| Peter W. O'Hearn | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 July 1963 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom/Canada |
| Nationality | British/Canadian |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | Queen Mary, University of London, UK |
| Alma mater | Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada Queen's University, Kingston, Canada |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert D. Tennent |
| Known for | Separation logic |
| Influences | John C. Reynolds[1] |
Peter William O'Hearn (born 13 July 1963 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) is a computer scientist based in the United Kingdom.[2]
Peter O'Hearn attained a BSc degree in Computer Science from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (1985), followed by MSc (1987) and PhD (1991) degrees from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. His dissertation was on Semantics of Non-interference: A natural approach, supervised by Robert D. Tennent.[2]
O'Hearn was an Assistant Professor at Syracuse University, New York, USA, from 1990 to 1995. He was a Reader in Computer Science at Queen Mary, University of London from 1996 to 1999 and has been a full professor at QMUL since then. In 1997 he was a Visiting Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University and in 2006 he was a Visiting Researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge.[2]
O'Hearn has made significant contributions to formal methods in general and separation logic in particular.[3][4]