United Nations University International Institute for Software Technology

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The United Nations University International Institute for Software Technology (UNU-IIST) is a United Nations University Research Training Centre based in Macau. It was originally set up by the Danish professor Dines Bjørner using funding from China, Macau and Portugal. Subsequently it was led by the Chinese professor Zhou Chaochen and, since 2005, Professor Mike Reed is the current Director.

The Institute's special remit is to help developing countries in improving their support for computer science education and research. A number of research fellows visit from around the world each year.

UNU-IIST has been particularly central in supporting and promulgating RAISE and the Duration Calculus, two important formal methods for software development.

Professional Staff include:

Prof. Mike Reed (director), Mr. Chris George (assistant director), Dr. Thomasz Janowski (senior research fellow), Dr. Jeff Sanders (senior research fellow), Dr. Antonio Cerone (research fellow), Dr. Liu Zhiming (research fellow), Dr. Adegboyega Ojo (research fellow), Dr. Wang Xu (assistant research fellow). See the official webpage for more staff details and updates