was a partner in the DIRC (Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration in Dependability) consortium,[1] which focused on dependable systems design and is now (2006) working on the related INDEED (Interdisciplinary Design and Evaluation of Dependability) project. He has also been a member of the board of advisors to the IEEE SWEBOK project. [2] He has worked on a number of European projects involving collaboration between academia and commercial enterprises, such as the ESPRIT project REAIMS (Requirements Engineering adaptation and improvement for safety and dependability).
[edit] Public activities
In 2006, Ian Sommerville was one of 23 academics in the computer field who wrote open letters calling for an independent audit of the British National Health Service's proposed Programme for IT (NPfIT) and expressing concern about the GBP 12.4 billion programme. [3] [4] [5]The academics set up a wiki [6] to document their concerns over the current progress and direction of the NHS National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT).
[edit] Publications
Most widely read of Sommerville's publications is probably his student text book "Software Engineering", currently in its 8th edition. He has also written or co-authored numerous articles, papers, and a number of books not listed here.
- Sommerville, Ian (2007). Software engineering, 8th edition, Harlow: Addison Wesley. ISBN 978-0-321-31379-9 ISBN 0-321-31379-8.
- Sommerville, Ian; Pete Sawyer (March 1997). Requirements Engineering: A Good Practice Guide. Chichester: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-97444-7.
- Kotonya, Gerald; Ian Sommerville (April 1998). Requirements Engineering: Processes and Techniques. Chichester; New York: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-97208-8.
[edit] Sources
Subject's home page at St Andrews University
[edit] References
- ^ Listing as member of DIRC project
- ^ Listing on board of advisors to the IEEE SWEBOK project.
- ^ Collins, Tony. "NHS Focus: Open Letter: Questions that need to be answered", ComputerWeekly.com, Reed Business Information Limited, 2006-04-12. Retrieved on Error: invalid time.
- ^ Collins, Tony. "Signatories to health committee letter", ComputerWeekly.com, Reed Business Information Limited, 2006-04-11. Retrieved on Error: invalid time.
- ^ Collins, Tony. "Experts strike new NHS warning note", ComputerWeekly.com, Reed Business Information Limited, 2006-10-10. Retrieved on Error: invalid time.
- ^ [wiki Documentation of academics' concerns]
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